Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
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: 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:
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.
THE THANG: Jogged up and over Baby E. On the trail, did 10 Merkins, 10 2 count American Hammers, 10 jump squats then started to run after 4 good lunges. Skipped 2 light poles and repeated the exercises. Finished at the road. Wandered around until we got to the Overlook. Partnered up and one partner ran the loop while the other did inch worm Merkins – repeat x 1. The one partner ran down the walkway and back while the other did Captain Thors. Repeat x 1. Moseyed to the pav-a-lon for table rows, calf raises and tricep dips x 2 rounds. 1 minute of walk sit.
MARY: Planks with arm raise up and under 4 x.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Code Brown is coordinating the Winter Solstice hike. Sounds like all the details are super ironed out, just like the Donner Party.
Shovel Flag passing this Wednesday.
COT: Things I learned during the marathon process.
THE THANG:
Longest mile
Inchworm merkins or Peter Parker Merkins/25
100m run
Bobby Hurly’s or Bonnie Blair’s/25
100m run
LCRC or triple V-up/25
100m run
8 Ct Body Builder or deconstructed burpee/25
100m run
Rinse & Repeat x3
Wild Card – Flip or Keep
– if you flip, the new exercise stays unless all agree and pay a penalty:
– 1 – 100 SSH
– 2 – 100 LBC
– 3 – 100 Squats
– 4 – 100 OH Claps
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Knoxville Region is star fishing in to two regions.
– Need a name for “east” (Asylum, Big Ball, Quaken, and future AO’s
– Volunteers for leadership positions she
COT:
Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of – throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
