F3 Knoxville

Battle of Helms Deep

Bomb Shelter

THE SCENE: Heavy rain and lightning. Stayed under cover until the lightning had passed.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

All in cadence 4 count: 20 SSH, plank, 10 slow merkins, 10 Imperial squat walkers
THA-THANG:
Various phases in the defence of Helms Deep.

15 min. Alternate between 10 blockies to fortify the gate and 10 reps of swinging your weapon of choice to fight the orcs.

10 min. Alternate 10 grave diggers each side (i.e. 20) to dig in the deeper defenses and 10 step ups each leg to climb up to the Hornburg.

5 min. Alternate 10 standing block chest press (press out not up) to push the orcs off the ladders and 10 4ct mountain climbers to run along the wall.

5 min. Alternate 10 thrusters (the wall blowing up) and 10 strikes of a weapon

MARY:
Block press flutters. Super man. Block press dolly. Super swims
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The elves in lord of the rings had a bleak choice: sail to the undying lands leaving man kind to be enslaved to the darkness of Sauran, or stay and fight until almost certain death for the frailest of hopes that an undeserving man kind might outlast the darkness. To make matters worse is that king Theoden took the poeple of Rohan to Helms Deep out of fear. All counselors in his life were urging him to live up to his true identity as the king of the horse people, to find Eomir and his men and fight. So the elves’ choice to stay and fight is even more heroic and self sacrificing. We are inspired by moments like this because that is our true identity. To fight back the darkness. To sacrifice our own comfort to do what is right. Not because someone has earned it, but because they need to be reminded of who they really are. To ride out in our true identity and hold on to hope however slim it may be.
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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