06/05/2019 - the asylum - Fleeting foxes, grumpy Werewolfs, and Vampires
AO: the asylum
When: 06/05/2019
PAX:
Number of Pax: 8
Pax Names:
Bluegrass, Kathmandid, Gadget, Drafty Kilt, Gucci, Samurai Monkey, Swedish Ham, QT
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names: n/a
QIC: Swedish Ham
Introduction
When you see a skiddish gray fox running back and forth like a squirrel right before the workout, you know that can only mean one thing…its about to get weird up in here.
Warm-O-Rama
A-Typical warmup, as in “no mosey”. weird
Yoga will gladly take its place. A little mini lesson seemed necessary to demo the poses as I think most of us grew up thinking yoga was of the devil.
Swan dive, half way back up to hands at knees, jump feet back into Chaturanga, then into Upward Dog, back to Downward Dog, then jump hands up, Reverse Swan Dive, rinse and repeat several times.
SSH IC
The Thang
Mosey to field, partner workout. I had the pleasure of being paired up with our guest F3 brother Bluegrass from Wilminton, NC.
Roughly 50 Lunges with 8lb weight in each hand (1 gallon jug) across the football field. Drop off jugs to your partner then jog back.
Partner doing SSH until he gets the jugs (modify as needed, no jugs, but lunge across field both ways if so)
Rinse and repeat 3 times
About half way through this one we got attacked by sprinklers and had to slide out towards the road. Weird.
Hold Low Plank until 6 is in
30 werewolf (down dog to up dog and back equals 1)
30 iron squats (arms raised to sides at deepest point of squat)
30 crab cakes (right hand touches left knee then switch from crab walk position)
Rinse and repeat 3 times (i originally intended on 5 rounds, but my body recommended i throttle this back and its a good thing I did…)
Significant Grumble chatter ensued and lasted through this particular event, including from YHC as we discovered how much our shoulders were required for each of these, and how much the werewolfs SUCK. Gadget recommended we rename these to Vampires as they suck the life of you. Good idea!
Hold Al Gore until 6 is in. Who would have thought the hardest part of the Al Gore was keeping my arms UP?! Weird.
If time is left (and it was)
One partner holds iron cross with water jugs while the other one does 10 burpees. Switch
Gadget was the only one to make it through one round with the jugs in iron cross position, as the rest of us could barely sustain Baby Arm Circles whilst the partner did the burpees. YHC never thought I would say “I’d rather be doing burpees”. Weird.
Rinse and repeat 3 times. Nice work fellas! Still 5 minutes left to spare! Mosey (walk) back to flag
Mary for 5 minutes until watch told us to call it quits.
Circle of Trust
Wounds. Injuries. We have all had physical wounds, and sometimes these wounds teach us what it means to heal, to lose and then regain strength, to protect our hurts, and then to slowly push ourselves back into the unprotected open and experience full function again. This was a metaphor for life and emotional wounds we all have sustained over the course of our life, whether that be a wound of absence or a wound of presence. If we want to be the men God created us to be, the men that our families and the world NEED us to be, we must be willing to uncover, expose, and mend our wounds. We have to do the hard work of fighting through our own personal pain so we can confidently and gratefully tell the story of God in us, holding out the word of our testimony to a dark world. Love you guys! You are worth the work
Naked Man Moleskin
YHC always seems to forget the proper format for the COT. Glad I have such good men around me to keep me on track. Thanks for Blue Grass for making the effort to get out for the first time while traveling, and thanks for all you regulars for showing up and making this such a purposeful and powerful group of men, not just a simple workout crew. LOVE YA!