WARMUP: Chatter
THE THANG: Out and Back – Munn Harris under 77 up Sam Smith to Sutton down 6th Baxter and back.
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yup
COT: Fantastic
WARMUP:
Is 36+ years at a job meaningless or meaningful?? How you approach it makes the difference but finishing strong is the key to legacy :muscle:
THE THANG:
Dynamic warm up
5 burpees
Toy soldiers
Shuffle
Butt lickers
Shuffle
High knees
30 & 35
Gassers w30 merkins
10 merkins then first run
10 merkins 2nd run
10 merkins 3rd run
Dips w out 5 donkey kicks and back
10 dips
10 dips
10 dips
Broadjump burpee-5
30 flutters 10 at a time
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read Newsletter
Halfback is a beast
COT:
Prayers for aging parents, marriages, 2.0’s, those dealing with health issues :pray:
Run. Run run run. Run. Stop walking. Run run run. :runner:
Braden hill repeats.
Run run run back.
Harris Street x2
120 merkins
120 LBC’s
4 miles
WARMUP: The usual suspects
THE THANG: Jacket-Dirty-Mile
4 laps around FMHS track… 3 “excursions”/lap
– Up & down Railings of Home side bleachers (so… up, over, down, over, up, over, down…and rejoin track)
– East end zone — 10 inverted rows on Football team “apparatus”
– West end zone – Nur up hill…. crawl-bear down.
When 4 laps done… dealer’s choice on how to finish: Yog… or continue pattern. Most continued.
MARY: Partner – 1 Pax holds 6″ / other pax slaloms feet over (10x each side)… flapjack
Ab-Lab w/ Circle of Hate: Pax calls out exercise for others to do while he bear-crawls or Lunge walks around perimeter.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: FMCC Food Drive, Operation Love Turkey collection, other newsletter stuff
COT: Held (5th core principle)
Loops around Gardenia. Oof!
WARMUP: Mosey to behind Empire for COP with various exercises in cadence including; SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers and a question answered incorrectly by the PAX. Therefore…..5 burpees OYO.
THE THANG: 3 lessons – 3 stations
Lesson 1 – The examined life is the one most worth living. We don’t learn from our experiences. We learn by reflecting on our experiences, then hopefully applying the learning in a positive way lest we repeat failure.
Lesson 2 – Mosey to the corner of Lowe’s: Today’s habits are tomorrow’s influence. Our “ordinary” is what others see. Our children and those we influence will emulate us. Why? They learn by watching us. And more are watching than we realize. More on that in lesson 3
11’s were called (month of November) – Hand-release merkins on one side and Makhtar Ndiayes on the other. Barry Manilow was highly pleased. PAX did this exercise together at three different points behind Lowe’s until the mulch piles were reached.
Lesson 3 – 2.8 – We influence an average of 2.8 people per day. In our lifetimes – it adds up to between 10,000 and 80,000 people. Our ripple effect matters – how are you cascading your influence? 3 series of 8 flying squirrels and 2 super slow burn squats with modes of transport varying between lunge walks and jogs.
A mosey to the grassy area near COT for Knee-tar Ndiayes and monkey humpers.
A mosey to behind Chik Fil A where we took geometry class by doing protractors, hello dolly’s and rosalitas depending on the angle.
A mosey back down the hill to COT and, according to Barry Manilow – it looked like we made it.
MARY: No time – open to all men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Of course
COT: Will always be the 5th core principle
PAX were challenged to be a stone in someone’s life. At an age range of 47-58, there is insight to be shared and others will benefit. Being that somebody by serving in this capacity is taking one meaningful step toward leaving our world better than we found it.
The lessons shared served as a reminder to the importance of the roles we serve in our homes and communities. They learn by watching us. Always.
Thanks for the call, Peach Stand.
Honored,
Cyclops
WARMUP:
Handful of exercises to loosen up
THE THANG:
4 corners of exercises with 20 as rep number
5 exercises at each corner 3 rounds each with lap between rounds
MARY:
Flutters, Hello Dollys, big boys
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read newsletter
Christmas party
COT:
Praying for Men to lead their families well
WARMUP: yes
THE THANG:
R on Textile Way
R on Wamsutta Mills Dr
R on Kingsley Springs Pkwy
Cross 160 onto Munn
R on Harris
R on Spring Blossom
L on Misty Morning Ct (1st cul-de-sac)
L on Spring Blossom
L on Brookcrest Lane (2nd cul-de-sac)
Reverse back
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, twister gave us some of the ao history of 6ish @6
COT: prayer and praise for fellow PAX at marathon and Spartan today. M’s, aging parents, health challenges, NaFo Marching Band @ Grand Nationals in Indy.
WARMUP: Disclaimer and Pledge duly pronounced
THE THANG: 1 mile loop (rectangle) with an exercise at each corner.
Up Massey, right on Harris, right on Ardrey, right on 160
Burpees x10
Hand release merkins x10
Apollo ono x10
Donkey kicks x10
Pax stayed together for first mile, then thoroughbreds were cut loose. All pax completed at least 3 laps/3 miles and all finished 1-0 for the day.
MARY: she stayed in the sack
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, Turkey convergence
COT: Theme today was the Unexpected. I finished a book this week called “The Unexpected Journey” about caregivers of dementia patients (my dad’s current daily reality caring for my mom). I was also reminded of a quote from one of my favorite spiritual teachers, Henri Nouwen: “I’ve always complained about my work being interrupted until one day I realized the interruptions were my work.”
How do you respond to interruptions? Or when the Unexpected drops in front of you? Too often my response has been poor. I’m improving and yet I still have a ways to go.
I call these moments out as critical leadership moments. It’s harder to lead when something unexpected surfaces, and yet those are the moments when leadership is needed the most. Use these moments as instances to learn and grow your awareness, your skills, your consistency, and your leadership.
Thanks for the push from all pax today! I needed you around me, because as Nasa heard during the run, I was close to texting him at midnight last night that I was out because of an oncoming head cold. I didn’t send the message. And then something unexpected happened — I woke up feeling like I was good to go!
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