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Drexler is the new Barkley?

THE SCENE: Mid-60s, post-rain, really nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
The Q was late, so Hot Tub got us started with SSHs, Q arrived in time to throw in some Cherry Pickers.  Time to Mosey
THA-THANG:
It’s the Barkley.  But with 25s at each station, so I guess that makes it the Drexler, although there was this whole Slack back and forth that led to that.  Trust me, you just had to be there.

 

So, the Barkley is the circumnavigation of the top of Everest, the Colosseum, and the the Asylum building.  There are 4 stations to check in:

  • Station 1: 25s of Merkins and Big Boys;
  • Station 2: 25s of Calf Raises and LBCs (4 count for each);
  • Station 3: 25s of Carolina Dry Docks and Amer. Hammers (4 ct)
  • Station 4: 25s of flutters (4 ct) and squats

Complete as many laps as possible. (2-3)

MARY:
None today.  Ran out of time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Grief has been on my mind lately.  We all grieve. We grieve the loss of a loved one, the loss of friendships, the loss of a marriage, a job, a pet, activities or function from injury.  The list goes on.  If we don’t deal with it, it will deal with us.  It will get out and cause damage.  For me, I get angry at people I love for no reason.  Rely on God to help, reach out your brothers in the Pax, to loved ones.  Exercise the body, the spirit, and the mind.  Don’t let grief take hold of you.  Hat-tip to Omaha for the verse for the day: 2 Corithians 12:9-10
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill – sign up and help with obstacle builds!

IPC Asylum Week 1

THE SCENE: Nice and cool.  Around 56 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Stretching OYO. Go over IPC week 1 rules and go
THA-THANG:

Round 1▪ 800 meter run▪ 25 yard murder bunny▪ 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep)▪ 25 yard reverse murder bunny▪ 20 blockees with a thruster▪ 25 yard murder bunny▪ 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep)▪ 25 yard reverse murder bunny

Round 2▪ 800 meter run▪ 25 yard murder bunny▪ 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep)▪ 25 yard reverse murder bunny▪ 20 horizontal burpee block jumpover (20 total jumps). Block is laying flat. You can jump over the block to the side. Or to the front.▪ 25 yard murder bunny▪ 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep)▪ 25 yard reverse murder bunny

Round 3▪ 800 meter run▪ 25 yard murder bunny▪ 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep)▪ 25 yard reverse murder bunny▪ 20 vertical burpee block jumpover (20 total jumps). Block is standing up on one end. You can jump over the block to the side. Or to the front.▪ 25 yard murder bunny▪ 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep)▪ 25 yard reverse murder bunny•

 

 

 

MARY:
None
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 4:8-9
MOLESKIN:

IPC Week Zero…

THE SCENE: Twas nice.  60 degrees and no humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Did 20 ssh on the 4ct and some stretching
THA-THANG:

Iron Pax Week Zero Challenge of

  • 100 Merkins
  • 800 meter run
  • 75 merkins
  • 1200 meter run
  • 50 merkins
  • 1600 meter run
  • 25 merkins
  • 2000 meter run

MARY:
Nope
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 4:8

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing.  Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.  Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.  Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me-everything you heard me and saw me doing.  Then the peace of God will be with you.

Dead frog and a huge worm

THE SCENE: Rain held off to just a drizzlie mist. Quite nice actually. The Circus maximus was nice and dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
warmup stuff

THA-THANG:

if it ain’t broke…don’t fix it. So I’m rehashing my workouts from this week. Laziness…I think not.
Start at first cone. Do qty of 1 of 1st exercise. Move to next cone, do qty of 2, next cone qty of 3 etc. Total of  10 cones down one side of the Circus Maximus. Run a lap around the lot after completing all cones and go back to where you left off doing same exercise adding up again back to start.  switch to second exercise, then 3rd,4th. While waiting on the six, do LBCs or Al Gores.

exercises with travel movements are:

  • Merkins with runs
  • Squat jumps with bear crawls (every other cone)
  • Dry docks with low Bernie Sanders

apparently the circus maximus is bigger than I thought. We only got through three exercises this time around. Mosey back to the AO for some ab work

MARY:
Freddy mercury‘s, side crunches, LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have laid dormant” Horace (Roman Poet)

we talked about our nation’s wounded veterans and first responders and how they overcome adversity With the help of operation enduring warrior. We discussed the Hardship Hill and how they can get involved.

MOLESKIN:
I missed coming out to the asylum. Great park, great guys, and I love the circus Maximus service. Great mumble chatter this morning as well. Need to come back more often. Don’t have a whole Lotta time for random comments so I’ll leave it at this. Don’t let this be your definition.

Tomorrow: A mythical land where 99% of human productivity, motivation and achievements are stored.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill , Wesley House snacks

 

Fitz Traverse

THE SCENE: Low 70s, but manageable humidity for a change
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Beefed up since “The Incident” involving Carney.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSHs.  That’s it.  Quickly get on the mosey.  Brief interlude as we commune with one of the local skunks, who quickly demonstrated a keen attraction to Lebowski.  We’ve got things to do if we want to finish, so we move along.
THA-THANG:
We’re attempting the Fitz Traverse this morning.  Named after the “Fitz Traverse,” which means climbing each peak of the ridge line along the Fitz Roy Massif in Patagonia.

  • 1st peak: Guillaumet (Skunk Hill): Complete 50 Merkins or squats, climb hill as quickly as possible, 50 LBCs, descend;
  • 2nd peak: Mermoz (Cardiac): 40 Merkins or squats, Bernie to the first turn, slow Mosey to the second turn, sprint to the top.  Unless you’re Brick, then you just keep on running Forest Gump style.  25 Flutters (4 ct) at the top.  Continue Traverse toward Everest.
  • 3rd peak: Poincenot (Coolio Knob up to the top of the cave stairs).  50 CDDs or Lunges at the bottom.  25 4 ct American Hammers at the top. Mosey to the bottom of Everest.
  • 4th peak: Fitz Roy (Everest).  Bonnie Blairs at the bottom.  Pickle Pounders at the top.
  • 5th peak: Rafael Juarez (Grinch Hill).  Noticing the time, we skip the exercises, gather the forces and move on to the next summit.
  • 6th peak: St. Exupery (Pickets Charge).  Run from the main road at the bottom to the Colosseum.  Interrupt Edit and Roadshow trying to fellowship with some other guys.  Traverse back toward the AO
  • 7th peak:  Aguja De I’s (Baby Everest).  Sprint to the top and back down to the AO.

MARY:
No time for Mary.  Buckets has a long trip back to Harriman.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Here’s a quote to mull over:  “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”  Jean Giraudoux.  What this means to me is that I should never be satisfied with where I am or my effort.  Keep pushing, whether it is as a father, husband, friend, Christian.  I can always do better.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Buckets that his job interview went well yesterday.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Camp Run-a-muck!