Keeping Warm at The Yard

It was a rather cold morning as the PAX gathered. I was a little worried the cold temps would keep the numbers down but 8 other PAX (plus 2 shorties that might or might not had a choice) showed up ready to work. So after a short disclaimer we moseyed around back. Since it was cold I decided we do a little extended mosey with some stops for exercises. Unfortunately they were doing HVAC work on the school and we had to dodge several work trucks. So quick change of plans to get out of the traffic had us move to the back of the middle school.

Deconstructed burpee ladder: Jump squats, merkins, and thrusters between 2 light posts.

  • Start with 0, run to other post for 15 of each, then back to 1st post.
  • 5 each, run to other post for 10 of each, run back.
  • 10 each, run to other post for 5 each, run back.
  • 15 each, then sprint to other post and back.

Since we just practiced the pieces, 5 burpees OYO to make sure the PAX could put them together again.

Mosey around to the front of the middle school for pick a card. I had 2 cones with the same 10 cards at each cone but mixed up order. Pretty simple each card had an exercise for the team to do together and then another exercise for the team to do while next guy ran to get new card. PAX broke into 2 teams and it wasn’t meant to be a competition but you know how things go. Cards included various things like running laps, merkins, dips, flutters, etc but the point was to complete as a team. Both teams worked hard and basically finished at the same time.

Over to the school benches: 20 step-ups, 20 dips, 10 derkins then 10 box-jumps or step-ups, 15 dips, 10 derkins. Move down past the benches to the nice long wall. Get in people’s chair and first PAX bear-crawls to the end. Keep going until all PAX have bear-crawled. Next up is walking BTTW with PAX encouraging each other to make it as far as they could. Great encouragement and work by everyone! Finish off with a quick 10 count wall-tar-jai and times up. Back to COT.

I had to keep it kind of brief in the COT b/c several of us needed to leave to support our 2.0s at the Let Me Run 5K. It’s always encouraging to see so many fellow PAX out there running or just cheering on their 2.0s.

At the end no one was cold, even had some PAX taking some layers off. Thanks to Hasselhoff for the opportunity!

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BackBlast from The Hive Jam Session – 11-17-17

10 men joined YHC for a BYOB Jam Session to celebrate the end of a long week at The Hive.

Mosey around the parking lot to get everyone warmed up on this brisk AM.

Warmup:

  • 30 Side straddles
  • 5 burpees
  • 30 squats
  • 10 4 count windmills

VQ Squeaky gets voluntold to lead a couple warmup exercises.

  • 10 4 count merkins
  • 10 4 count mountain climbers
  • 5 burpees OYO

Grab your bell and head to The Thang…

The Thang:

YHC brought some classic rock to fire us up and smooth country to slow us down while did some interval Tabata training with a special focus on legs…and beating the tar out of the PAX.

30 seconds AMRAP, 10 seconds rest (several rounds, give or take in this order):

  • Goblet squats
  • Left leg lunge
  • Right leg lunge
  • Burpees
  • Jump squats
  • Bombjacks
  • LBCs
  • Burpees
  • Side lunge left leg
  • Side lunge right leg
  • Protractor
  • Flutter

We went round and round for a while, enjoyed Pandora’s best and the company of the sweaty PAX around us.

COT

Announcements

  • Christmas Party
  • Thanksgiving Convergence
  • Turkey Drop tomorrow!

Prayers & Praises

  • plenty of praises from all PAX
  • special prayers for young friend of Socrates with cancer & family member of Whitewater involved in car accident

Last word – focus less on the stress caused by being busy and more on the opportunity that God has given you that is making you busy.

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