Warm Up:
-Chilcutt: 5 Core Principals. 6th Core Principal today was “Workout kickin’ it 1983 style!” My 43rd birthday was last week (9/28), and I didn’t have the chance to do a birthday Q yet…so I brought back the year 1983!
-Fire Hydrant (x10 IC each leg) – National Lampoons Vacation was released in 1983 (In the movie, the dog peed on their sandwiches)
-Arm Circles (x10 IC), Circle Arms (x10 IC), T-Claps (x10 IC), Randy’s (x13 IC) (Wave arms up & down) …43 total “I can’t put my arms down” exercises. (A Christmas Story movie came out in 1983)
-Goofballs – Richard Simmons was famous in 1983, and he was a goofball!
-Imperial Walkers (x10 IC) – Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi was released in 1983
-Failure to Launch (2 times…countdown from 10) – The Right Stuff movie & Sally Ride becomes first woman astronaut in 1983
The Thang:
-Run to Tennis Court
The movie “Scarface” was released in 1983…
-Cocaine Bear Crawl on tennis court…Bear crawl to each white line, do x1 Merkin at each white line ‘til your nose touches the white line…then, Crawl Bear Cocaine back to start…
-Run to Basketball Court
The 76ers defeated the LA Lakers in the 1983 NBA World Championship Series, “Showdown ‘83”
“The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life – mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.” ~Julius Erving (Dr. J)
-Partner Up…
PAX 1: AMRAP Squats
PAX 2: Run to far free throw line, x3 Bobby Hurley, run back, pick up Squats
Repeat until 43 total squats for each PAX
-Run to Flag/Parking Lot
“Mr. Gorbechev, tear down this wall” ~Ronald Reagan…President in 1983. (But he didn’t say that quote until 1987)
Tear down wall of bricks…each PAX get’s 2 bricks…Run to home plate on baseball field…
-Two of my favorite baseball players faced each other in the ’83 World Series… Mike Schmidt (No. 20, played 3rd base) for the Phillies & Cal Ripken Jr. (No. 8, played Shortstop) for the Orioles
“But remember this: in the final analysis, you can believe in your dream, you can be taught, supported, motivated, and loved by others, but ultimately, your success depends on you. You must take responsibility for your body, your mind, and for your character.” ~Mike Schmidt
“Leadership isn’t about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.” ~Cal Ripken, Jr.
-Lunge Walk w/ Brick Curl in the grass from home plate all the way to the Shortstop Position…circle up in the grass at Shortstop
-x8 WWIII’s w/ Bricks
-Rifle Carry bricks to 3rd Base…
– x20 IC LBC w/ Bricks on chest
-Mosey w/ bricks…brick curl & Overhead press aerobics…across field to pavilion…
The song “Jump” by Van Halen was released in Dec. of 1983 (4 min. song)
-0:00 – 0:30: Bonnie Blair (w/ bricks) during opening music, until lyrics start…
-0:30 – 0:54: Mario (Double Box Jump) onto picnic table (On lyric: “I get up”) (Super Mario Bros. – the Arcade version was released in 1983. It was release for at home Nintendo in 1985)
-0:54 – 1:15: Brick Boxing (at lyric “Punches”)
-1:15 – 1:30: 6 Star Jumps (Jump on lyric “Jump”)
-1:30 – 2:02: Plank Jacks
-2:02 – 2:18: 7 Star Jumps (Jump on lyric “Jump”)
-2:18 – 3:05: Hold Low Plank (during guitar solo)
-3:05 – 3:20: Bonnie Blair w/ Bricks (during keyboard solo)
-3:20 – 4:00: 9 Star Jumps (Jump on lyric “Jump”)
The song “Beat It” by Michael Jackson was released in 1983. The opening guitar riff’s were actually recorded by Eddie Van Halen! (4 min. 19 sec. song)
-Flutter Kicks throughout song…
-At every “Beat It” roll over & do Hand Release Merkin (60 total HR Merkins)
-“Happy little trees” Mosey…took a long mosey around all the trees at that end of the park…(Bob Ross’ show “The Joy of Painting” debuted in 1983)
Mary
-SSH (x43)
COT
Thanks for kickin’ it old school and traveling back to 1983. Beautiful sky this morning, and nice cool, crisp air.
Manniversary coming up…quickly! Please talk to Door Dash about bringing food & helping out with Coffeeteria!
Prayers for One Shot’s wife and her work.
Thanks for hangin’ with me this morning!
Cat took Ronald Reagan’s words to heart, and literally tore down this wall! (unexpectedly, with help from Fiocchi!)
~Bunyan out!