17 HIMs woke up early and decided to take a beatdown provided by Pusher and YHC. Many of the Pax arrived early and mumblechatter was aplenty.

Once Pusher and I settled our grievance over the definition of “old” (Veteran does not mean old) the game was on:

Quick Mosey to front field for warmup. T-Claps to Wild Thing for stepping up and leading his first warmup. Great job and great leadership.

SSH
Mountain Climbers
Imperial Walkers
WindMill
Peter Parkers
Merkins

The Thang

With all the talk of age, I decided a great way to test the Pax was by testing their memory.

We counted off by 2’s and split into our respective groups. Each group was assigned 2 sets of 10 cones spaced 50 yards a part. Each set of 10 cones consisted of the following exercises hidden on index cards underneath:

• 5 Burpees x2
• 15 Bomb Jacks x2
• 25 Squats x2
• 10 Merkins x2
• 25 LBCs x2

Working in teams, each group would select two cones to turn over revealing the exercises below and would perform those exercises (irregardless if they matched). If you were lucky enough to get a match, you were awarded a jog to the other set of cones. If they didnt match, you were punished with a bear crawl to the other set of cones.  You continued this back and forth until all matches were revealed.

While I didnt anticpate the level of cheating (*cough* cough* *Dark Helmet*) that I see from my 2.0 when we play memory, the Pax attacked the game and all matches were found.

T-Claps to John Cena and Mini Me for possibly the fastest Bear Crawl in F3 history.

Also, as suggested by the Pax, next week we will be playing Sudoku. Gotta keep the mind sharp.

Once my time was up, it was time for the Pusher to complete the Beatdown. We quickly moseyed to the street behind the school where Pusher provided great wisdom on financial responsibility and not wasting a day.

Now we were ready to attack the legs:

In sets of three:

• People’s Chair (3x 10 counts) followed by Jack Squats (1×4 up to 5×20)
• Step ups (15,10,5 each leg) followed by more Jack Squats (5×20 down to 1X4)
• Calf Raises with Partner Push down (15, 10, 5) followed by monkey humpers (too many to remember)

No leg was left unpunished by the end of these exercises. This concluded our time and we moseyed back to COT.

Announcements:
F3 Dads The Patriot 9 a.m.
The Deep will move start time to 6:30 am
HDHH Sweetwater Lake Wylie 7/6 6 pm
4 year anniversary of The Fort

Each time I get to lead the Pax I’m truly humbled and gracious. Thanks to Pusher for the Co-Q, it was an honor and hopefully we get to do it again soon.

YHC