Category: Uncategorized

DATE: 2022-01-08
AO: Freestate
Q: Winston
PAX: Horshack, CashOnly, Butter, Deagle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
25 SSH IC
Arm circles 4×10 ic
10 shoulder taps ic
10 mirkins ic
10 shoulder taps ic
10 Carolina dry docks ic
15 wind mills ic
El capitans 10 out/back
15 cherry pickers ic

THE THANG:
3.5 mile run

MARY:
25 LBC ic
25 X factors ic
Plank o rama 15 count ic
25 flutters ic

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Deagle is a very positive guy…

COT:
Praying for the missing woman from Bethesda…

DATE: 2022-01-08
AO: Aerie
Q: Rocketman
PAX: Chasqui, Renaissance
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:

SSH, Michael Phelps, burpees

THE THANG:

3.3 mile ruck with weights and “the baby”. Weighted squats, merkins, burpees, etc.

MARY:

Stretches.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

ARC in Feb! Saturdays are going to be prep days.
Jan 22 is the next planned 2.0 friendly workout.

COT:

All throughout the ruck + coffeeteria afterwards. Talked a little about disrupting our families in a good way and how we’re teaching our kids about thankfulness and gratitude.

DATE: 2022-01-08
AO: Farm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Gekko (Keith Capp), Matthew – Running Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WarmUp: SSHs, Don Quixotes, Cherry Pickers, Michael Phelps, Copperhead Squats, and 10-1 Motivators.

The Thang: Parking Lot Fun
>From the end of one row of parking spaces:
Bear Crawl forward 2 spaces
1 Burpee
Bear Crawl forward 2 spaces
2 Burpees
Etc. until reach end of parking spaces
>From the far end of the row of parking spaces:
Walking Lunge forward 2 spaces
1 Star Jump
Walking Lunge forward 2 spaces
2 Star Jumps
Etc. until reach end of parking spaces
>From the end of one row of parking spaces:
Crawl Bear 2 spaces
1 Merkin
Crawl Bear 2 spaces
2 Merkins
Etc. until reach end of parking spaces
>From the far end of the row of parking spaces:
Reverse Walking Lunge 1 space
1 Squat
Walking Lunge 1 space
2 Squats
Etc. until reach end of parking spaces

Mosey to the picnic shelter
45-sec Wall Sit

Mary: Flutter Kicks, American Hammers, and Side Crunches.

CoT: Much has been said and written in recent years about the challenges of men and boys. A sampling of book titles, for example, includes Why There Are No Good Men Left, The Demise of Guys, The End of Men, Why Boys Fail, and Manning Up. Interestingly, most of these seem to have been written by women. In any case, a common thread running through these analyses is that in many societies today men and boys get conflicting and demeaning signals about their roles and value in society.

The author of Manning Up characterized it this way: “It’s been an almost universal rule of civilization that whereas girls became women simply by reaching physical maturity, boys had to pass a test. They needed to demonstrate courage, physical prowess, or mastery of the necessary skills. The goal was to prove their competence as protectors of women and children; this was always their primary social role. Today, however, with women moving ahead in an advanced economy, provider husbands and fathers are now optional, and the character qualities men had needed to play their role—fortitude, stoicism, courage, fidelity—are obsolete and even a little embarrassing.”

In their zeal to promote opportunity for women, something we applaud, there are those who denigrate men and their contributions. They seem to think of life as a competition between male and female—that one must dominate the other, and now it’s the women’s turn. Some argue that a career is everything and marriage and children should be entirely optional—therefore, why do we need men? In too many Hollywood films, TV and cable shows, and even commercials, men are portrayed as incompetent, immature, or self-absorbed. This cultural emasculation of males is having a damaging effect.

It cannot be this way with us. We have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. We must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust. These days, we cannot afford to have men who are drifting. We cannot afford husbands and fathers who fail to provide leadership in the home. We cannot afford to have those who waste their strength in pornography or spend their lives in cyberspace. Brethren, we have work to do.
(Adapted from a talk given by D. Todd Christofferson during the October 2012 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)

DATE: 2022-01-07
AO: Patriot
Q: Big Short
PAX: Bone, CableGuy, citrus, Flipper, My Space, Roadkill, Shake and Bake, Spokes FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: The standard side straddle hops, arm circles, Michael Phelps, imperial walkers, hillbillies, cherry pickers and Willie Mays heys.

THE THANG: Our favorite exercises, done in sets of 100 as follows:

The PAX did 50 reps of the exercise, then did five lunges and ran across the field, did another 50 reps of that exercise and then did five more lunges and ran back across the field to the starting point. The exercises: Copperhead squats
Shoulder tap merkins
Mountain poopers
Bonnie Blairs
Burpees

MARY: flutter kicks and toy soldiers.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rucking or running on Sunday morning. Ruck starts at 5:30 and run starts at 6:30. The groups meet up afterwards at North Side Social in Falls Church. See the Social Distance channel.

COT: To remember General Colin Powell, the Q shared a story about General Powell and leadership.

DATE: 2022-01-07
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: Lazlo
PAX: 3 mile, Old Bay, Disco, Grease Monkey, Poe, Kodiak, Fish Fry, Yardbird, Brown Bag FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
So it turns out that if you drag a coupon through the snow using a rope, two things can happen. If you’re lucky it slides across the ice like a nice concrete sled. But if it starts tumbling, that’s basically how you build the bottom of a snowman. A heavy snowman. Pick your sled wisely.

WARMUP: SSH, Imperial walkers, copperhead squats, mountain man poopers, michael phelps, Motivators (from 10)
THE THANG: Three rounds of stations. Four stations, with station 1 as the timer. PAX stay at their stations until relieved. For Round 1:
Station 1: Bear crawl 25 yards, 5 burpees, crawl bear back
Station 2: KB swings
Station 3: BWS
Station 4: Hillbillies
For Round 2:
Station 1: Dog sled. (Drag coupon by a rope 50 yards then back) Station 2: Atlas shrugged
Station 3: jump squats
Station 4: Frankensteins
For Round 3: Repeat Round 2

MARY: Snow angels, WWIs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ARC is coming up. Read about it.
COT: I talked about a story I read last night. My wife showed me and I can’t find it online to post a link – I’ll come back here if I do. It was about the guy who started the Young People’s Chorus of New York. Really inspiring story. He grew up poor and with no friends, but dedicated himself to music. In his twenties he started a choir for young kids that didn’t have money to do anything organized. But if you would show up he would take you. A few decades later they’re a world-class group, and he still takes kids from all backgrounds, races, social groups, etc. So he’s impacted thousands of kids lives, doing something that he found meaning in. Lots of good lessons there.