18 HIM came out to make themselves better by working their bodies and their minds via a playlist theme contest.
PAX: Vector (QIC), PA, T-cell, Bad Boy, Toothless, DFrost, Cub Cadet, Lunch Lady, Crawlspace, Porcelain, Hambone, The Jeweler, Pumpkin Spice (FIFO), Dewey, Lemon, Blue Mule, Bicentennial Man, TK [Hambone, PA, and Pumpkin Spice for pre-party]
Conditions: Light breeze, sunshine – perfect
For today’s workout, YHC created a themed playlist. PAX were told that each person had 1 guess to get the theme. First to guess the playlist theme wins breakfast at Dose and bragging rights as the smartest in all of Bomber. Those paying attention should have caught clues all along the way . . .
Warm-o-rama:
Mosey to Rec Center. SSH x 11, WMH x 11, Good Mornings x 11, LBAC x 11, Seal Claps x 11, RLBAC x 11, and Imperial Walkers x 11 (that’s 77 total for those of you paying attention at home – hmm, a clue perhaps?)
Playlist: (First Half)
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lot’s of Money) – Pet Shop Boys
Why Can’t I Be You? – The Cure
Don’t You Want Me? – Human League
Mama, Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
I Touch Myself – The Divinyls
First Round:
Mosey over to side of Rec Center for 7s (hmm, another clue?):
Split squats and Irkins
Second Round:
Another set of 7s (clue):
No Surrenders and Squats
Third Round:
Mosey to wall. 25 reps each of:
Dips
Elbows to Hands
American Hammers
Fourth Round:
Another round of 25 reps of:
Derkins
Lt. Dans
Y-Raises
By now, the PAX had multiple way wrong guesses (“The songs to which you first had sex,” “Your med school study playlist,” “Revenge of the Nerds,”) and one protester who noted the songs were “too old” (cough, cough, Pumpkin Spice). T-cell saved the day by correctly guessing the theme of 7 Deadly Sins – It helped that the current song playing on the playlist was It’s a Sin by the Pet Shop Boys. YHC noted the clues of 7 and the first letters of all the exercises (S-I-N-S and D-E-A-D-L-Y) that were right there in plain view. The first 5 songs represented Greed, Envy, Pride, Wrath, and Lust.
Playlist: (Second Half)
#1 Crush – Garbage (Lust)
Come Out and Play – Offspring (Wrath)
Obsession – Animotion (Envy)
We are the Champions – Queen (Pride)
Celebratory Repeat Round:
25 reps each of the S-I-N-S exercises followed by 25 reps of the D-E-A-D exercises.
Mary: Exercises to represent the theme. 25 Alabama Prom Dates (Lust) followed by ones that represent Envy (because all will be envious of our awesome abs after this workout): WWIs, Crunchy Happy Frogs, and some painful crunch that Blue Mule picked (brain was too hypoxic to recall name, but it was effective).
COT:
- Prayers for Bad Boy’s colleague’s son who sustained head trauma after skateboarding and for those in my hometown of Jefferson City, MO after the tornado hit on Weds night. Also prayers of thanksgiving for my son and Cub Cadet’s son, who graduated 8th grade last night (CC’s son was valedictorian).
- Reminded the PAX that the 7 deadly sins of Greed, Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Wrath, Envy, and Pride are all Jesters that can derail us on our course of acceleration to become HIM. Thanks to all the PAX for helping us keep our eyes forward and away from these distractions in life.
Was an honor as always to lead you men this morning.
SYITG,
Vector