Category: Uncategorized

Date: 2024-03-25
AO: thepatriot
Q: Bone
PAX: Wedding Singer, Ice Tea, Booking, citrus, Bone, Hobbyhorse, Big Short, bogey, @smokey @skymiles @rooney @coconuts FNGs: None
COUNT: 12

WARMUP: Fellowship lap to actually warm up first. Side straddle hops, Root vegetable extractors, Willy Mays Hays, Michael Phelps, BWS, Downward Dog, Cobra Kai, merkins.
THE THANG: Tour of the AO with lunges in the parking lot, to high knees. Rockettes over the bike rack (did anyone actually do this, besides me?) and down to the arena. Count off by 2s: 1s are timers for 2s and vice-a-versa. Hop up the steps like the Easter bunny and run back to the arena while the other group performs box jumps then derkins then step ups, then wall sit. Mountain man poopers to stretch it out after the four rounds. Bear crawl to the benches for dips to be sure the Easter bunny can get heavy chocolate eggs up to the top shelf. Mosey to the basketball court for BWSs while the other group ran suicides on the court. To the wall for Jenner’s! This is a crowd pleaser and a time honored classic (one of the few new exercises introduced by the legend that worked out). 10 Australian push-ups as the timer for two rounds. Back to the field for a ring of fire 5 merkins per PAX.
MARY: LBCs, Freddy Mercuries, Toy Soldiers, Supermans, Flutter Kick – some weak style others strong. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Boneathon May 26th-ride your bike if you don’t run. Hamilton AO kicked off at TJ.
COT: Seconded bogey on checking in with others. Aristotle- The roots of learning are bitter; the fruit is sweet. YHC trained to qualify for Boston and lost 18 pounds in the process. This has caused a lot of knee pain due to lack of support from muscle atrophy. Learning is that proper training requires the whole package, eat right and do proper strength exercises to keep the supporting muscles strong.

Tags: thepatriot, Wedding Singer, Ice Tea, Booking, citrus, Bone, Hobbyhorse, Big Short, bogey, @smokey @skymiles @rooney @coconuts

Date: 2024-03-23
AO: thesandlot
Q: Hobbyhorse
PAX: Legacy, Boardwalk, Lazlo, Tibs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Coupon mosey to Hayes Park picnic shelter; PAX move out the picnic tables; SSH; I-W; Hillbilly; Phelps; Arm Circle; Cherry Pick; WMH; DD; Greatest; Cobra
THE THANG: Mostly cadence of 5 burpee; 10 OH press; 15 merk; 20 curl; 25 coupon squat; 30 coupon calf raise followed by a F1 swervey lap through the park. Repeat. Mix in some some WW2s and Bonnie Blairs in the exercise circuit and some sprints in the lap circuit.
MARY: LBC; flutter kick; flutter kick with arms to sky (Toolbox style); F-Ms; return tables to original position ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hamilton at TJ Middle School soccer fields Mondays 0530 COT: Showing up is a differentiator.

Tags: thesandlot, Legacy, Boardwalk, Lazlo, Tibs

Date: 2024-03-22
AO: horizon-ao
Q: Yardbird
PAX: 2 percent, Disco, Gherkin, Hobbyhorse, Kodiak, Magoo, sticks, Yardbird, Flipturn, someone I don’t know FNGs: None
COUNT: 10

WARMUP: SSH, IW, DQ, WMH, slow count merkins, DD, hand clap merkins, WGS, diamond merkins
THE THANG: fellowship lap into 3 stations: Field= travel field: 3 step lunge walk into burpee all the way across//sprint back//15 count bear crawl + 5 hand release merkins to 50 + sprint//backwards run//5 star jumps + 5 plank jacks as travel//probably more running Station 2: rotate pull ups/wall sits/big boys
Station 3: alternate pistol squats at bike racks & step-ups + incline merkins or dips MARY: LBC, flutter, American hammer
ANNOUNCEMENTS: June convergence, boneathon
COT: what do you need to tell yourself (& others) today? Developing a practice of calling forth the present, almost, & not-yet in yourself.

Tags: horizon-ao, 2 percent, Disco, Gherkin, Hobbyhorse, Kodiak, Magoo, sticks, Yardbird, Flipturn, someone I don’t know

Date: 2024-03-15
AO: sparta
Q: Rambler
PAX: Doodles, Megatron, K-Pop, Goose, Iron Eagle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Peanuts was down and out. Rambler took the Q.
WARMUP: SSH, CP, Downward Dog, WGS, Several Shoulder Exercises
THE THANG: Focus on Shoulders. Bear Crawls/Crawl Bears. Merkins. OH Press, WWII with Press, etc. etc. MARY: Several Core Exercises – Can’t Recall!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Apr 6 Drinks @ Bunnyman for YardSale. Dad’s Camp Planning – Jun 1 weekend. Apr 20 cleanup event at park in Faquier County. COT: Honestly can’t recall – I said some words. Powerful. The PAX cried.

Tags: sparta, Doodles, Megatron, K-Pop, Goose, Iron Eagle

Date: 2024-03-21
AO: olympus
Q: Rambler
PAX: Crop Duster, Blue Steel, Rollingstone, Battleship, Peanuts, Nano, Hightower, YNAB, Doodles, Megatron, Pop Fly, Monk, K-Pop, Twin Star, Flapjack, Mounthe FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hop, The Merkin, Cherry Pickers, The Merkin, WMHs, The Merkin, DD, The Merkin WGS, The Merkin Series of Shoulder Events, The Merkin
THE THANG: All with Cindy. Don’t ever put her down – physically or emotionally. 1. Rifle Carry to 50.
2. Crawl Bear back to Goal.
3. Stop – Drop – Roll – Hop – Every 5 to 50.
4. Tri-State w. Coupon
1. Home Side – Up / Down – Merkin
2. Murder Bunny to Visitor
3. Visitor Side – Up/ Down – Hill Billy
4. Entrance Side (3x) – Down / Up – Side Straddle Hop
1. Carry Down Stairs
2. Up the Hill – Bear Crawl with Block to the Top.
3. Build a Wall – to the 50 – Bobby Blockees

MARY: LBCs, WWII Press, Dead Starfish
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dad’s Camp – Jun 1 weekend; The Murph; Apr 6 Yard Sale Celebration; Apr 20 Park Cleanup/Support
COT: According to the US National Bureau of Economic Research – 47.2 Years of Age is the average unhappiest age. Glad that’s done.
Then I looked at other studies on ‘age’ and stumbled on this. “The Age You Peak at Everything”. The first one was:
-age 23 for life satisfaction. It also happens to be the age for female attractiveness to men. 40 – is making a nobel-prize winning discovery
48 – is ‘salary for men’
50 – arithmetic skills
51 – understanding people’s emotions
69 – life satisfaction
And there are a few more. I’m struck by these three positions so close: 47.2 – age of misery
48 – best salary
51 – understanding people’s emotions
But then 69 until the second stage of ‘life satisfaction’. What I find as I get older – and I encourage for you – continue to work on your self-awareness – what do you need to work on. Being patient? Listening? Slowing Down? Toning down the anxiety and stress? Engaging more with your family, friends and community? Finding pleasure in the small pleasures in life? These ‘average ages’ provide perspective. Reflection points. Maybe I haven’t fully hit the ‘age of misery’ – but I will be more prepared to face it or address or help others get through it by being here – being present – being engaged with this community. And to that point – thank you all for being out here and engaging and sharing your time with me. I look forward to the year ahead.

Tags: olympus, Crop Duster, Blue Steel, Rollingstone, Battleship, Peanuts, Nano, Hightower, YNAB, Doodles, Megatron, Pop Fly, Monk, K-Pop, Twin Star, Flapjack, Mounthe