Nearly 3 miles were achieved by some, significantly less by others (Slash & UHaul always chose Bear Crawls…). Some very solid mumblechatter… A little flatulence… Short chat on Lent and the presence of Catholics in Fort Mill… Probable hair styles for the Son of God… All in all it was a pretty eventful morning…
21 men cane to minnow pond from all directions and walks of life
the plan was simple
run, exercise, run, exercise, run, exercise
starting at memorial park across from launch point
💥10 Donkey Kicks
run up Massey
💥10 Merkins
run down Spratt
💥 10 leg raises
run back to memorial park
5-7 Rounds
60-75 reps of exercises as each round we increased by 1 rep
3.5-4.0 miles🙌🏻🔥💪🏻🥓
14 PAX gathered in the warm early February gloom. Unbeknownst to them, Cheddah had laid a hurting on YHC a few Saturdays ago…. once YHC has found a weakness, he addresses it. Meaning we were in for the Deion “Primetime” Sanders inspired circuit.
Quite a few PAX I didn’t know, so after some introductions we started a little mosey:
Warmup:
SSH circa 55 (went till PAX started to stop. Still haven’t made it to 100 as Chicken Hawk did at #TheHive in the rain around January 2019….maybe one day…)
IW x10
HW x10
Peter Parker x10
Parker Peter x10
Updog –> Honeymooner
–Mosey–
Bulgarian Split Squats x6ish
–Mosey–
Dirty Hookups x11
–Mosey–
Monkey Humpers x15
–Mosey to FBC parking lot–
Thang
Primetime
Leg Sequence:
100yrd sprint w/ Neon-Deion worthy high step at the end
Reps
2 – Deck Squat
21 – Gorilla Squat
24 – Monkey Humper
37 – Bear Squat
Repeat
Cardio Sequence:
100yrd sprint w/ Neon-Deion worthy high step at the end
Reps
2 – Burpee
21 – SSH
24 – Mountain Climbers
37 – High Knees
Repeat
Upper Body Sequence:
100yrd sprint w/ Neon-Deion worthy high step at the end
Reps
2 – Hand Clap Merkin
21 – Merkin
24 – Ankle Touch Merkin
37 – Carolina Dry Dock
No time to repeat –> Mosey back to COT
Some stops along the way to catch the 6
Dips, Erkins, Box Jump
WWII Situps, Flutters
NMM
Thinking a lot about about my “Input” (word of the year). Can’t expect different results without putting something different into the system.
Grateful to lead, and grateful for another day. Big thanks to Geronimo for pushing the tempo of the Mosey (seriously, I love the push).
Lots of prayers for those suffering illness and loss.
–Band Camp dismissed
18 PAX gathered on a sub-30 morning in The Fort. After some griping about how “moderate” YHC would make this, it was 5:15 and a disclaimer was spoken. We snaked around the main entrance to FBC and then went down to snake around the COG….as a bonus we also hit the big stairs leading to their fellowship center.
This is a moderate AO; YHC kept all counts to 10….except for when Spitz got me laughing and I went to 11 once….something about Christian Yoga with Senior Ladies…..hard to recall. Here’s a brief synopsis of what we did for the warm-up and subsequent leg sequence:
We headed back to the long FBC parking lot for some wind sprints. 50% (that’s an F in school), 75% (just a C), and 93% (cause at least you know your A would transfer if you needed it). In between sprints we, did a yoga series or a leg series. One time (at band camp), I went off books and did some derkins and dips against a retaining wall.
Yoga series got more grumbling. Basic outline was:
Updog–>Downdog—>R Leg high–>bent knee–>R foot between hands–>warrior 1–>warrior 2–>extended side angle–>half moon–>warrior 2–>chaturanga (चतुरङ्ग) and repeat on other side
We walked through it a little modified to keep everyone together….lots of impressive half moons in the PAX today (take that however you like).
A little more wind sprinting and the leg series. To keep the moderate approach, but still push….we went to a 10-count frequently, but the next exercise was just a repeat. Similar to how YHC put a lot of SSH into the warmup.
COT
Prayers – the impermanence of life, illness, managing our aging and the aging of our parents
NMM:
My word of the year, INPUT, comes from jazz writer, Ted Gioia:
I think the most important skill anyone can develop is time management skills. How you use your day. But there is one principle I want to stress because this is very important to me. When people ask me for advice — and once again, this cuts across all fields — but this is the advice I give:
In your life, you will be evaluated on your output. Your boss will evaluate you on your output. If you’re a writer like me, the audience will evaluate you on your output.
But your input is just as important. If you don’t have good input, you cannot maintain good output.
The problem is no one manages your input. The boss never cares about your input. The boss doesn’t care about what books you read. Your boss doesn’t ask you what newspapers you read. The boss doesn’t ask you what movies you saw or what TV shows or what ideas you consume.
But I know for a fact I could not do what I do if I was not zealous in managing high-quality inputs into my mind every day of my life. That’s why I spend maybe two hours a day writing. I’m a writer. I spend two hours a day writing, but I spend three to four hours a day reading and two to three hours a day listening to music.
People think that that’s creating a problem in my schedule, but in fact, I say, “No, no, this is the reason why I’m able to do this. Because I have constant good-quality input.” That is the only reason why I can maintain the output.
Think about where you want to be better and then just take one step in that direction. If another step doesn’t come until tomorrow, it’s still progress. Always an honor to lead.
-Band Camp dismissed