10/14/2020 - the-forge - Think you got this? Good, lets change it up!!
AO: The Forge
When: 10/14/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 14
Pax Names:
GadGet, DakoToes, Mayhem, WallBall, Rapid Fire, Jerky, Gucci, Samurai Monkey, Sloppy Joe, One-Ply, Neo, Pebble, Slalom, Snowflake
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names: n/a
QIC: DakoToes
Introduction
Everyone left the Q calendar open, so YHC jumped at the opportunity to create a last minute BD.
There’s been a lot going on with lots of change that not everyone is comfortable with. Once the PAX got comfy with the cadence of the BD, YHC changed it up. Nothing that hurt, but made us all use that muscle in our head a little more.
Warm-O-Rama
easy 400M mosey followed by the following:
Weed Pickers
Sobriety Sun Gods, forwards, backwards,
arm pretzels
Hillbillies
The Thang
Like the intro said, YHC wanted to switch it up once we found our groove. But it started a little like this:
5 stations of static, body weight reps
1. SSH
2. Merkins
3. BBSU
4. Squats
5. BURPEES
5 teams of 3 hit separated to one of the stations to start. each team hit the station for 1 minute then moved to the next one during the 20 second rest.
First wrench YHC threw in there was to split up the teams by asking only 1 of the team members to move to the next station; this meant some of us stuck with BURPEES for 2 whole minutes – at an all-out pace.
Second Wrench, Merkins and BURPEES were to be executed with a full hand release at the bottom.
Third wrench, those SSH turned into Plank Jacks. Thanks @Gucci for the inspiration.
Fourth Wrench, the air squats turned into A.A.K. AKA, Bruce Lees.
Fifth wrench, we switched the teams around again.
Sixth wrench, BBSU turned into the infamous One-Plys, because YHC is just and merciful!!
Did this until 6:12AM. lots of sweat, pain, groaning, but no one got too comfortable. Mission accomplished.
Circle of Trust
@sloppyjoe needs your prayers to endure a trying work environment. Lots being thrown at him and scrutiny isn’t warranted with all the change that is occurring.
@pebble is going in for some medical imaging at 2pm today, 10.14.2020. Praying for simple procedure and results that show nothing out of the ordinary.
Naked Man Moleskin
As YHC stated earlier, there is a lot going on today/this week. We all lost a friend and founding member. Streaks last BB was posted this week. YHC took a read and saw he was asking for help. YHC never reached out; ignorance is never a valid reason. To all, old, seasoned, new, rookie, PAX, make sure you’re getting invested in your education of the men of this group. This is irreplaceable fellowship that many of us has proclaimed as life changing. If you’re getting something out of it, time to start investing in it more. We all know what happens if you neglect ‘the garden’. weed out isolation and nurture the relationships; sometimes its hard and no one is going to tell you it needs to happen.
Get out there and make it happen. When its too comfortable, time to switch it up and grow.