Dump Station Yoga

by Michael Boyink on 03/23/15 in Humor  •  Updated 04/21/16  •  11 Comments
The 'I'm Not Touching Anything' Pose

The 'I'm Not Touching Anything' Pose

Staying fit on the road is always a challenge.

Lack of a consistent routine. Changing locations. Inclement weather. Lack of indoor space. 

We’ve been using the Sworkit app.. You tell Sworkit how much time you have and what type of workout you want. It puts together a training circuit, shows animated clips of the different exercises, and does the countdowns for you.

Using Sworkit we’ve been able to get in 5-10 minute routines most days. Even Miranda will come and ask to borrow my phone so she can get a workout in.

So, today we were leaving a campground and had to use the dump station on the way out.  Usually there is time just spent waiting for the trailer to empty. I had this notion of using that time to get in a quick pre-drive workout…and…well..

Turns out we aren’t above a bit of potty humor here at Ditching Suburbia.

The idea quickly degenerated into renaming the various Yoga poses to suit the context.

Below are our new pose names. Feel free to comment with your own thoughts.

Keep it clean.

Well, you know - dump station clean.

 

 

The 'Solid Connection Prayer' Pose

The 'Solid Connection Prayer' Pose

The 'Odor Be Gone!' Pose

The 'Odor Be Gone!' Pose

The 'Downward Dump' Pose

The 'Downward Dump' Pose

The 'No No Don't Be Full' Pose

The 'No No Don't Be Full' Pose

The 'Hand Sanitzer Please' Pose

The 'Hand Sanitzer Please' Pose

Want a little more Ditching Suburbia fun? We'll trade you a VW Westy for your email address! Scissors and tape required....

You Think That’s Funny!?

Yea, we do.

If you do too you might also like our Roller Derby Team, learning how to prepare shrimp, or just knowing more about what kind of family ditches the suburbs, anyway?.

11 Comments → Dump Station Yoga

  1. Picture of Jenni Jenni March 24, 2015

    This brought tears to my eyes.  “I’m not touching anything,” is the best.

  2. Picture of Michael Boyink Michael Boyink March 25, 2015

    I knew if there was one family who would find this funny it would be you guys..;)

  3. Picture of David & Leslie David & Leslie March 25, 2015

    It appears in your family, as in ours, that he is involved in production and maintenance/operations, while she is involved in production only.

  4. Picture of Michael Boyink Michael Boyink March 25, 2015

    Yes - the dump station is a non-negotiable “blue job”...;)

  5. Picture of Patrick Sikes Patrick Sikes March 25, 2015

    Love it!  Can’t convince my wife that it is one of those rare “purple” jobs either….always “blue”.

     

  6. Picture of Michael Boyink Michael Boyink March 25, 2015

    Well, maybe now that the job comes with the benefits of doing Yoga….;)

  7. Picture of David & Leslie David & Leslie March 25, 2015

    I can assure you that when properly negotiated the job comes with many more benefits.

  8. Picture of Emily Emily April 03, 2016

    I am now doing the “Damn, I wish I’d thought of that” pose. It mostly involves facial muscles: brows knit, mouth drawn to the side in a puckered smirk.

    Well done.

    Very, very well done.

  9. Picture of Michael Boyink Michael Boyink April 03, 2016

    Thanks Emily! This is a fave of ours..;)

  10. Picture of Emily Emily April 03, 2016

    My dump station humor involved recreating the iconic “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” scene from 1989.  (Warning: contains a swear word.)

    http://www.ownlessdomore.us/2015/12/24/honey-we-need-to-do-a-christmas-card-do-you-have-a-shortie-robe-snow-boots-and-a-hat-with-ear-flaps/

  11. Picture of Michael Boyink Michael Boyink April 03, 2016

    Hah - we’ve heard that one a few times!

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