WARMUP: Mosey to hotel and back
THE THANG: Run around buildings with a stop after every lap for three exercises. All muscle groups were used. Took some time to talk about holiday experiences and plans for next year.
COT: prayers for travel and family
WARMUP: short COP
THE THANG: mossy to Hubert Graham Way. Run to bottom of hill (3rd street light). 10 merkins then run to top and stop at the 2 street lights for 10 merkins. 5 rounds.
Missy to playground. PAX split in half, 10 step ups each leg others do swing set crunch until step ups done. 2 rounds. 20 leg raises and 20 flutters.
Mossy back to COT the long way around the school with 3 stops on the way of 5 burpees.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas convergence
COT: prayers for travel, injured and sick
WARMUP: tested the site Q to see if he would cancel and go home cause it was raining. A core principle was applied. Moseyed to cover under the awning at C.O.G.
THE THANG: Deck of cards. Took turns pulling cards and thinking of exercises and how many. Yes, that’s really what we did.
MARY: Nope.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter, LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT BACKBLASTS
COT: Mental Battles and Prayers for those that need a venue such as F3.
WARMUP: 7’s on the hill next to church of God (merkins and bomb jacks)
THE THANG: 2-laps around town with 4 pain stations
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check your newsletter
COT: Had to be there
WARMUP: mosey to dumpster. SSH Merkins Moroccan night clubs plank stretching mosey back to front of school
THE THANG: 3 min of 3 exercises(10,15,20 reps) with burpee stack. Look it up. Merkins mtn climbers and shoulder taps then run to the little green boy. Round 2 squats monkey humpers and calf raises run again. Round 3 big boys American hammers flutters and reverse LBCs (ask Maximus)
Lastly a Dora with 100 merkins 200 squats and 300 reverse LBCs since everyone liked them.
MARY: not necessary when doing reverse LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter.
COT: prayers for marriages and those dealing with lost loved ones. 🙏
WARMUP: Mosey to Patricia Ln.
THE THANG: Alternate between 2 pain stations…one at circle at the end of Patricia Ln and the second at the farthest parking lot in front of GHMS. The pain stations are exactly 1/2 mi apart. At Patricia Ln the PAX completed a round of 10 burpees and 25 flutter kicks. At GHMS, 10 merkins and 25 sumo squats. Rinse and repeat. PAX logged between 3.5 – 4.5 mi.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party and convergence. Read your newsletter.
WARMUP: SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, MNCs, Plank Stretches
THE THANG: 1st Half, simple routine, run around the park, stop at each swinging bench, three exercises (10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 LBCs). two laps were completed by all in attendance.
Hand-0ff to Straight-up
Quick lesson of speaking to others..THINK before you speak
T – Is it True?
H- Is it Helpful?
I – Is it Inspiring?
N- Is it Necessary?
K-Is it Kind?
Typical Straight-Up workout..it was full of bear crawls and abs exercises that were very difficult to do. We covered most of the park, running up and down the parking lot hill, dips at the bottom and top, a visit to the play ground for pull-ups and lunges. Finally, a set of complex American Hammers and LBC swirls.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: X-Mas Convergence 12/24
COT: Prayers for Vuvu’s Mother
WARMUP: We ran around the big loop with the occasional plank at the corners to bring the group back together. After the lap, as a group, 38 SSH I/C, Merkins 19 I/C, Flutters 38 I/C, Squats 19 I/C.
Then, run the loop again.
THE THANG: With cones set up 76yds apart and cones at the mid-point (38yds), grab a partner. As a rehash of J-WOW’s expertise from the Thanksgiving Convergence, we did the Partner Push from one end to the mid-point (38yds). Then your partner would push on the return. Complete this 5 times.
Now, get on the opposite end from your partner, 76yds apart. Bear crawl to the middle, 5 partner merkins, run back to your end, 19 Mountain Climbers I/C. Then repeat.
Now, get into 2 lines, facing your partner.
19 Carolina Dry Docks I/C
19 Diamond Merkins I/C
19 American Hammers I/C
19 Squats I/C
19 Calf Raises I/C
On the curb, 19 Mike Tysons I/C
38 American Hammers I/C
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: After nearly 3 years as our Pantheon Site Q, 38 Special has graced me with the Shovel Flag of this special site. To say I am excited is an understatement and there are more good things in store for this AO on the West side of our mill town. I’ll be recruiting past Site Q’s to join me in taking a flag; it’s time.
Read your newsletter
COT: You had to be there but I will say this, be emotionally present, not just physically present.
Until next time,
Maximus
5 at The Hive, what more needs to be said?!?!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually, no, it wasn’t the worst of times at all. YHC showed up to preset some lights, but the gate dividing the FMHS campus was closed for this first time ever. So, there was a quick audible and YHC set up some lights and cones on the hill down to the handicapped parking lot, which most PAX don’t even know exists. But for future reference, that hill sucks.
1 red herring light at the top of the entrance driveway
4 lights along the handicap driveway just out of sight
Warmup – yes, that’s an important part preceding physical activity. Do one, slacker.
Thang:
Bottom of the hill:
Farmers carry up to cone one
2 swings
Farmers carry up to cone two
2 swings
2 snatches
Farmers carry up to cone three
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked reverse lunges
Farmers carry up to cone four
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thrusters one arm
Farmers carry up to cone four
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thrusters one arm
Farmers carry up to top
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thruster one arm
2 manmakers
Then we did the full sequence
2 swings
2 snatches
2 racked revers lunges
2 squat thruster one arm
2 manmakers
Every time, but bear crawling down and then back up the hill.
Cone 1 – full sequence
Cone 2 – full sequence
etc.
Went to the red herring cone just for fun and did 20 Single Leg Deadlifts. Then COT and some Mary. I’ve already written too much and nobody will read this BUT………
NMM: nobody would have known that I had to audible. Just carry on with your plan, and act like you meant it.