The Weight

THE SCENE: Overcast skies, 71 degrees F, 97% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Completed
WARM-O-RAMA: 

SSH x12, Little baby arm circles forward and backward x10, Cherry Pickers x10, Imperial squat walkers x10, jog length of courts, job back, jog length of court, skip and karaoke back.
THA-THANG:
Pick up a CMU and head out on Route 66 through Illinois to the Missouri state line.

Route 66 was a 0..25 mile loop.  A total of six state line stops in the loop at Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.  The workout consisted of six laps on Route 66.  New Mexico was at the top of a yet to be named hill.  The listing of the workouts at each station is below:

• Missouri State LineLap 1: CMU Squats x11

  Lap 2: Dips with CMU x11  Carry CMU to Kansas

  Lap 3: Squat Jumps x11

  Lap 4: Dry Docks x11

  Lap 5: BBS x11

  Lap 6: SSH (4 count) x11

• Kansas State LineLap 1: Merkins x11

  Lap 2: CMU Upright Rows x11

  Lap 3: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to Oklahoma

  Lap 4: Squat Jumps x11

  Lap 5: Dry Docks x11

  Lap 6: BBS x11

• Oklahoma State LineLap 1: SSH (4 count) x11

  Lap 2: Merkins x11

  Lap 3: CMU Swings x11

  Lap 4: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to Texas

  Lap 5: Squat Jumps x11

  Lap 6: Dry Docks x11

• Texas State LineLap 1: BBS x11

  Lap 2: SSH (4 count) x11

  Lap 3: Merkins x11

  Lap 4: CMU O.H. Press x11

  Lap 5: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to New Mexico

  Lap 6: Squat Jumps x11

• New Mexico State Line (Top of Mt. Crumpet)Lap 1: Dry Docks x11

  Lap 2: BBS x11

  Lap 3: SSH (4 count) x11

  Lap 4: Merkins x11

  Lap 5: Lunge Dead Lift x11/arm

  Lap 6: CMU Dips x11  Carry CMU to Arizona

• Arizona State LineLap 1: Squat Jumps x11

  Lap 2: Dry Docks x11

  Lap 3: BBS x11

  Lap 4: SSH (4 count) x11

  Lap 5: Merkins x11

  Lap 6: CMU Curls x11  Carry CMU to California (Back to the AO)

• California State LineSquat Jumps x11

  Dry Docks x11

  BBS x11

  SSH (4 count) x11

  Merkins x11

Two trips up to New Mexico were bear crawls.  First five laps involved bear crawl from Arizona back to Missouri.  Note that there were 66 reps of each exercise without CMUs and a total of 66 exercise reps with a CMU.

Finished with runs across the court doing pull ups, burpees, and little baby crunches.

MARY:

Box cutters, Superman-bananas, LBCs, Protractors to finish off the 60 minutes.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Total of 9 PAX with one being an honored guest from the Knoxville crowd.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The theme song for today was The Weight performed by The Band.  Comments about the group and the song were sprinkled out during the beat down but never was the answer given or announced about what the weight referred to.  The song was sung by Levon Helm, the only American and the only deceased member of the group.  The other four are Canadian including the songwriter, Robbie Robertson.  Anyway, the weight was put on the story teller by Miss Fanny.  “You know she’s the only one who sent me here, with her regards for everyone.”  That was it.  The burden, the weight was to go throughout town and to say hello and wish all well for Miss Fanny.  How often is that a hardship, an uncomfortable thing for many of us to do?  Too often men want to withdraw and not open up to others.  Too often we internalize ourselves to avoid exposure.  Too often we do want to connect and be interested in someone else.  How much more could we all put ourselves out in a true servant role to be of help for all we encounter?  The challenge today and everyday is to not look upon that as a weight, but as something that can be a blessing to the giver and the receiver.
MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kickball tournament for Garrett, 3rd F, CSAUP.