That’s why they call it the gloom

Date: 2023-09-24
AO: thefarm
Q: Sparky
PAX: Matthew – Running Man, Gekko (Keith Capp), Firehead
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: ssh, little arm circles, T claps, beet pickers, leg stretch, neck rolls THE THANG:
40, 30, 20, 10 four sets
Merkins
Jump squats
Shoulder press
Monkey humpers

100 reps per set rotating number of reps
Wall sit in between

MARY: planks, squat hold, lbcs, flutter kicks, American hammers, penguin crunches ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sparky hosting viewing party
COT:
All things are possible for him who believes, more to him who hopes, even more to him who loves. St. Lawrence of Brindisi

Soggy Saturday

Date: 2023-09-23
AO: olympus
Q: Doodles , Hightower
PAX: Peanuts, Dr J
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: SSH, moseyed to front entrance to pick up stragglers then Michael, Phelps, down, dog, worlds, greatest stretch, cobra Kia THE THANG:
Circuit with medicine balls- ball slams, burpees, curls, wall toy soldiers. Did 2 rounds de then. Pax called out exercise and then sprinted to basketball goal and back. Then played cricket style kickball.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: dads camp, 5k next Saturday- I Springfield, Knights of Columbus
COT: Tom Brady was 3rd on depth chart his junior year and only got 2 reps per practice with the first team. He turned those 2rep into a Hall of Fame career. What opportunities are around you can take more advantage of? Consider exercising your leadership skills by signing up to Q.

The Random Bucket of Balls of Liberty Recovery

Date: 2023-09-23
AO: thesandlot
Q: Legacy
PAX: Lazlo, Boardwalk, Major Payne, Magoo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: SSH, Imp Walker, Hilly Bs, Morrocan Nightclub, Phelps, Cherrypickerz, Willy Mays Hayes, Downward Dog, WGS, Cobra Kai
THE THANG: Line up and run down parking deck and back and then do a recovery focused exercise of choice (calf raise, Imp Walker, Hill Billy, Air Press), then the “Thelonious Monk Lap,” running at a fellowship but each PAX gets to drop an electronic flare and pick a one rep exercise that must then be done every time the flare is reached. The exercises were 1) one burpee, 2) one four count lunge 3) one merkin 4) one break dancer and 5) one four count flutter; do for about 4 laps; then, more court runs, PAX have choice to run regularly but designated modes were 1) skipping, and 2) carricoa; then PAX lined in two lines for the “Nano Medball Throws,” approx 5 minutes, then, a reverse-timer exercise, with 4 PAX doing unilateral farmers’ walks with sand kettlebells and one PAX doing reps (LBCs), 4x rounds of this, then conventional timer rounds with one PAX doing a full farmers walks with other 4 PAX doing: flutters, mountain climbers, squats, SSH and penguin crunches, then, for the final thing, the Balls of Liberty Recovery Bucket, PAX do one Bobby Hurley for a shot, and have 3 minutes to get in as many balls as possible, for each ball in, one merkin, and for each ball remaining out, 1 four count Imp Walker, final score: 19 merkins, 5 Imp Walkers MARY: None (the police showed up)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: DADs CAMP in October–check the channel
COT: The W-L Parking Deck is a lot like some of the guys F3 needs to help: kinda looks like at the end of the useful life, kinda ugly, but there is actually a lot of life left–Get out early in the morning in the Gloom and special things happen. SYITG

Circuit Training

Date: 2023-09-22
AO: thefarm
Q: Kaboom
PAX: Infinity, Sparky, Meta (F3 Plainfield), Chile, Squatter, Firehead, Matthew – Running Man, Mozart FNGs: 1 Mozart
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
(1) Neck rotation
(2) Shoulder rotation
(3) Back stretch (Arms to the front)
(4) Hip rotation
(5) Leg swings to the front
(6) Leg swings to the side
(7) Knee rotation
(8) Ankle rotation
(9) Beet pickers
(10) Side Straddle Hop

THE THANG:
(1) Close Squats (10)
(2) Diamond Pushups (10)
(3) Bench Dips (15)
(4) Short Bridges (50)
(5) Butt Kicks (50)
(6) Walking Lunges (10)
Run around the park

MARY:
(1) Flutter Kicks
(2) American Hammer
(3) LBC
(4) Penguin
(5) Plank

COUNT-O-RAMA
NAME-O-RAMA

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FNG – Arthur – Mozart
Sparky will be Q on Saturday; Squatter on Monday; and Chile on Wednesday F3 Shark Tank in October; Get together at Sparky’s home
Cornhole competition tomorrow if anyone wants to join

COT:
Thought of the Day – I don’t have a great voice, but I love singing hymns when I am driving and reflecting on them. Last night as I was thinking about what to say, the following hymn came to my mind and here is a a rough translation … Without grace you cannot find good company; Without good company, you can not better yourself

Prayer – Dear Lord, thank you for the opportunity to gather together and better ourselves. Help us to truly listen to one and other and always remind us you are in control of this fellowship. Amen