74° and raining – downpour at times – not the best of conditions for an F3 Dexicon-inspired Poker Run. Turns out waterproof cards are worth the added cost as the regular deck YHC used was useless by the end of the workout.
The idea was simple: 4 exercises per suit, x10 IC for each (single count for burpees) regardless of card number. Run the #Ruff route with 9 stops, turning back at Taunton. At the first 5 stops, each man gets a card and does the exercise, adding to the previous ones so that at stop #5 he’s doing his own 5-exercise set. At stops 6-9 you may trade in one card for another and continue doing the revised 5-exercise set. Upon return to the clubhouse, best hand wins.
Exercises rotated per suit, similar to how the official F3 workout deck goes. In fact, YHC owns a deck of F3 cards but for poker I needed all exercises to be “in place”. I thought a custom deck would be better although I was not counting on the remanants of a tropical storm which made this a one-use only deck.
EXERCISES
- Hearts: SSH, Plank Jack, Mountain Climber, Burpee
- Spades: Monkey Humper, Squat, Alternating Lunge, Jane Fonda
- Diamonds: Carolina Dry Dock, Merkin, Diamond Merkin, Hand Release Merkin
- Clubs: Freddie Mercury, Crunchy Frog, LBC, Russian Twist
In theory a guy could play for the best poker hand or the “best” workout hand. At one point, YHC thought he had misplaced a card (it wound up being stuck to another one) and took an extra card which gave him a K-K-Q-Q-J. Thinking that was a win for sure, YHC stuck it out with his lot of exercises — CDD/Merkins (x2)/Crunchy Frog/LBC. But IKEA proved it doesn’t take sleight-of-hand to win it all and finished with a 4-5-6-7-8 straight. #RESPECT for both poker hand and age!
SOGGY DRENCHED MOLESKIN
- Toxic was first to arrive as YHC sat under the clubhouse roof. He admits he considere fartsacking, but didn’t want me to be all wet alone.
- When Snake Eyes pulled up next, Toxic thought it might be a couple of women. But why would women post in the rain?
- Several complaints at stop #1 when we had to get on the wet ground for the first exercise. But then the sky opened up and it didn’t seem to matter whether you were on your six or upright.
- Primetime was first to pass us but was all business on his run. Dallas and company came next and stopped to dry hump the Q. Actually, it was more of a wet hump given the weather.
- The Force had a great comment about the condition of the cards post-workout. I don’t want to misquote him — hopefully someone can quote him in the comments.
Thanks to the pax for leaving a date at The Wilderness open for YHC. Thanks to its MQ, The Force, for posting despite the conditions. And thanks to the other 4 men who joined us for a rain-soaked workout. I believe that’s the wettest workout (sweat notwithstanding) I have participated in to date. It would have sucked to do it alone (assuming I would have done it all) but somehow, with 5 other men joining in, it’s all in good fun. Just one more reason F3 wins out over all other forms of fitness. Aye!