Going Nowhere
QIC: Fender
Date: 6/24/2020
PAX: Greenspan, Pony Express, Post-hole, Starfish, Bam, Turnover, Zima, Huckleberry, Splash, High Cotton, Spamalot, Dr. Toot, Pom Pom (former FNG), Fender
The AO known as “Mayhem” seemed to YHC to be the perfect metaphor for the current state of our great nation. In light of this, YHC felt the call to reflect upon said metaphor by taking a painful and difficult journey to nowhere. This is the testament of our society right now, and, as F3 men, we choose not to be stagnant in the turbulent waters, but instead move through them no matter how painful and difficult the journey. Moving toward the greater good means to also recognize its alternative. It’s not about making the goal at the end of the journey. We show up and do the difficult work and conquer something within ourselves. Whether we fail or succeed doesn’t matter. The death of self. How will you die today so that you may truly live? Answer that and you make progress and the world is better for it. Let’s make this world better. Be better!
Warm o Rama
- Arm swirlies both ways ic x 20
- Sun Salutations with generous helpings of warrior poses and plank variations
The Beatdown
- Grab Rock and begin at parking lot
- Jump over said rock with high knees followed by hand release burpee
- Do this 10 times
- Once completed, launch rock as far as possible and bear crawl to its destination
- Repeat entire sequence until the top of the hill is reach on the “road to nowhere.”
Mary
- Since most pax weren’t even halfway to the target, with 5 minutes left, we dropped the burpees and continued the journey by launching the rocks and travelling by bear crawl.
- Still, target was not reached even with some modification and best efforts. With 2 minutes remaining, Pax turned around and carried their rocks back to the pile in what ever fashion they desired.
CoT
- Look to Woebegon for zoom link details for 5:30 virtual meet-up.
- Zima mentioned Bear Race at Grandfather Mountain was cancelled and is planning a replacement to mourn the loss. He said to pay attention to the “stupid Millennial” postings for details as they arise.
- Welcome former FNG “Pom Pom.” Great job today! Sorry for the horrible first day. Hope to see you again.
- YHC took us out with a prayer for clarity and strength through these crazy times.
4 Comments
Spamalot
It cannot be understated that this SUCKED. I mean really Sucked. Like the kind of sucking that sucking has never sucked before. When it was not sucking it still sucked.
BAM
The covid cookies even sucked after Root Canal pawed half the plate (after making sure to drip sweat and breath over them)
But at least the thought (from your M) was there.
Just curious, do y’all have kids? Can we come watch when you teach them object lessons like this?
In the for real, for real – YHC is thankful for the powerful metaphor and “glad” you had a point. Well done.
Also on the good side – GREAT MC thanks to this format. Pax really seemed to love it when I lied about how long we had been working out. (Q was so far ahead he couldn’t hear me, but YHC might have underestimated how long we had been working out to add to the suckiness)
Fender
Glad you enjoyed it gentleman!
And yes, BAM, we do have two boys. We are both teachers and have learned, with boys especially, tying physical experiences to the lesson is often the best way to get the point across. Of course, we do scale back a bit in comparison to what we did this morning.
BAM
Scale back? That’s what’s wrong with Merica these days! 😆
Just messing. Im confident y’all are amazing parents!
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