A Festivus For the Rest of Us!

Date: 2023-12-01
AO: thehighlands
Q: 2 percent
PAX: Toolbox, Hard Knox, XL, Obadiah, Gherkin
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Arm Circles, Moroccan Nightclubs, Michael Phelps, Willy Mays Hays, RVE’s, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch
THE THANG: After a brief fellowship lap the PAX gathered around in a circle to learn the true meaning of Festivus: a non-denominational holiday filled with one sided ridicule and mindless physical tests of strength. Also, there was an aluminum pole. • The tradition of Festivus began with the Airing of Grievances:
The QIC had a lot of problems with a select few PAX, and now they were going to hear about it! The QIC barked the ways in which they had disappointed him over the past year. After each name was read, and an appropriate insult hurled, a burpee was performed collectively by the group. And now as Festivus rolls on, we come to the feats of strength.
• 50 yard line – each PAX carried the Festivus pole to the goal line and back while the remaining PAX performed the following until it was their turn: o Mountain Climbers
o Star Jumps
o LBC’s
o Heisman Shuffle
o “Where am I’s”
o Bonnie Blairs
• Mosey to the playground – 3 rounds of max effort for pull ups while remaining PAX performs o Soccer kicks
o Peter Parkers
o Freddie Mercuries
o Dips
o Break Dancers
• Mosey’d to the concrete blocks – 1 round of 20 box jumps, 15 derkins
• Returned to the soccer field for the Ring of Festivus Fire – each PAX performed 5 goblet squats while remaining PAX held plank

MARY: Flutter Kicks, Penguin Crunches, Alabama Prom Dates, Nolan Ryan’s ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2023 County Rambler 12/2
COT: No matter what holiday you celebrate, real, fictitious, or nothing at all….I wish all of you and your families a safe and happy December and a joyous New Year.

Pre-Thanksgiving Coupons

Date: 2023-11-22
AO: compound
Q: Poe
PAX: Peanuts
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: SSH, LBAC, Cherry Pickers, IWs, Willy Mays Hayes

THE THANG: Several secret coupon exercises…secret because only Peanuts showed up and I’m gonna run this again. Then running, then coupon round two.

MARY: flutter kicks, LBCs

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: good to have a workout to get us into the right mindset to interact with all sorts of family members this weekend. Happy thanksgiving!!

Field Day Part 2

Date: 2023-11-30
AO: edge_of_reason
Q: Chef
PAX: Quip, Card Shark
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
20cc ssh
20cc grass grabbers
20cc hairy Rockettes
Static Stretches:
– Across arm stretches

THE THANG:
1) Four Corners – lunge across end zone, 10 burpees, sprint down field, 10 squats, lunge across end zone, 10 burpees, sprint down field, 10 squats

2) Harley Quinn’s (up to 40) with LBCs and Bonnie Blair’s. Then SSHs and calf raises. Two exercises are needed each round, Exercise A is performed on yardage that starts with odd number and Exercise B on yardage that starts with even number). Rounds consist of PAX starting on the end line, PAX run to the 10yd line, perform 10 reps of Exercise A, run back to baseline, Run to 20yd line and perform 20 reps of Exercise B, run back to baseline, 30yd= 30reps Ex A and so forth.

3) DMC – Duck walk to the 10 yard line, 5 merkins, reverse bearcrawl back to goal line. Repeat to the 20. In the future we could go on to the 30, 40 and 50 yardlines increasing # of merkins by 5! Duckwalk-Merkin-Reverse Bearcrawl.

MARY:
10cc Flutter kicks
10cc Hello Dollys
10cc American Hammers
Planks circuit

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None this week

COT:
– The father of a good friend of CardShark passed away, prayers for his friend and family. – Praise for Quip’s promotion and a good visit with family.
– Praise for safe travels for Chef and family to Turkey and WI. Prayer for wisdom in deciding should a job offer come through.

Running Circuits

Date: 2023-11-29
AO: theaerie
Q: Chasqui
PAX: Chasqui
FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
WARMUP:
side straddle hops
michael phelps
high kicks
squats

THE THANG:
Running loops around the field w/ exercise rotation at each corner of the field. Repeat…

Big boy sit ups
Planks
Mountain climbers

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Time to burn off the extra pounds one beatdown at a time.

A Festivus For the Rest of Us!

Date: 2023-11-29
AO: ignite
Q: 2 percent
PAX: Major Payne, Jenner, Animal, Bootlegger, Kodak, Popeye, Lazlo, Legacy, Anchorman, Traveler, Goldfish FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Arm Circles, Moroccan Nightclubs, Michael Phelps, Willy Mays Hays, RVE’s, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch
THE THANG: After a brief mosey the PAX gathered around in a circle at a random office parking lot to learn the true meaning of Festivus: a non-denominational holiday filled with one sided ridicule and mindless physical tests of strength. Also, there was an aluminum pole. • The tradition of Festivus began with the Airing of Grievances:
The QIC had a lot of problems with a select few PAX, and now they were going to hear about it! The QIC barked the ways in which they had disappointed him over the past year. After each name was read, and an appropriate insult hurled, a burpee was performed collectively by the group. And now as Festivus rolls on, we came to the feats of strength.
• The PAX paired up. Each pair took turns carrying the Festivus pole ~100m through the parking lot and back while the other PAX does a high knee skip. • Remaining PAX performs the following until each team returns: o Mountain Climbers
o Soccer kicks
o Star Jumps
o Heisman Shuffle
o Bonnie Blairs
• Flying Dutchmen to one end of the parking lot – 20 merkins
• Backwards Flying Dutchmen to the other end of the parking lot – 20 curb dips, rinse and repeat 3 times
• Ring of Festivus Fire – each PAX performs 5 goblet squats with the pole whilst the remaining PAX hold plank

MARY: Flutter Kicks, Penguin Crunches, Alabama Prom Date, Nolan Ryan’s ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2023 County Rambler 12/2
COT: No matter what holiday you celebrate, real, fictitious, or nothing at all….I wish all of you and your families a safe and happy December and a joyous New Year.