Your boy has always enjoyed the finer things in life: big assed diesel sedans, size M running shorts, and bluegrass music. Also mumblechatter. The diesel is gone and my short shorts bunch up on me, so that leaves me with bluegrass and MC. What does one have to do w/ the other? The more counting Pax are required to do (40 burpees this, 20 merkins that…), the less mumblechatter there is. We’ve had Q’s that use timers w/ buzzers on their phones to do an AMRAP style of workout and I enjoy that b/c it means that we have a chance to MC. So what if we nixed the timers and buzzers for some good ole fashioned bluegrass? That’s right, Flatt and Scruggs will take us out for some burpees. Bill Monroe will call cadence for our merkins. There we go. Now we’re in bizness.
Weather: Chilly. Me likey.
Thang:
No warm ups needed. Ed’s playlist was 44 minutes and 35 seconds, so we needed to start w/ the music asap. YHC originally tried to coordinate the difficulty of each exercise w/ a certain song due to it’s length and timing, but that’s too hard for this guy. Plus what’s the fun in knowing exactly what’s coming around the corner for me? So YHC knew the order of the exercises to call, but played the songs in random order. For burpees, were we going to get Bill Cornett’s “Buck Creek Girls” (1:03) or Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys’ “Fire on the Mountain” (3:45)?? The suspense was killing me.
Also there was one block for all to share. One lucky pax was to do curls for the girls for the song’s duration. When the song is over, pass the block to the left.
All pax did 1st exercise (held off on the block usage due to 1st song selection)
– Hillbillies Song: Dueling Banjos (2:06)
Now start w/ the block curls. Didn’t want anyone to miss out on this one. It’s a 3-finger classic for all to enjoy (that’s what she said).
– LBC’s
– Squats
– Burpees
– Plank Jacks
– Russian Twist
– Hand release merkins
– SSH
– Dying Cockroaches
– Monkey Humpers
– WW2
– Flutter Kicks
– Little Arm Circles
– ISS
– Pretzels
– Diamond Merkins
– High Knees
– Mtn Climbers
– Lunges
WOD:
Proverbs 15:15 “The cheerful heart has a continual feast”
Songs, in no particular order:
– Dueling Banjos. A classic. Squints was already squealing like a pig.
– The Ballad of Jed Clampett, Flatt and Scruggs. Everyone knew this one. Made me proud to hear yall sing it.
– East Bound and Down, Jerry Reed. One of two non-bluegrass songs but it’s a keeper.
– Little Birdie, Ralph Stanley. Best voice ever. Dude can play too. 3-finger style BTW.
– Buck Creek Girls, Bill Cornett. Old time square dance tune. Clawhammer banjo. When I die, I’ll be the one playing clawhammer in heaven. I’ll have to wait until then b/c I have zero musical skills down here.
– Preachin, Prayin, Singin, Flatt and Scruggs. Surprised that Abe didn’t know this one.
– Old Salty Dog Blues, Flatt and Scruggs. Surprised that Abe did know this one.
– Briggs Corn Shuckin’ Jig, Carolina Chocolate Drops. Turns out that TF went to school w/ the lead singer of this band. Also turns out that she didn’t sing a lick on this song.
– Pike County Breakdown, Flatt and Scruggs. But you already knew that didn’t you?
– Dear Old Dixie. Same.
– I’m Working on a Building. See above.
– Shady Grove, Bill Monroe. Father of Bluegrass. He invented the “no smilin’ while on stage” look that the old timers still employ from time to time. Perhaps this is what inspired the “Reynolds smile?”
– Orange Blossom Special, Charlie Daniels Band. Old song, new band. This was for the young’ns – Billy Jean, Jordache, Sleeper, and Kapo. Very millenial.
– Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash. The other non-bluegrass song but another classic. Crowd pleaser. I think I even saw Humpy dancing a little jig to this one.
– Hemlock and Primroses, Ralph Stanley. Pretty depressing song. One that’ll make your ears bleed if you don’t like the bluegrass.
– Y’all Come, Bill Monroe. Added due to the fact that it’s only 0:52 long. Secretly hoping that this would be the one that played for burpees or diamond merkins. I didn’t get my wish.
– Cotton Eyed Joe, Bill Monroe. Another classic. 3 finger too.
– Molly and Tenbrooks, Bill Monroe. A doosey.
– Fire on the Mountain, Bill Monroe. My favorite, but the live version. It is so choice. Pretty long though, I think Publix got stuck w/ this one for curls and missed out on LAC. Sorry boss.
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