Author: f3nano

DATE: 2023-03-21
AO: Atlantis
Q: True North
PAX: Deflator, Infinity, Hammerhead, King Tut, True North
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
64 side straddle hops
32 pistol squat right leg
32 pistol squat left leg
16 Bobby hurley strong arm
16 Bobby hurley weak arm

Karaoke followed by Indian run down the boardwalk to pick up rip rap coupons

16 Pistons, switch coupons
Cusack with coupons to dock
16 bicep curls, switch coupons
Cusack to end of dock
16 chest presses
Cusack to top
16 big boy situps, switch coupons

Cusack the stadium steps, then Elite 8 series:
0x burpees bottom
8x dolphin crunch top. Repeat with ascending/descending reps until 8 burpees

Final “four”
Repeat piston series, then burpee Indian run back
MARY: ring of fire 10x merkins, 16x leg lifts, 10x hand raise merkins, 1x bohemian rhapsody ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence on a Saturday coming up
COT: let God handle the problems you’re tempted to solve all by yourself, especially the ones tempting you to stay up late with your mind racing. If He can rise from the dead, He can handle whatever it is.

DATE: 2023-03-20
AO: Mondaynightruckers
Q: Stewie
PAX: Mike S, Rocketman, Chasqui, Jetstream, Scotch, Mincemeat, Blip, Raven, Tron FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: Merkins with ruck on
THE THANG: 5.25 mile luggin coupons through trails behind Long Park. Light PT at miles 1, 2, and 3. The elevation changes slowed down the pace so had to forego PT at mile 4 and 5. Got back too late to enjoy any brewskis. MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: GTE, Murph, Book thang, 2.0 BD mid April.

COT: Push yourselves, brothers!

Nothing happens until somebody starts dreaming. God cannot help you reach your goals if you don’t have any goals. He cannot fulfill your dreams if you don’t have any dreams. He cannot exceed your expectations if vou don’t have any expectations.

“Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of-infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. May he be given glory forever.”

EPHESIANS 3:20-21

DATE: 2023-03-21
AO: General
Q: Lazlo
PAX: 2 percent, Hard Knox, Toolbox, Booking, Moneyball, citrus FNGs: DR PAX Sugar and Jazzercise
COUNT: 9
Have you ever gone in the back yard and your dog is on the other side of the fence, but the gate is closed and you can’t figure out how it did that? The Q arrived to find the gate closed and DR PAX Sugar on the other side of it. Like we’ve been climbing the fence all this time because we’re a bunch of idiots and there’s an open gate we never noticed. Turns out that’s mostly accurate. But we sorted through it and Sugar (visiting from central Arkansas) and Jazzercise (local friend EH’ed to come join us – hope he comes back) joined us in our place of exile on the sidewalk just as we were getting started. And that’s no joke – we were just getting started. There was really not much of a theme for today, but we used most of what the W&L stadium has to offer.

WARMUP: SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies, Michael Phelps, cherry pickers, Willie Mays Hayes, down dog, as we moseyed around the stadium and found our way to the field.

THE THANG: We moseyed over to the stands for a quick round of step ups, derkins, toe taps, and dip.

Then to the field where we did a bear crawl Ricky Bobby. PAX lined up head to toe pointing along the football field and held plank until they were the last one in line. They then bear crawl to the front of the line, hold plank, repeato until we made it the full length of the field.

Then to the pull up bars. Cardio rest while we did a wall sit and each pax did a set of ~10 pull ups.

Then to the stairs for a quick set of box jumps. Seemed popular.

Back to the bleachers for slanted merkins (one hand/foot on a lower bleacher, the other on a higher bleacher) pointing right, Bulgarian squats (right leg), the slanted merkins left and Bulgarian squats left leg.

Back to the field – broad jump from one sideline to the other.

Pull up bars for another round of wall sit/pullups.

Then back to the stairs for escalating burpee laps. PAX ran a lap up one side, over, down the other, and did a burpee. Add a burpee each lap up to 5 burpees.

MARY: Captain Thor, up to 5 and back.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: A ruck, a hike, and a camp are coming up.

COT: The Q shared a story he read last weekend. It was a couple who had opened a sandwich shop in downtown Phoenix. They were supposed to be retiring soon, and selling the shop was their retirement plan. But that shop is now in the middle of a homeless encampment. The story talked about their daily struggles, but also of the people who live there and the horrible existence they deal with, and without a realistic path out of it. It’s really just a tragedy from every angle, and something that doesn’t feel very real in our daily lives. So just closed with a reminder to be grateful for what we have, and to help others when you can.

DATE: 2023-03-21
AO: Freestate
Q: Dungeon Master (Amon)
PAX: Butter, CashOnly, Deagle, Horshack, Winston, FIFA
FNGs: Mumford
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
SSH x 25 IC
Hairy Rockettes x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Arm circles – x 10 front and x 10 reverse OMC
Two laps: Karaoke and high knees on the long sides
Windmills x 10 IC SLOW
Willie Mays x 10 IC
Cherry Pickers x 10 IC

THE THANG:
Get coupons (number of folks/2)
Count off 1-2
Alternating 1s and 2s . . .
3 rounds. One group does exercise with coupons while one group moseys around blacktop Curls (with coupon), high knees around blacktop
Merkins, lunge walk on long side around blacktop
Squat (with coupon), karaoke around blacktop
Dips 1st round; Bend over row 2nd and 3rd round (with coupon), skip around blacktop overhead (with coupon), plain old mosey
Bear crawl the length of blacktop; crawl-bear back the length of blacktop

MARY:
• Freddy Mercurys x 15 IC
• American Hammer x 10 IC
• Low plank x 10 IC
• Flutters x 15 IC
• Scissors x 15 IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Thirsty Thursday will be the Fifth Thursday in March, so 3/30

COT:
Equinox yesterday, where day and night are approximately the same length. Reflect on balance, opposites.
1. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” — Yoda
2. “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will.” – Yoda
6. “Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.” — Yoda 10. “Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.” – Yoda
13. “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm?

DATE: 2023-03-20
AO: Patriot
Q: Ice Tea
PAX: Jag, Major Payne, Smokey, citrus, Booking, Lazlo, Shake ‘N’ Bake, CableGuy, 2 percent, Wallace, Lucius, Anchorman, Boiler, Strange Brew, Bone, Wedding Singer, Passport FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: SSH, Easter Egg Pickers, IBAC, WMH, DD, Cobra Kai

THE THANG: After a fellowship lap, PAX moseyed to the parking lot and did Alternating Toe Taps followed by bear crawls.

Moseyed to front of school and did:
Step ups x50
Bulgarian squats x50 ea.
BW Squats x50
Box jumps and wall sits

Moseyed to basketball court:
Jump squats and shuttle run
Bear crawl, mosey to field

Dora-karaoke to 50 yd. li.
Bonnie Blairs x 100

MARY: LBC, Nolan Ryan, Toy Soldiers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruck this weekend, Dad’s camp

COT: Respect. It’s earned, not deserved. The Q turned 50 today. He hopes that he’s earned your respect over the past two years, not just given respect for his 50th trip around the sun.