AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: High Heels, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Drum Major, Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Brick, Crash Dummy, Mr Jinxy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
20 Side-Straddle-Hops, 10 Iron Mikes, 10 Windmills, 5 Cherry Pickers, Curly Stomps, 7 Twistees, 7 Pterodactyls Forward and 7 Backward, 10 Dive Bombers, Stretches
THE THANG: Mosey to the Caribbean Parking Lot. We will run do Candy Cane, stopping to do 10 Squats at every other island. Those getting to 4th island on the other side of the parking lot sweep men back to the start.
Mosey to Bros Bowl. We will run counterclockwise around the inner circle stopping to do 20 Dips at the Benches. Those getting back first do Baby Crunches until the six arrives.
Mosey to Muscle Beach. Pick exercise machine of choice, do 20 reps and then run around the parking lot. Rinse and repeat two more times with a different exercise machine each time.
Mosey to perimeter trail and head east and then north. We will run for 4 lights and walk for 2 lights. Those walking the two lights first do listed exercises until the six arrives. We will repeat the pattern until we arrive to the docks by the water. We will do one exercise at every stop along the way. Here are the exercises:
Plank Jacks
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Merkins
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Big Boy Sit-ups.
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Hello Dollies.
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Jump Squats.
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We will take a 30 second gander at the best sunrise at America when we get to the docks.
Mosey to the start of the Serpentine Sidewalk. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers.
Mosey Back to the east end of the Caribbean Parking Lot. We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas and 20 Flutter Kicks.
Mosey to the Pavilion. We will stop to do 20 Picnic Table Pull-ups and then do a 60 second squat with backs against wall.
Mosey to rocks by entry gate at AO parking lot. Each man grabs a CMU weight rock. We will do 20 Overheads, 20 Curls, 20 Rows, 20 Triceps, and 20 Chest Thrusts. Replace rocks.
Next we will play Horse Shoes by the pavilion. The first two men toss. The person getting closest to horse shoe pole gets to go back in line. The man missing must run to end of AO parking lot and back.
Mosey to AO. Before we finish up we will do 60% sprint to end of the parking lot and back, then do a 100% sprint to the end of the parking lot and back.
MARY: Stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bro Olympics at the Asylum at 7 am on Saturday, November 8. There will be a pre-Olympics gathering at Downtown Xul from 6 to 9 pm on Friday, November 7.
COT:
Message:
What The Heck Are They Doing?
My next door neighbors are Colin and Billie Leonard. They moved into the home of other wonderful neighbors we had and that we still keep up with, Kathryn and David Perry. Anyway, I loved having the Perrys as neighbors but also have grown to love having the Leonards next door. Pele has met them and can attest to their kindness and good nature.
The Perrys had a fine home and fine yard when the Leonards moved in but the Leonards had their own ideas about what they wanted for the home. Not long after moving in they were tearing the grass out of the front yard, and having contractors tear up the driveway. New concrete was going to be laid out for a circled driveway and large flat blocks of rock were being brought in for a walkway on the side and back of the house. Other folks in the neighborhood would ask me, “John, what the heck are they doing?” One neighbor secretly complained to me about the messy yard and dust being stirred up. I had already met and talked with Colin and Billie and liked them but I must admit that I too was asking myself and my wife, “What the heck are they doing?”
What Colin and Billie were doing was creating the most beautiful yard in the neighborhood. Their front yard is full of flowering plants, their porch and window boxes as well. The symmetry and grace of it all is fantastic. Their backyard is amazing as well and some neighbors are now asking Billie and Colin if they can go around back to see it. It’s funny how all those folks complaining are now marveling.
In the same way that folks, including me, were wondering about Colin and Billie, I think we all are also guilty of frequently asking, “What the heck is God doing?” I think we often look around this world and aren’t very pleased. We may ask, “God, why do you let such things happen?” “God, why have you created a world like this?” (As if we could do a better job.) “God, why do you allow disease, war and pestilence?” “God, why do you let these things happen to me?” Perhaps God has a design, a plan in mind just like Colin and Billie did. Perhaps that plan is more beautiful than we can imagine. Perhaps we should question less and appreciate more, trusting that God knows what the heck He is doing!
Prayers: Prayers of thanks that Mr. Jinxy’s wife is doing better and that the cause of some of the physical things she was suffering isn’t as dangerous as was expected. Continuing prayers for all of our brothers and any thing that they may be dealing with at this time.
