Date: 7/6/23
PAX: Al Gore, Fonzie, Rusty, Grinder, Class Act, The Mick, Dr. Freud, Campbells, OCB, Mr. Incredible (QIC)
For a moment this morning, I thought I was in Troy. 5:25 and no one in the parking lot, but, moments later the PAX started to roll in to the steamy lot. In the early morning, I toured the Bethel campus to decide on locations for all of the various exercises. I did not want to travel too far, because I’d like to keep everyone moving… quickly… and that’s hard when we “run” anywhere. Also, everything was very, very wet and slippery this morning.
During my tour 3 things came to mind… but that’s for the moleskin. Here’s what we did:
Warm-Up
Parking Lot Lap
SSH x20IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Imperial Storm Trooper x20IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Windmill x20IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Bean Picker x20IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Moroccan Night Club x20IC
The Thang
(set up: Move 2 big tires onto the gravel lot, then grab 2 bricks each, and circle up back in the gravel lot)
I explained the 2 bricks were my gift to each of the PAX and requested that they don’t allow them to leave their hands for the remainder of the beatdown.
SSH (weighted) x10IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Imperial Storm Trooper (weighted) x10IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Windmill (weighted) x10IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Bean Picker (weighted) x10IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Moroccan Night Club (weighted) x10IC
Line up on the gravel lot edge
1-7, 7-1 ladder with 6-count man makers run to the other side of the lot and then Lt. Dan (block in hand the whole time)
Circle Up
Skull Crusher x10IC
Wrist Curls x10IC
Skull Crusher x10IC
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Gather around the tires (still with the bricks)
Step Ups x15 each leg OYO
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Side Step Ups x10 each leg OYO
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Return the bricks home, mosey back to tires
Box Jumps (onto the tire) x10 OYO
Perfect Merkin x5IC
Big Toe Taps (on the big tire) x10IC OYO
Return tires home, mosey to Donkey Kick Hill
Mary
Fire Hydrant x10IC
Donkey Kick x10IC each leg
Bird Dog x10IC
Perfect Merkin x10IC
Moleskin
That was a lot of sweating! The humidity was absolutely brutal this morning, but there was little/no mumblechatter about it (at least during the beatdown). Great work pushing through, men! The added challenge of not putting the bricks down for 30 minutes was certainly tough, and honestly the perfect merkins felt more like a break than anything else. This one really kept everyone moving, and there was a lot of comparing heart rates at coffeteria. It was also great to see The Mick all the way until the end PLUS COFFEE!
So, now my 3 thoughts as I moseyed the campus:
– We need to get a Hub “trail clean up day” put together. The woods behind Bethel got hit pretty hard with the storm yesterday, and there were several branches down on the trail. Also, the trail is starting to wash away a bit, so we’ll need a large coordinated effort to get some mulch down this summer.
– “Traveling” takes a lot of time, especially on a large campus like The Hub! I would encourage all of you Q-ing (or hopefully Q-ing soon), regardless of AO, take into account your travel time. Focus on areas that are near each other when you can, and concentrate your work there. Sign up for multiple Q’s if you want to explore an area more. BUT, all you PAX… be sure your “mosey” is a run. Granted, it is defined as “slow run,” but still a run. I am not specifically calling anyone out, and it wasn’t an issue this morning, but it still floated through my mind. So… take responsibility as the Q to figure in “travel time” and ensure it’s appropriate… but as the PAX, take responsibility for how much you move… and how quickly. Push yourself, encourage those around you, and pick up/encourage your Six.
– We are blessed. As I ran the trail, throwing sticks/branches back into the forest, it hit me that I didn’t even realize the extent of the storm last night. It hit, and I knew it was windy, but the severity was dampened by the walls of my house. I still had a trail to run on, a car to drive to the beatdown, the ability to workout (or even wake up), and my day wasn’t even really altered. I encourage each of you to look around and see the storms that rage around us. Open your eyes to the reality of how much impact those “storms” could have on us, but we remain protected and virtually unimpacted. We have so much to be grateful for, and too often we remember the things that did happen, but not the things that could have. So often the storms of life go around us, or are smaller scale than we expected. What a blessing! Be grateful for the storms that don’t hit!
And, let us be men who are there for those who HAVE been hit by a storm of life and are bearing the weight of the damage it left behind. Don’t allow one man pick up the branches knocked out of the trees on his own! Band together, see the need, and come along side him to truly assess the damage.
Let us not be men who bask in the light of blessings without turning to bless those around us!
SYITG
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