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January 30, 2020

AO: The Highlands

Q: Jag

PAX: Toolbox and DRPAX Crimson

Warm-Up: Seal Claps; Moroccan Night Clubs; LBAC; Imperial Squat Walkers; Potato Pickers; Willy Mays Hays; Plank Jacks; and Typewriter Merkins.

The Thang: The PAX moseyed to the corner of the soccer field for the first element of 15 Deconstructed Burpees – Squats.  En route to the next corner to perform the next element (Leg Thrusts), the PAX executed 15 Dwight Howards.  They continued their mosey to the benches for 15 Derkins and 15 Dips before arriving at the next corner for the third element of the Deconstructed Burpee – Merkins.  At the last corner, the PAX performed Leg Thrusts, but not before performing 10 Lt. Dans (1 squat followed by 4 lunges).  The PAX completed the lap by executing a COMPLETE MERKIN, which was an Inchworm Merkin, a Kraken Merkin (hands release), a Knerkin (knuckles), a Peter Parker Merkin, an Offset Merkin, a Diamond Merkin, a Werkin (wide) and a Carolina Dry Dock performed in succession.  Good times.

The PAX repeated the lap, but because HIMs are always striving to improve, the sets consisted of an extra rep (16 of most exercises, 11 Lt. Dans and 2 Complete Merkins).  The PAX also executed a set of Gas Pumpers.

The PAX did another lap, but in the interest of dropping a lot of names during Mary, this one consisted of just 17 Deconstructed Burpees and a half-field Bear Crawl.

Mary: Flutterkicks; Nolan Ryans; Penguins Crunches; Freddie Mercuries; James Bonds; a Complete Merkin; and a Typewriter Merkin.

COT: We spent our time this morning breaking exercises down into their component parts and building other exercises up.  Similarly, sometimes life’s challenges require you to break things down and simplify.  Other times, you have put things together to execute.  Out.

 

AO:  The Patriot

QIC: Lucius

THE PAX: Bodett, Bone, Brown Bag, Fish Fry, Fuzz, Jenner, Lazlo, LaForge, Maj. Payne, Poe, Prenup, Pyro, Shark Week, Speedo, Tea Party

This morning, the PAX arrived at the Patriot to find a carefully curated collection of coupons for their enjoyment.  Huzzah!  The PAX, too excited for words, performed the following team challenge:

WARM UP:

15x SSH; 15x LBACs (fore and aft); 1x Downward Dog, 10x Werkins; 10x Cherry Pickers; 10x Moroccan Night Club; 1x Social Lap

THE THANG:

The PAX split into two teams, which then raced to complete:

 Friendly Figure-it-Out:  The PAX carried an assortment of essential equipment (log; 50-lb sandbag; hi-lift jack; light ruck; 2x tethered cinderblocks; 16-lb sledgehammer; 40-lb bucket of sand; sundry loose cinderblocks and fragments thereof) 100 yards, exchanging coupons every ten yards along the way.  At each exchange, PAX performed 5x Coupon Press, 5x Coupon Squat, or 5x Coupon Curl. Coupons could not be grounded for the first 60 yards and no PAX could take the same coupon twice in a row.

 Ascending BLIMPSS: 10 yd run; 10x Burpees; 10 yd run; 20 yd run; 20x Lunges (4 ct); mumble chatter; 20 yd run; 30 yd run; 30x Imperial Walkers; 30 yd run; more mumble chatter; 40 yd run; 40x Merkins (Wide, Diamond, Peter Parker, and Reg-U-Lar); 40 yd run; 50 yd run; 50x Plank Jacks (single count); 50 yd run; 60 yd run; 60x Squats; 60 yd run; 70 yd run; 70x Overhead Seal Claps.  All exercises performed as a team.

 Working together, the PAX returned their cinderblocks to storage via a Bucket Brigade. Log was simultaneously stored via a four-PAX Log Carry.

The PAX circled up for:

The Wave: Starting from the down Merkin position, the PAX sent the wave around the circle.  Two-way wave resulted in chaos.

Over, Under, But Not Through: PAX took turns jumping over, then under, PAX in plank position.  No PAX were harmed. 

 THE MARY:

31 x Flutter Kicks.

COT:

If you want to move fast, you can go alone.  But to go far, you go as a team.  Today, the PAX worked together in teams to finish some frustrating challenges (challenging frustrations?  poor choices?).  As explained during Romo’s Q at The General this week, the beginning of a new year often brings focus on self-improvement.  Please also consider how to be a better teammate, in and out of the gloom.

Ten PAX ran/rucked east along the W&OD trail this morning. Runners logged 5.5-6.5 miles, and I’m not sure how far the Rucker’s rucked.

We often see a few deer along the trail but never the dozen or so together we saw today. They gave us that “We’ve seen your kind before” disinterested look.

Never at a loss for ideas large and small, at coffeeteria Bone proposed a CSAUP to the Andes (that’s right, the mountains in S America). Maj. Payne, “Bone, we can barely get anyone to a local CSAUP.” Bone, “Go big or go home.”

Announcements: Super Bowl party + BRR planning session moved to home of Fish Fry (check #CSAUP Or #2ndF channel for details). QSource + 2nd F this Thursday at Meridian Pint (watch for details). Sign up to Q workouts.

Thoughts & prayers: Maj. Payne’s riding coach at 100th birthday party; Monk’s stepfather recovering from broken hip.

COT: Adopting new practices of self-discipline (cold shower, no between meal snacks, limit social media to essentials only) can reveal your weaknesses. Try it, work on them and accelerate spiritual fitness.

Great to be with 9 fine PAX this morning.

Monk

PAX: Maj. Payne, JAG, Bone, Sunshine, Brown Bag, Lazlo, Elvis, Short Sale, 2 per cent.

January 23, 2020

AO: The Highlands

Q: Jag

PAX: Lucius, Radar, Trolley and Toolbox

Warm-Up: High Knees, Butt Kickers, Side Straddle Hops, Windmills, Potato Pickers and Itty-Bitty Arm Circles.

The Thang: The PAX moseyed to the nearby fire station to execute a set of 23 Merkins, 23 WWIIs and 23 Air Squats (it was the 23rd after all), followed by 5 Burpees.

The PAX continued their mosey around the corner and down South Fern Street and 15th Street where they executed 23 Diamond Merkins, 23 Penguins Crunches, 23 Mountain Climbers and another 5 Burpees.

From there it was off to the Costco garage. Oh, the reliable and true Costco garage. The PAX performed Walking Lunges up the ramp to the second level and performed 20 Peter Parkers.  They then Bear Crawled up the stairs to Level 3 and completed 30 LBCs.  Another round of Walking Lunges took the PAX to the fourth level and 40 One-Legged Squats (20 each leg).  To get to the fifth level the PAX Crawl Bear’d (Crawled Bear?) up the stairs and the performed 50 leg exercises with each leg – 25 Dirty Dogs and 25 Mule Kicks.  A quick run up the ramp took the PAX to Level 6 and 60 LBCs.  A final Crawl Bear up the stairs left the PAX at the top of the garage.  A Ricky Bobby took them all the way back down.

The PAX returned to the Highlands field for 23 Werkins, 23 WWIs and 23 Bonnie Blairs.

Mary: Flutterkicks, Freddie Mercuries, Protractors and a Plank.

COT: Winston Churchill in 1948: ‘No one should waste a day.”  That is all.