Presidents Day – A West Side Story

DATE: 2022-02-21
AO: Patriot
Q: Jenner
PAX: CableGuy, Ice Tea, Vila, Faceplant, Obadiah, Flipper, Wedding Singer FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, High Knees, then mosey over to the stadium while tossing the volleyball for some Imperial Walkers, Windmills, and Merkins.

Moseyed on towards Knights of Columbus. Catch the volleyball if thrown to you, name a President that hasn’t been named yet, and then toss the ball to another PAX. Do a burpee every time the ball hits the ground or there is a repeat.

If the Horizon crew is seen ahead of us, drop and do a burpee then sprint up to them.

Mosey around Knights of Columbus and come up on the backside of the parking lot.

THE THANG: Line up to prepare for a battle against Horizon, aka the Sharks. A Pax from each side will meet in the middle where sides will alternate pulling an exercise card from the pile and calling the first round. Afterwards, the second PAX will call the second round perhaps putting a bit of spin or flare on it, i.e. one more rep, doing it with hand release, etc.

Start off with bear crawl and Jenner from the Jets went first against Popfly from the Sharks went second. Bear crawl through the other gang, turn around with flair, and bear crawl back giving the other gang a glare. Popfly added a twist by having the gangs bear crawl 5 forward, 2 back and then staying on the other side (he wanted to give up his turf he had established earlier).

There were some great exercises and twists. One included the shuttle run relay and then a sprint relay where the Jets were outnumbered by the Sharks and their little Sharklet 2.0s, but still had enough gas to fly through the finish line both times.

There were some pretty beast twists. Such as Obidiah’s attempt to one-up Roddick’s Carolina Dry Docks with… Hand Release Carolina Dry Docks! And 2 Percent’s Bonnie Blairs with a Merkin xInfiinty.

MARY: Taken care of with two long rounds of flutter kicks and shoulder taps (1 with plank jacks thrown in).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Second Annual Shenanigames will be held again on March. 17th this time at The Highlands and be opt-in for other AOs with Thursday workouts.

COT: The Westside story brought out some of the worst between the Jets and the Sharks because they were too concerns on each others differences. Since its President’s Day, we need to think of the leadership it takes to unite everyone and to reconcile those differences and to instead concentrate on each others similarities. That is what will make us great.

West Side Story

DATE: 2022-02-21
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: Pop Fly
PAX: 3 mile, Roddick, Kodiak, 2 percent, Disco, sticks, Mr Haand, Booking FNGs: Corner Kick, Flood, Racket, Attaché
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: SSHs
THE THANG: A little jog over to the Knights of Columbus where Horizon (Sharks) did exercise battle against the Patriot (Jets). Sharks won thanks for Corner Kick’s speed MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Be awesome
COT: Find the similarities. Don’t focus on the differences

Bear Crawl Suicides

DATE: 2022-02-21
AO: Farm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Matthew – Running Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
Warm up: SSH, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, Michael Phelps, and Grady Corn

The Thang: Crawl Bear Suicides
Line up the PAX at one end of the professional soccer field
10m Bear Crawl then Crawl Bear back to start
– 30s Plank
– 10 HRR Merkins
20m Bear Crawl then Crawl Bear back to start
– 30s Al Gore
– 10 Stagger Hand Merkins
30m Bear Crawl then Crawl Bear back to start
– 30s Plank
– 10 Diamond Merkins
40m Bear Crawl then Run Backward back to start
– 30s Plank
– 10 HRR Merkins
Repeat the exercises in reverse order

Filler Exercises:
10 Pickle Pounders
10 Dips IC
10 CDDs IC

Mary: LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Side Crunches, American Hammers, Sweat Angels, and Plank.

CoT:
High Impact Man: A Disrupter who is Committed to making forcible contact to strong effect. Abbr: HIM.

HIMs are intentional. They move with a sense of purpose, mission, and focus because they are on task. They have been called to something bigger than themselves. They focus on a life of legacy that shapes generations to come. They honor their families, their wives, their children, their communities, their country, and, most importantly, they honor God. They begin by praying, planning, and preparing – then acting with precision. What do you need to change to be more of a HIM?

2/8/22

DATE: 2022-02-08
AO: Atlantis
Q: True North
PAX: Bratwurst, Hammerhead, Château (Adrien), Rogue, Infinity, True North FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: 2/8/22 reps alternating between hip thrust, shoulder taps, & box jumps
THE THANG: mosey to stadium for walk up each section of steps, # steps = # reps, decreasing by one until done, then on to next section. rounds of squats, crunchy frogs, burpees, and american hammers, and single count SSH. MARY: 45 seconds of plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ARC
COT: pray for patience and understanding, especially before and when you need it, not just after.

Abominable Ruck Challenge – Overnight Group

DATE: 2022-02-19
AO: Mor-Ruck-Ing
Q: Infinity
PAX: Hightower, Madoff, Shute, Banjo (WV), Rigger, Bobcat, Brisket, Lucius, Gigawatt, Bone, Lazarus FNGs: Trigger (F3 Philly)
COUNT: 13
Rucked over 12 miles stopping to perform the following beat downs: Log Big Boi Sit-Ups (Q: Hightower), Matchstick Factory (Q: Infinity), Unbroken (Q: Banjo WV), and Exorcist Stairs (Q: Lucius).