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Too Many Clock Lunges (VQ!) Speedway AO

SPEEDWAY AO. Not sure why it’s defaulting to Asylum, but I don’t have a tag for Speedway.

THE SCENE: A little humid, but otherwise perfect weather for a beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20, Tie Fighters x15 each side, Calf Raises x20
THA-THANG:
Mosey to corner of parking lot closest to playground. Bear crawl inch worm from parking lot to playground entrance: partner up and form two lines holding plank – partners at end of line bear crawl to front of line, signaling to the new caboose it’s their time to bear crawl to the front. Once to playground, same partners took turns drawing a card from deck and performing exercise while other partner runs lap around the outside playground fence. Exercises were irkins, BBSu’s, and crackalackin’ burpees. Numbered cards = number of reps, face cards = 15 reps, Aces / jokers = 20 reps. If running partner completes lap before other partner completes reps, the returning partner resumes reps where first partner left off. After a few rounds, moseyed to the grassy field next to parking lot. Pax completed a suicide style workout without partners performing 10 reps of each exercise at associated station. Station 1: Burpees, Station 2: clock lunges (way too many clock lunges. . .), Station 3: Carolina dry docks, Station 4: Bolt 30’s. Mosey back to starting point in parking lot.

MARY:
Pax roulette: flutter kicks, georgia cheerleaders, diamond merkins, and more
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Halfday, Doppleganger, Cow Patty, Streaker, Shoelaces, Outhouse, Trousers, Pennies, Blindside, Quad, Doctor, Rep Sleepy, Banjo
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point form which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.” – C.S. Lewis (from Mere Christianity) Reminder that we are never staying stagnant or just existing. We are always moving in one direction or another; either in a way that builds up our relationships with God, our family, and friends, or in a way that undermines those same relationships.

Either the AOQ Loved It, or the Music Was Too Loud to Hear His Cries… Who’s to say?

THE SCENE: Tastefully Temperate

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Windmills | SSH IC | Grady Corns | LBACs

THA-THANG:

35sec on each exercise. 10sec rest. Take a lap around track after each round. 2 different sets/sides of exercises. Alternate them. Stations included:

 

  • A Side // B Side
  • Hand-Release Merkins // Inch Worms
  • Broad Jumps // Smurf Jacks
  • Imperial Walkers // Calf Raises
  • Flutter Kicks // American Hammers
  • LBS // BBS
  • Bear Crawl // Shoulder Taps

PAX worked right up to the 45min mark, so no time for Mary. They did, however get roughly 2.5 miles in…

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:  Q shared regarding parenting

PRAYER

AMRAP and Math

THE SCENE: Great Gloom-y weather for June

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Administered, consistency is key, Bookman’s VQ

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH’s x 40 since I can’t multiply, baby arm circles front and back x 10, cherry pickers x 5, rockettes x 10, Mosey to the rock pile

THA-THANG:
Round 1 16 min – Stinky Rocks AMRAP
10 deadlifts
10 overhead press
10 curls
10 triceps
1 lap around Stonehenge

Rest! 2:30

Round 2 16 minutes – Splashpad AMRAP
20 air squats
10 merkins
20 lunges (1 left, 1 right = 1 rep)
10 burpees
1 lap around Stonehenge

MARY:
n/a

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs, 0 FNGs, Stay safe to those downrange and traveling to and fro

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu –> The little things usually go unnoticed but add up.  Lead with humility, compassion, sympathy, and empathy

PRAYERS:
Excitebike’s son’s friend’s family
Blindside and his family.  Beatdown that dissertation!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Speedway AO official launch Saturday 6/4 6am at First Baptist Seymour
FHS Lacrosse kickball tourney **POSTPONED**.  I refuse to say canceled, yet.
Convergence 7/2 @ JUCO 6AM Pre-ruck, 7AM BD, 8AM 3rd F Speaker

Stop Staring at the Sky and Do Good!

THE SCENE: Great morning for a workout! Not hot, but on the humid side
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done and done adequately 
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x20 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Little of this; Little of that | Tempo Squats IC x10
THA-THANG:
Grab a CMU and Fellowship Mosey(TM) to Skatepark. Place at the other end and return for “100 Down”

Starting with 100 Reps, do each exercise the number of reps indicated, Mosey to your CMU after each exercise and do 10 Squat Thrusters

  • 100 SSH
  • 90 Flutter Kicks
  • 80 Shoulder taps
  • 70 Hello Dollys
  • 60 Squats
  • 50 Merkins
  • 40 Iron Mikes
  • 30 American Hammers
  • 20 Burpees
  • 10 Bodybuilder +

MARY:
5+ mins of PAX-lead Mary –> Flutter Kicks, American Hammers, Merkins, Cherry Pickers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMs; 0 FNGs –> Aladdin, Earmuffs, Zack Attack, & Blindside
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Last Thursday, the Church celebrated the Feast of the Ascension, marking the end of the time Jesus spent on Earth after the Resurrection. In Acts, the Apostles watch Jesus ascend into the heavens & kept staring up at the sky. Those passing by noted that they don’t need to keep watch, Jesus will return the same way. Like the first Apostles, we don’t need to stare at the sky awaiting Jesus’ return but put our focus on the world and all the good we can do.

It’s Not Tabata, It’s Tabata-ish

THE SCENE: Absolutely B-E-A-utiful morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Done as Steam drove by and didn’t stop to join in the workout
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20 | LBAC IC x10 each way | Cherry Pickers IC x 3
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Smokehouse for CMUs, take them to the Flagpole for a Tabata-ish workout:

  • Round 1 –> 50 seconds of work 10 seconds of rest for 5 exercises and 1 set for REST x 3 (Work hard on the exercises knowing there’s a minute of rest coming!)
    • Merkins
    • Squat Thrusters
    • Step ups
    • Bench Press
    • Burpees
    • REST
  • Lap around the track sans CMU
  • Round 2 –> 50 seconds of work 10 seconds of rest for 5 exercises and 1 set for REST x 3 (Work hard on the exercises knowing there’s a minute of rest coming!)
    • Imperial Squat Walkers
    • Q cannot remember this exercise
    • Tricep Extensions
    • Dips
    • Squats
    • REST

Return CMUs to Smokehouse, Fellowship Mosey TM back to AO

MARY:
15 seconds of holding Al Gore

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMs; 0 FNGs; 2 Pre-Ruckers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Memorial Day remembrance