STARTING STUFF
Cobra Kai rolled in early and informed the Q that he has an FNG coming this morning. Apparently, CK hangs out at Corkscrew every night and EHes unsusupecting drinkers too intoxicated to resist the Cobra Kai charm. So inbound with (relatively) new guy Buttercup (still not on the site yet, but I'm hounding him until he gets it done) is Kamel Bouchoucha ("Kuh MEL Boo SHOO sha"), a Tunisian native and tech consultant. Eager to get back in shape and splash around in the cool, clear waters of health and fitness, Kamel will nevertheless need some prodding, so make sure he gets it. He'll be at Hollywood or one of the Friday workouts for his second post. Moses has already submitted "Dromedary" as a name suggestion (Kamel, camel, Tunisia, get it?) and I was thinking about "Joe Camel" or "Ouchie" or "Double Ouch" (see his last name), but Cobra Kai gets final say. Last time, that led to Ed being called Buttercup instead of Cobol, so it's not looking good for poor Kamel!
STUFF IN THE MIDDLE
We did a couple of quick warmups, introducing cadence and a few F3 principles along the way. YHC uncharacteristically brought an F3 deck to the festivities, but that turned out to be a good introduction to some fairly mainstream exercises for the FNGs. We ran around the field a few times and did a bunch of exercises while surreptitiously keeping an eye on the new guys for form and rep compliance (about 30% to 40% in my estimation). Lots of work still to be done there, but all they have to do is keep showing up!
We lost Waffle House partway through to something he obviously thinks is more important than his fitness and his friends, and then Cobra Kai's M came to collect him early, too (did you hear that cracking sound?) Setting a poor example for the new guys, gentlemen, but we'll forgive you if you keep coming out to BRP!
ENDING STUFF
We COTed—as prescribed in the manual—and some of us went to Davidson to meet up with Moses (fartsacker) and other F3 luminaries to support some unknown charity run. I use the term "support" loosely since I don't think any of us touched our wallets. We did get to see a 9:00am F3 workout start up, which I didn't even know was a thing! (Makes me wonder how Moses rationalized his excuse of "sleeping in.")
Bagboy shared that he had overheard Buttercup react to the diamond merkins with a colorful expletive ("F-that", I believe), which sounds to me like Buttercup understood exactly what he was getting into. Mission accomplished.
Props to social butterfly Cobra Kai for his mad EH (emotional headlock) skills and his enthusiasm for F3. A great addition to our culture! Thanks also to Omega and Bagboy (rare but appreciated attendees at BRP) and especially Waffle House: "The Bedrock of Bailey Road."
Buttercup committed to a co-Q soon, so look out for that. YHC will be down range in Florida next Saturday, so be on the lookout for a Moses preblast. Come out to support our Lake Norman OG—don't leave him hangin'!