More Murph Prep

DATE: 2023-04-17
AO: Memorial-Murph-Wod
Q: Hightower
PAX: Battleship, Zeus, Peanuts
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
SSH, static lunges, WMH’s, down dog, groin, cobra kai. Then moved to shuttle run across tennis courts.

THE THANG:
1 mile loop
10 rounds:
5 pull ups
10 merkins
15 squats
1/2 mile run

MARY:
Catch your breath

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
The importance of the First Follower, not always about the leader. Without the first follower, the leader is alone. The first follower ‘legitimizes’ the leader. Then the first follower embraces others to also follow along, and that’s how the snowball process rolls down hill.

Coupon Delivery

DATE: 2023-04-15
AO: Sandlot
Q: Traveler
PAX: Spalding, Legacy, bogey
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Started with the mission and 5 core principles that YHC now has memorized after GTE. Then continued with SSH, imperial walkers, LBAC, and Moroccan night clubs.

THE THANG:
After a brief warmup, PAX moseyed to YHC’s house to pick up 4 coupons and haul them back to the AO. From there, we completed a few rounds of stations:

Circuit 1:
PAX were split between stations of Coupon overhead press, burpees, and an ab exercise that YHC cannot remember at this time. 4th PAX did a 60 yard out and back sprint. When the runner got back, the PAX rotated. Completed 3 full rounds. Circuit 2:
Same format, but with coupon swings, flutter kicks, and Peter Parkers. Timer was a 20 yard lunge walk. Again, PAX completed 3 rounds.
Circuit 3: All together, PAX completed 5 manmakers, 10 coupon squats, 15 coupon WWIIs, 20 coupon curls, and 50 yard out and back sprint.

PAX kindly moseyed back (much more slowly this time) to YHC’s house to return the coupons.

MARY: American hammers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dad’s camp. Dolly Sods. Murph.
COT: YHC reading a book on St. Joseph, earthly father of Jesus. He’s an archetype of leading with both strength and humility. He was decisive, led and protected his family, and did his duty as a father and husband. He never got to see the full fruits of his work (Joseph died before Jesus began his ministry), but that doesn’t take away from the incredible fruits of his labor. He did his job well. My prayer is that we can have the humility of St. Joseph to do our jobs for our families and our communities without seeking praise or attention, but simply for their love.

2.0 Beatdown

DATE: 2023-04-15
AO: Aerie
Q: Stewie
PAX: Rocketman, Passport, Lonestar, Haggis, Yellow Jacket, Renaissance FNGs: All the 2.0’s
COUNT: 25
WARMUP: circled up for Dads Ring of Fire

– SSH
– Cherry Pickers
– Goofball
– Windmill
– Batwings
– Penguins
– Mountain Climbers
– Cherry pickers
– Hillbilly
– Dad plank with 2.0s on the back
– Shark

THE THANG:
MoM theme: At the Zoo

1. Bear crawl
2. Duckwalk
3. Kangaroo
4. Gorilla walk
5. Cheeta
6. Crabwalk

Games

1. Ultimate freeze ball. Like ultimate frizbee but with a squishy ball that does not bust noses. If move after catch do 5 Merkins. If you drop then other teams ball

2. Tried to play freeze tag with pool foam melt/freeze but quickly morphed into a jedi-like lightsaber war so pivoted to Sharks and minnows

3. Red light green light

MARY: none

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2.0 BD possibly a monthly thing?

COT: Tried to wrap up due to the light rain. Afterward several folk took advantage of the adjacent playground.