10/23/2020 - the-forge - Capture The Flag
AO: The Forge
When: 10/23/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 20
Pax Names:
QT, Drafty Kilt, Gadget, Dakotoes, Kathmandid, Mayhem, Croaker, Wall Ball, Rapid Fire, Spooner, Gucci, Samurai Monkey, Jalopy, One Ply, Snowflake, Slalom, Palette, Mr. Pink, Chipper (2.0), Smash (2.0)
Number of FNGS: 1
FNG Names: Smash (Mr. Pink 2.0)
QIC: Mr. Pink
Introduction
What we have today is a good ‘ol fashioned game of Capture the Flag… with a twist.
Warm-O-Rama
Downward dog
Vinyasa into Upward dog
Bent over toe reach
SSHD (death) x 15
– First 3 counted out loud, the remainder self-counted. If we don’t finish together: 15 burpees penalty (we paid the penalty).
Number off 1’s & 2’s to establish teams.
The Thang
The Skinny:
· The flag is located in the ditch between the 2 fields.
· Each field is setup with cones marking 4 stations ~10 yards apart.
· Pax complete the below circuit at each station. All Pax must complete their rep count before the team can move on to the next station.
· At each new station add 5 reps to each exercise, except for squats.
· First team to the flag wins! Loser gets a penalty.
Circuit
· 10 burpees
· 20 squats
· 10 mountain climbers
· 20 squats
· 10 merkins
· 20 squats
· 10 SSH
· 20 squats
· 10 BBSU
* bear crawl together to the next station
Team 1 captured the flag and moseyed over to Team 2 with the intent to help pick up their reps, but the deuce’s had a curious line of questioning about team 1’s rep count… Rules is rules, so we left their final reps on the field and moseyed over to One Tree Hill for the final exercise. Time for the Deuce’s to pay the man.
2 Rounds:
· Sprint up the hill, hold plank until the 6 is in.
· Penalty: Bernie Sanders up the hill.
We were short on time and so they ultimately got off easy… although YHC got passed by a Bernie while sprinting up the hill. Must’ve been those extra 100 squats that did it ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
Circle of Trust
YHC reflected on the importance of going together. We may go at a different pace, but we move together which is what today’s warmup and beatdown were intended to accomplish.
A new motto that YHC has been internalizing recently is: “The Only Way Out is Through”. Meaning, the only way to be free is to lean into life’s challenges. When we distract ourselves or escape our challenging circumstance, in whatever way that looks, we don’t forge a path to freedom. We re-route ourselves around the challenges, and often just compound the underlying issues.
Speaking personally, that hard way out involves weekly counseling appointments to deal with and lean in to those challenges. It’s never comfortable, but it is the way “out”. So, whatever your challenges, this COT is a safe place for you to be real and vulnerable about them. It’s an opportunity to “go together” as you fight your own good fight on the path to freedom.
For our nation 🙏
For our ThunderMeat-eaters 🙏
For our freedom, and the courage as we face life’s challenges 🙏
Naked Man Moleskin
YHC had a feeling we’d hit the deck for some belching during Warmup – OnePly’s late arrival sealed the deal, which none of the Pax thought “fair”. Even though there was at least 1 other straggler left side-straddling at the end of that rep count… so, again, rules is rules ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
YHC has to say: He didn’t hear Team 1 suggest the same lack of fairness, although they completed an extra round of 100 squats.
Otherwise, the 2.0’s were especially chatty today and exhausted YHC with an endless round of questioning. Note to self: An effective interrogative technique is to ask a man questions while he suffers through burpees and an endless loop of squats. BETTER YET, ask them the SAME questions over and over and over. That’s how you break a man.
That is all. YHC is humbled and thankful to sweat with all of you 👊.