Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: Steam, Brick, Lilydipper, Lizzy, Pusher, Drum Major, Tenderfoot, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Switchhitter (Tony), MD Hammer, Welches (Leland Murphy), Rooney (Carl Whipple), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Title IX (Christian Prescott), Colonel (Alex Wallace), Fist Bump (2.0
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP: – 20 SSH (4ct, IC), 20 Moroccan Nightclubs (4 ct, IC), 10 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, 10 Windmills (4 ct, IC), and some Twisties thrown in for good measure.
THE THANG: MOSEY to the rock pile in front of the Colosseum. MOSEY to STATIONS at Base of Everest Summit. GRAB ~5 COUPONS (rocks) and MOSEY to STATION 1.
FOUR STATIONS, THREE ROUNDS: Start at any station, finish it, RUN A LAP PLUS ONE STATION and do the next one.
STATION 1 (IRON PAX):
ROUND 1: 7s WITH THRUSTERS AND HAND RELEASE MERKINS. MODE of TRANSPORTATION: BURPEE BROAD JUMP
ROUND 2: 7s (SAME). MODE of TRANSPORTATION: EL CAPITAN
ROUND 3: 7s (SAME). MODE of TRANSPORTATION: GORILLA RUN
STATION 2:
ROUND 1: Ab Blaster! 20x each of the following (all 4-count): American Hammers, LBCs, Flutter Kicks
ROUND 2: Arm Blaster! 20x each of the following: Hand-release Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Shoulder taps (2-count)
ROUND 3: Leg Blaster! AIKEN LEGS: 20 Squats,20 Lunges (2-count), 20 Squat Jumps, 20 Side-Straddle hops, left foot forward,20 Side-Straddle hops, right foot forward
STATION 3:
ROUND 1: BEARMUDA TRIANGLE! Bear crawl to first cone, 1 Burpee, second cone, 2 Burpees, third cone, 3 Burpees. Rinse and repeat
ROUND 2: Bearmuda Triangle, but…LUNGE to each cone and do 5, 10, and 15 Jump Squats at the three cones. Rinse and repeat
ROUND 3: Bearmuda Triangle, but… HOP to each cone and do 5, 10, and 15 Iron Mikes (2-ct) at the three cones. Rinse and repeat
STATION 4 (Benches)
ROUND 1: 20 Bench Dips, 20 INCLINE Merkins
ROUND 2: 20 Bench Dips, 20 Carolina Dry Docks
ROUND 3: 20 Bench Dips, 20 Shoulder Taps (2-ct)
(We got about 1/2 way through this beast before time)
MARY: Homer/Marge
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: This week, on the anniversary of 9/11, I’ve been thinking about sacrifice. How does one prepare oneself to act selflessly to save others? Is that even possible?
Sully Sullenberger, the pilot of the plane that crashed in the Hudson in 2009, wrote about an experience he had when he was 13 in his book HIGHEST DUTY; he was at home watching tv and saw a report of a woman who was sexually assaulted and beaten just outside her house. She ended up dying from the attack. During the investigation, it was discovered that over 30 people heard her screams, but no one called the police because they thought someone else would, or they didn’t want to get involved. They chose to be bystanders.
People that choose NOT to be bystanders, and who choose under very stressful situations to put others’ welfare above their own, like all those who sacrificed their lives on 9/11, have a very different mindset. But why? How? Sullenberger writes in his book: “I believe many people in those situations actually have made decisions years before. Somewhere along the line they came to define the sort of person they wanted to be, and then they conducted their lives accordingly. They told themselves they would not be passive observers. If called upon to respond in some courageous or selfless way, they would do so.”
That is a DEEP COMMITMENT one makes with oneself. But he swore as that 13-year-old that he would never be a bystander, never let someone in need go without help. And he says that promise to himself ultimately helped him act instinctively to save 155 people that were in his plane the day it went into the Hudson River. I would wager that nearly all those First Responders who lost their lives at the Twin Towers on 9/11 had gone through a similar mental process at some point in their lives.
HIMs are not passive observers! My coach used to say before our soccer games, if you visualize it, you will do it. Take a moment and visualize how you would react in an emergency, what you would do if someone needed help in a life or death situation? Will you be a bystander? Or will you act.
