Kind of Kia to invite some of us SoDu PAX to Q Honey Badger to start the new year, and a teacher workday today gave YHC the availability to do so. Always a great time to have downtown as your playground.
Growing quite fond of Qing Doras these days – love the constant movement and partner accountability. But the main drawback is all that movement reduces mumblechatter, so have found some tunes help keep things lively. Hence the theme, musical artists who have kicked off DPAC seasons over the years.
Playlist:
The Thrill is Gone – B.B. King (Nov. 30, 2008 – DPAC Grand Opening)
Caught a Lite Sneeze – Tori Amos (July 31, 2009)
It Don't Come Easy – Ringo Starr (July 11, 2010)
Babylon – David Gray (July 3, 2011)
Carry On – Crosby, Stills & Nash (July 8, 2012)
All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow (Aug. 3, 2013)
When I See U – Fantasia (American Idol Live – July 13, 2014)
White & Nerdy – "Weird Al" Yankovic (Sept. 9, 2016)
Being With You – Smokey Robinson (Motown the Musical – Aug. 1-6. 2017)
Spot got out early for EC, and 11* gathered for a quick warm-up then a mosey to the entrance of DPAC – which is a bit MORE of a mosey since the start moved from City Hall to the library.
Partnered up, YHC stayed solo for now
Dora #1
Partners take turns running up to the hotel entrance and together complete:
100 cardio burpees (modify up to standard F3 burpee if desired)
200 erkins
300 plank jacks SC
*YHC WAS going solo until Dial Up miraculously found us after arriving late. My morning got a lot easier after we partnered up, he crushed.
Recovery walk to the grass
Dora #2
Partners take turns lunge walking 20 paces (this was reduced to 10 paces after one round) and bear crawling back, together complete:
100 jump squats
150 SSH SC
200 LBC SC
Mosey home for Mary
Flutter kicks X 25 IC
Hello Dolly X 10 IC
Slow-mer to Marge X 10 IC
Hello Dolly X 15 IC
Slow-mer to Marge X 15 IC
FIN
COT
YHC took us out with prayers of thanksgiving for the strength and desire to get to these workouts, and asking for help to put others first and to remember we can't control people or events, only how we respond to them.
MOLESKIN
Had some good help getting the crew to and from DPAC safely. YHC should have been more attuned but it takes a village.
As we enjoyed the strains of the Smokey Robinson classic "Being With You" on the mosey home, Knope rather floored YHC by asking "Who is this?" My response amounted to an overly loud "WTF???" But that was the wrong approach (as my knee-jerk responses almost always are). The better response is to feel joyful that Knope now has many hours ahead of him getting acquainted with the extensive Smokey canon, even in his advancing years. Better late than never. What a time to be alive! Aye!