WARMUP: We did it
THE THANG: Apparently the bear crawling was a crowd favorite
MARY: No chicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: The 5th Core Principle
WARMUP:
SSHops 20X
WMills 10X
HBWalkers 10X
Weighted bags, users choice. Walk uphill stopping at 5 light poles for below movements:
5 – Under the wires
10 – Explosive Negative Pushups
15 – Man-Makers
20 – Alternate Leg Jackknifes
25 – Crunches
Lunch downhill stopping at 5 aforesaid light poles to perform following movements.
5 – Archer Push-ups
10 – Diamond Pushups
15 – Squat w/ overhead press
20 – Heals to Heaven
25 – American Hammers
Performed 2 Evolutions
MARY:
None
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read newsletter
COT:/
WARMUP: mosey down the hill, windmills, imperial walkers, hill Billy walkers, merkins
THE THANG: run down to end of bus lane. Sets of 5,10,15 between light poles. Exercises: burpees, squats, merkins, seal jacks. Did Dora with merkins squats and LBCs. Mosey back to COT
MARY: 5 minutes worth
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter
COT: show to know.
WARMUP: Yes
THE THANG: Started with some 11s as the pax found the cones that were set up for the Starfish workout.
11s :Merks and squats
Starfish with 10 Burps in the middle with the 4 corners set up for 50 reps at each before making way back to middle between each cone.
MARY: Yes – 3 mins of Mary that consisted of 61 flutters called out in cadence by the Q!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: Well done. Encouragement by Walker educating the Pax on embracing the pain during your sets by redirecting your thoughts and focus away from the pain. When you focus on positive thoughts your body and brain relax and allows for greater acceleration. Nice work by all.
WARMUP: The warmup was led by Undertaker
THE THANG: The PAX ran to the fancy band training arena-bearcrawled to the field, army crawled and lunge walked to the opposite side. From their we executed an accumulator with Burpees, Squats, Merkins, Shoulder Taps, SSH and LBCs – it was complicated. Afterwards the Pax ran with exercise inserts and said the pledge.
MARY: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rucktober and D2D
COT: We asked for prayers for Rebels M and Barkley’s friend who recently passed away. We ask that God look after us as we live one day at a time and help us to not continually look ahead in anticipation
It was a honor and privilege to serve as Q
WARMUP: I showed up 2 minutes late because no one pre-ran with me. Since I was warm the PAX were instructed to stretch or do whatever while I shared about me. Simple things like my name, kids, job, etc. Its amazing how so many forget those after we name someone. During my time of sharing Bandcamp was preforming uncomfortably close SSH.
THE THANG: Crazy 8s at the Forest Creek baseball concession stands. 8 figure 8 loops with a different exercise each time passing through the middle. Viewers choice on the exercise, only rule is cant repeat the same one twice.
Then we did some 50-75-100 running where I once again proved I’m the fastest in the Fort
Closed with a dance off. If you know, you know
MARY: Hail
ANNOUNCEMENTS: We have to many fricken blood drives around here
COT: Lord give me the strength to do what I know is right
WARMUP: SSH, Merks, Squats. nightclubs, Dia Merks, Jump Squats,
THE THANG: Kettle bells – JackWebb style 1-7 rounds – Manmakers and Swings – 8-10 Thrust and Swings
Bootcamp – mosey with a ladder that started with Burps Donkey kicks dia Merks Bob Hurley Bigboys Shoulder taps
MARY: 3 mins of Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: blood drive , bethel men’s shelter, shield 5k, newsletter
COT: 👍🏻
The aim today was simple; remind men our mission never ends, what we PAX have is a gift to give, and looking around, there’s a legion of men we can give it to in order to amplify our impact and invigorate male community leadership in our very small corner of Fort Mill that has over 4,500 students.
We had an FNG (JCruises’) son with us., sophomore at Catawba Ridge Highschool, the NextGen.
Bandcamp had informed me of a region that starts its disclaimer by reciting our mission. That’s a best practice we should adopt to remind us why we are here. It’s even more critical when an FNG is present, you can get a good workout at numerous establishments including the comforts of your own home, what makes us different if it’s only a workout?
WARMUP: Run aimlessly to Forest Creek Middle School and do stuff while plotting a few tweaks to the weinke.
THE THANG: 5 stops was the plan with exercises in FOOPC order.
We commonly forget our 5 core principles or at least do not recall them in order (I still need to figure out why that may matter, but it does). We all love our acronyms; therefore, I dug deep into the exicon to arrange a workout based on FOOPC. I should of just asked @italianjob who quickly rattled off a number of exercises to pull from.
F – Free of charge
O – Open to all men
O – Held outdoors
P – Peer-led in a rotating fashion
C – Ends in COT
Stop 1
FCMS light posts 5,10,15,20,25
Flying Squirrel
One legged burpees
Peter Parker
CDDs
Stop 2: Omaha to basketball courts with gorilla walk merkin across the court.
Stop 3: Run to the student parking area, repeat FOOPC with a couple exercises swapped.
Stop 4: Wrap around to our favorite hill by the football field, and repeat FOOPC up light posts. While en route, heckled by our Weasel Shaker to lead from the front and our FNG is not breaking a sweat. I expected nothing less from the source.
Stop 5: Arriving to COT, called Captain Therkin Webb, a complicated webb you call in cadence. Took a couple of rounds but think we synced up to 5 rounds
1 – BBSU
1- American Hammer (4 count is 1)
4 – Merkins
Summary
I came in today with a lot on my mind; conviction about the NextGen, F3 in our community east of the peachstand, and feeling spicy that we’re not doing enough and can do better.
Honored to lead 13 PAX this morning, a responsibility I never take lightly. That number should be the bar here at Bushwood, and the majority should reside within 3 miles. It’s a crime against humanity to have less given the thousands of men in close proximity who may be a Sad Clown, need us to lean in and ignite them so that they may in turn perpetuate the cycle and cumulatively, have a broader impact than any one of us will ever have on our own. These men need us, our community needs us, and most importantly the next generation needs us.
Our mission is clear so do for one what you wish you could do for many.