Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
Founding AO
THE THANG: ruck 4.5 miles in the rain while talking about Christmas presents and vacation and in-laws
MARY: nope. Too wet
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: see above from Cat Gut (Mike Davis)
THE THANG:
2 rounds of Each
20 KB swings
20 KB goblet squats
20 KB reverse Lunge
20 KB single arm OHP
15 SB Floor Press
15 SB Rowes
15 SB Dead Lifts
10 SB step ups
10 SB Shoulder 2 Shoulder press
10 SB over head Flutter Kicks 4ct
MARY: Finished off with some heavy SB and KB farmers carry’s, SB tosses and Broad Jumps
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Slack
COT: Spoke about the last chapter of a source and the ending of it The most important thing is to always lead with love.
THE THANG: Q crafted a 12 days style workout….color coded even. Only one hitch…forgot Day 7! Poor Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves) would be ready to throw hands
Those 7 swans done swam away I reckon
1 burpee
2 merkins
3 Peter Parker
4 missouri cheerleader
5 big bois (golden)
6 mtn climbers
7 move on. Nothing to see here
8 Tennessee Rockin chairs
9 step ups
10 lunges
11 jump squats
12 SSH hops
2 rounds. Well, one and a half. Classic country Christmas tunes. Johnny Cash, Brooks and Dunn, Gene Autry
MARY: P3 and Aquafina seemed particularly fond of Suzy Boggess Two Step Around the Christmas Tree. So we had to circle back to that banger
ANNOUNCEMENTS: solstice hike in 364 days
COT: Luke 2: 8-14. King James of course. Charles Schulz fought to keep this reading by Linus in his Christmas special
THE THANG:
1. Peter Parker Burpee = Partridge in a Pear Tree
2. Dancing Bear = Turtle Doves
3. Froggie Squats = French Hens
4. SKSC = Calling Birds
5. Burpees = Gold Rings
6. Sumo Squats = Geese a Laying
7. Flutter Kicks = Swans a Swimming
8. Monkey Humpers = Maids a Milking
9. Rockettes = Ladies Dancing
10. High Knee Jumps = Lords a Leaping
11. Gas Pumpers = Piper Piping
12. Lt. Dans = Drummers Drumming
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: N/A
COT:
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a cumulative carol with popular Christian interpretations where
each gift symbolizes a spiritual lesson or biblical element, though it started as a fun, secular song; the partridge is Jesus, doves are Testaments, hens are Faith/Hope/Love, birds are Gospels, rings are the Torah (first 5 books), geese are Creation days, swans are Holy Spirit gifts, maids are Beatitudes, ladies are Spirit fruits, lords are Commandments, pipers are faithful Apostles, and drummers are the Apostles’ Creed points
The Symbolic Meanings
– 1 Partridge in a Pear Tree: Jesus Christ.
– 2 Turtle Doves: The Old & New Testaments.
– 3 French Hens: Faith, Hope, & Love (theological virtues).
– 4 Calling Birds: The Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John).
– 5 Gold Rings: The first five books of the Old Testament (Pentateuch/Torah).
– 6 Geese a-Laying: The six days of Creation.
– 7 Swans a-Swimming: The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit or Sacraments.
– 8 Maids a-Milking: The eight Beatitudes.
– 9 Ladies Dancing: The nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5).
– 10 Lords a-Leaping: The Ten Commandments.
– 11 Pipers Piping: The eleven faithful Apostles (after Judas’ betrayal).
– 12 Drummers Drumming: The twelve points of the Apostles’ Creed or the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
THE THANG:
7 poc
Burpee buy in starting at 14 -2 at each station.
3 exercises at each poc
Healthy jog between each
Covered much of the park.
61 burpees. Much groaning by the old farts.
MARY:
A few extra stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Winter Solstice hike
COT: don’t be a slave to the holiday rat race.