YHC and Riggs showed up with beach towels and sand pails in hand, ready to rock it in the warm weather. There wasn”t a cloud in the sky and nary a drop of rain on the ground. We rotated through KB exercises for 30 minutes and before we could apply our sunscreen, Funny Money showed up for the main event, exclaiming, “We doing Pina Coladas or WHAT, fellas?!”
We then kicked off our flip flops and had a hard time deciding whether to fly a kite or rent a three-seat tandem bicycle for the morning. You only get wonderful weather like this so often in late-April in Durham, so we were quite torn. Knowing we couldn”t miss with heat and sunshine like this, we decided instead to rotate through a few exercises together. After a round-robin shuffleboard tournament, Riggs shouted, “Man, is it hot out here or is it just me?” Funny and YHC agreed it was hot but also it was just Riggs, so we jumped into our routine to cool off.

• One guy overhead carries the KB to the pull up bar, max pull ups
• One guy overhead carries the KB to the swingset, 30 swerkins
• One guy does burpees in the pavilion until they return.
• Each guy does each exercise once.

After Round 1 YHC brought out some lemonade and some macaroons to enjoy with the nice breeze, while Funny and Riggs discussed the finer works of Cezanne. After some watermelon, we put on our visors and our shades and staged a flexing contest before Round 2. We all won.

• One guy farmer carries both KBs to the street and back.
• One guy bear crawls down and back on the tennis courts
• One guy does flutter kicks until they return.
• Each guy does each exercise once.

After Round 2, we made sand castles and tossed some pigskin, reminiscing of days when it wasn”t so nice outside, such as when the entire park is submerged in water and ponding makes simple movements like walking treacherous. Ah, thank goodness we”re enjoying this weather today! Without a care in the world and nothing but high-fives and cupcakes around us, we decided to hit round 3 with the exuberance of puppies with multiple peters, as it were.

• One guy crawl-bears the incline next to the pool, backward lunge back down
• One guy lunge walks with KB in goblet position
• One guy does as many KB swings as possible
• Each guy does each exercise once.

After some parting thoughts about how we each agree with the Beach Boys in that we wish they all could in fact be California Girls, we decided it was time to part ways for the day. It”s just like they say, you can”t have too much of a good thing. Or can you? Anyway, we decided to go share this gorgeous weather with our families. But believe-you-me, we won”t soon forget our special time in the sun together. YHC, Riggs, and Funny Money, the three best friends that anyone could ever have.