THE SCENE: Started off cool, around 40 degrees, but when the sun came out became fairly balmy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Performed adequately.
WARM-O-RAMA:
- Motivators (5-ct, descending)
- Plank jacks (x10, 4-ct, IC)
- Mountain Climbers (x10 4-ct) IC
- Windmills (x10, 4-ct, IC)
- Grady Corns (x10, 4-ct, IC)
THA-THANG:
Mosey up the Dragon’s Tail to Haslem’s Rock. 20 American Hammers (4-ct, IC)
Mosey to Bottom of Everest. Nothing says “We shall earn our pumpkin pie” like Everest.
- Run to stump and back, 10x Merkins
- Run to stump and back, 20 x Squats
- Run to stump and back, 30x LBCs, SSH until the 6 gets there.
- Run all the way up via the Summit, doing the same reps of Merkins, Squats, and LBCs at some point along the way. Al Gore at the top.
- FOOD COMA: (30 second Star Gazer)
Mosey to Front of Admin bldg. We’re gonna CARVE THE TURKEY. Left side: LIGHT MEAT (LUNGES). Right Side: DARK MEAT (DIVE BOMBERS). 12 O’Clock position, JUMP FOR JOY! (JUMP SQUATS)
- Go down 1/4 of the way to the left, 10 LUNGES (2-ct)
- Run back to Middle, 10 JUMP SQUATS
- Go down 1/4 of the way to the right, 10 DIVE BOMBERS (2-ct)
- Run back to Middle, 10 JUMP SQUATS
- Go down 1/2 of the way to the left, 10 LUNGES (2-ct)
- Run back to Middle, 10 JUMP SQUATS
- Go down 1/2 of the way to the right, 10 DIVE BOMBERS (2-ct)
- Run back to Middle, 10 JUMP SQUATS
Didn’t do #8, instead moseyed over to the benches on the small hill south of the Colosseum and took a gander at the construction and beautiful weather.
Mosey to small parking lot by Colosseum.
BATTLE BUDDY UP.
- 5/10/15s
- There will be two exercises for each round. Each round = 3 trips. One partner will Turkey Run (kind of a Duck Walk with arms flapping) up to the street and do 5 reps of both exercises, then switch out with the partner, who is doing a slow mosey in the bull pen. The next time up do 10x both exercises. Third time up 15x. YOU CAN TAKE ONE REP OFF CUMULATIVELY PER TRIP IF YOU CLUCK LIKE A TURKEY while running up to the street, so take one rep off the first trip, two reps off the second trip, and three reps off the third trip.
- ROUND 1: PETER PARKERS (2-Count) / PLANK JACKS
- ROUND 2: BIG BOY SITUPS / FLUTTER KICKS (2-count)
- ROUND 3: DIAMOND MERKINS / CAROLINA DRY DOCKS
Only did Round 1 due to time, but did all of the Round 2 and 3 exercises at the top of the rise x15 (x13 due to the clucking extra credit)
Mosey to Field below.
BACKYARD FOOTBALL!
- STATIONS (Rotate from 1 to 6. PAX not in rotation are alternating between 5 Merkins and 10 SSH)
- STATION 1: Kicker (throws the ball deep to Returner, becomes an extra defender. Ball must be catchable.)
- STATIONS 2-5: Defenders (chase Returner and tackle him , 2-hand touch)
- STATION 6: Returner (gets as far upfield as he can)
- Field will be divided into quadrants. 4 Burpees will be divided by Returner and Defenders as follows (R / D):
- Last Quarter: 3 / 1
- Next Quarter: 2 / 2
- Third Quarter: 1/ 3
- TOUCHDOWN by Returner: 0 / 4
MARY:
American Hammers, Hello Dollies each x20 (4-ct, IC)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs (Cheetah Boy not tagged)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Iroquois have a philosophy or outlook on life called the SEVEN GENERATIONS PRINCIPLE
Any important action should take into account all of the history and wisdom from seven generations prior. Also, how will your actions impact people seven generations in the future? It embodies an idea of connectedness to a community that transcends time. How our actions affect not just those here now, but those that have passed, and those that will walk the earth when we are no longer here.
Connection to Thanksgiving: How can we learn from the wisdom of past generations? Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a National Holiday in 1863, shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg that killed 50,000 Americans. It was a time of division, bitterness, hatred. The first few paragraphs of Lincoln’s announcement addressed put a hopeful spin on the state of the union (debatable..), but then he said this:
It has seemed to me fit and proper that [God’s Gifts] should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do, therefore, invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recommend to them that, while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation, and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and union.
In the midst of a Civil war that was tearing this county apart, Lincoln was talking about charity, harmony, and Love of God. Did NOT point fingers, dwell on the negatives, or complain about the state of the country. Instead, he encouraged the people to celebrate as a single country and nation. Despite differences that ended in 50,000 dead in a single battle just a few months prior, his hope was to create a holiday that would unify the country. Bring us together. One Nation, under God. Today, the state of our country is divided once more, but nothing like it was at the time of the first Thanksgiving. We should take a page from the Iroquois and use the wisdom of past generations to guide our ways today. So as we celebrate Thanksgiving, we are charged to look back so that WE can be the ones to bring unity in today’s world when there is bitter division, so future generations don’t look back on our time here now and judge us for our divisiveness. Here is to a peaceful and Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for those traveling
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Happy Thanksgiving!
