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4 Corners

DATE: 2021-12-01
AO: Compound
Q: Booking
PAX: Ashe, Poe, Popeyes, Madoff, Hightower, Zeus, Obadiah
FNGs: Yard Bird
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, Hill Billies, Michael Phelps, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, WM Hayes, Downward Dog, Worlds Greatest Stretch
THE THANG: Deck of cards divided between 4 corners of the field; however, this time the 2, 3, and 4 from each suit were removed. PAX rotated to each corner via a run on the sideline and a different mode of transportation on the goal lines which included Bear Crawl, Crawl Bear, Duck Walk, Frakenstein Walk, etc. diamonds= Merkins, hearts = body weight squats, spades= burpees, clubs= big boy sit ups. 2 jokers were drawn which resulted in a 10 count round of each exercise. PAX circled the field 4 times total. MARY: Flutter Kicks, LBC, Toy Soldier
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Monthly Challenge for December is up –see Slack Channel
COT: Q shared message that he had discussed with his oldest son an a recent trip. Two key words should drive your day and interactions with others: Kindness and Responsibility.

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The Adjudicator: I Submit

DATE: 2021-12-01
AO: Patriot
Q: Lazlo
PAX: Lucius, CableGuy, Big Short, Bone, citrus, Coconuts, Fish Fry, Ice Tea, Maj. Payne, Roadkill, Shake and Bake, Speedo, Wedding Singer FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Let a guy roam around to some other regions and he’s bound to come back with ideas. Not always good ideas. Hat tip to Puget Sound for today’s shenanigans.

WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Michael Phelps, cherry pickers, Mountain Man Poopers
Closed the warm-up by playing 21, first with SSH. The Q counted off the first 5 SSH in cadence. The PAX then had to count silently and stop on 21. If anyone messes up, there’s a penalty. The PAX nailed this one. Looked like a bunch of professionals. We moved on to squats. This was was a little ragged. I don’t think anyone missed the count, but we were out of sync enough that the Q imposed a light penalty of 5 burpees.

THE THANG: The Adjudicator.
PAX gathered in the corner of the endzone and did the Q’s choice – another 5 burpees. Just so everyone remembers what 5 burpees feels like. The Q then chose an Adjudicator (Wedding Singer) and another PAX to pick an exercise as we ran a quarter lap and regathered at the next corner of the field. That PAX submits an exercise to the Adjudicator. If the Adjudicator believes it is harder than 5 burpees, the PAX leads us in that exercise. If not, we do 10 burpees. (There was some dissention about that. It was the rule. No matter what I said.) The PAX that picked the exercise then chooses the next PAX, and becomes the Adjudicator for the next round. The Q had other plans for the day, but with a great turnout, we were just able to have everyone submit an exercise. I can’t guarantee that these are exactly right, but the exercises chosen were something like: -30 shoulder tap merkins
-15 Kraken burpees [Mumblechatter PAX: “But it only has to be harder than 5 burpees.” Cable Guy: “OK, then 15 Kraken burpees.” Well played.] -25 copperhead squats
-Balls to the Wall chicken peckers while singing the national anthem (gratefully unrecorded) -30 dips
-25 flutter kicks (questionable adjudication)
-20 yd traveling merkin
-bear crawl to the 30, lunge back
-Traveling burpee to the 20 and back (!)
-Merkin Ring of Fire (with Omicron variant)
-6 burpees and a full lap
And as we were running out of time, thanks Wedding Singer for closing with some Mary exercises: -30 LBCs, 10 BB sit ups, 20 flutter kicks (thanks

MARY: Out of time. Wedding Singer picked us up.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bowling! Look it up. Need HCs to confirm the reservation.
Give2Give is still live. The competition is over. The good work that they do is not. Please continue to support.

COT: As you think about how to support your community, think about how you can get involved. Don’t stop donating – that is the lifeblood of these organizations. But how can you get engaged locally, and get your fellow PAX engaged? Consider organizing a 3rd F function in the next 12 months. We can have an active 3rd F calendar pretty quickly if more of us get involved.

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Motivators and DORA

DATE: 2021-11-30
AO: Atlantis
Q: Grease Monkey
PAX: Infinity, Rogue, Hammerhead, Bratwurst, Deflator, True North FNGs: Zoom lander
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: A series of exercises including multiple rounds of SSHs and burpees. THE THANG:
Mosey to the pier and perform 10-1 motivators
Indian Run to the Nationals Stadium
DORA with the stairs:
– 150 Merkins
– 200 Hello Dolly’s
– 75 Toy Soldiers off stairs
Mosey back to start
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rogue on Q Friday; Deflator on Q next Tuesday.
COT: Good thought on living in the moment, rather than fretting about the past or future.

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The Velvet Hammer

DATE: 2021-11-30
AO: Delphi
Q: Nano
PAX: Zeus, Heatstroke (MeCa Region), Hightower, Pop Fly, Dunder, Hoolihan FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, Willy Mayes Hayes, Arm Circles, Calf Raises
THE THANG: Today marked the final day of the #monthlychallenge so YHC figured it would be nice to end it with a bang. The PAX lined up at 6 stations:
CB Curls, Merkins, Squats, LBCs, Lunges, and Big Boys. The final station and the timer lined up in front and had to do 5 burpees. Rinse and repeat until everyone finished their 5 burpees. That ended round 1.
We did a fellowship jog to the end of the field and sprinted back. On to round two, then round three. To ensure we finished on time, round 4 consisted of 15 burpees. This left us with plenty of time for some wall sits. MARY: An extra round of 50 reps!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Donate to G2G today!
COT: Moment of silence.