thepatriot Work Hard. Play Kickball?

Date: 2024-06-19
AO: thepatriot
Q: My Space
PAX: citrus, Bone, bogey, Ice Tea, CableGuy, Hops, Flipper, Booking, Defiance, Hobbyhorse, My Space, Wedding Singer, SAAS, Icy hot, pork chop, sunshine, and… FNGs: None
COUNT: 17

WARMUP: the normal
THE THANG: farmer carry to softball field. Line up with coupons on left field foul line. Count off. group one runs to right field foul poll and back as timer, second group does the following exercises and then switches.

blockees
Overhead press
Curls
Squats
Round the worlds
Mericans
Lunges
Blockees

The pax then did a little running of the bases:
Sprint to 1st jog back
Sprint to 2nd base, jog back
Sprint to 3rd base, jog back
Homerun
Pax then did six rounds of lead, shuffle, steal.

Pax then played kickball for 10 min — hits were burbees for the fielding team, outs were burpees for the kicking team.

MARY: 50 LBC, 50 shoulder taps (4 count).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots. Cornhole on the 6/30 (Bone), Ruck event around 7/4 (Saas), going away HH for
COT: It is important as hard as everyone works to find time to have fun and try new things. Good for anxiety, stress levels, and personal growth.

Tags: thepatriot, citrus, Bone, bogey, Ice Tea, CableGuy, Hops, Flipper, Booking, Defiance, Hobbyhorse, My Space, Wedding Singer, SAAS, Icy hot, pork chop, sunshine, and…

compound Honored Juneteenth to reflect on Willie Mays and Rickwood Field

Date: 2024-06-19
AO: compound
Q: Doodles
PAX: Big Bird, Rambler, Popeyes, Skidoos, Poe, Po, Hightower, Peanuts, cactus FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: SSH, Down Dog, imperial walkers, kobra kia, arm circles THE THANG:
Explored the space of Mosiac and Luther Jackson stopping occasionally for some baseball trivia. The correct answer yielded sometimes fewer reps than the incorrect answer. 20 burpees
20 mike tysons
20 starburst squats
20 donkey kicks
20 Merkins
SSHs – a lot
20 Bonnie Blairs in cadence

MARY: LBCs and a few other exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ruck and float, next year’s dads camp, sept 11th stairclimb, 2nd F event at top golf in the near future.
COT: Remembering the legacy of Willie Mays – career started in the Negro League for Birmingham Black Barons at 17 years old and ended with NY Mets at age 43. He stated, “Baseball is a hard game and we go through ups and downs. Just keeping playing and have fun.” Seems simple but in a society that dwells on stress and anxiety it is a good motto for life.

Tags: compound, Big Bird, Rambler, Popeyes, Skidoos, Poe, Po, Hightower, Peanuts, cactus

horizon-ao F3 ultimate and the search for sparky

Date: 2024-06-19
AO: horizon-ao
Q: 3 mile
PAX: Old Bay, Kodiak, Mr Haand, Purple Rain, Stapler
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6

WARMUP: Yes
THE THANG: 100 merkins . 200 squats / 300 lbcs/ 10 collective team burpees at each transition ; f3 ultimate MARY: see above
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: minute of silence

Tags: horizon-ao, Old Bay, Kodiak, Mr Haand, Purple Rain, Stapler

horizon-ao Hoopin’ It Up

Date: 2024-06-17
AO: horizon-ao
Q: Poe
PAX: Fish Fry, Brown Bag, vplaxico, Sparky, Kodiak, sticks, Magoo, Disco, 3 mile, Purple Rain FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH, LBAC, Michael Phelps, IW, Cherry Pickers, WMH, Down Dog, WGS, Up Dog, Mosey to Basketball Courts

THE THANG:

Round 1: Merkin Ladder 1-10, with various means of traveling from one end line to the other

Round 2: Each pax take a turn attempting a 3-pointer, then shoot from wherever the ball bounces till it goes in while all other pax perform one merkin per shot, repeat at other end with other pax performing airsquats

Round 2: Full court one-on-one while all other pax perform B-O-M-B-S in succession, advancing to next exercise with each new one-on-one matchup

Round 3: Full court five-on-five (one rotating resting pax so as not to have five-on-six), exercise on each point – about 5 points were scored in total

MARY: Box cutters, scissors, J-Lo’s

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pickleballers see balls-of-fury channel

COT: Life is hard. Mine sometimes feels like a never ending stream of professional and personal to-do lists. Sometimes, you just gotta take a minute and have some fun. Like by playing basketball.

Tags: horizon-ao, Fish Fry, Brown Bag, vplaxico, Sparky, Kodiak, sticks, Magoo, Disco, 3 mile, Purple Rain

balls-of-fury Our Balls are Really Rolling Now

Date: 2024-06-18
AO: balls-of-fury
Q: Legacy
PAX: Gherkin, Roddick, Popeyes, Fish Fry, Smokey, Magoo, Toolbox FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Hit
THE THANG: Hit
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next week bros!
COT: Not only are our balls furious, but, at this point, they are really rolling. Our balls have momentum! SYITG!

Tags: balls-of-fury, Gherkin, Roddick, Popeyes, Fish Fry, Smokey, Magoo, Toolbox