DATE: 10/20/2018

WHERE: The Chatter Box

THE PAX: DoggiePaddle, Harding, Silverado, Trill, Good Hands, Hard Hittin, Spock, AC, PieBar, Garfield

Total # of PAX: 11

Number of FNGs: 0

QIC: Grylls

INTRO:

YHC had the honor of picking up this Q at the request of the scheduled Q.  That is how life goes.  Lean into it or shrink back.  When you lean in, do it with others who are leaning in also.  DoggiePaddle from Aiken,SC joined the PAX while here for the weekend.  It was great to see a brother from the lands far away.

As smart as the PAX are, they are still surprised when the weather does not respect the weather report.  But some rain in the workout is the best way to do a beatdown.

WARM-O-RAMA:

• Mosey around the track to find some light
• 20 SSH IC
• 10 Windmills IC
• 8 Weedpickers IC
• Sungods forward/reverse OYO

THE THANG:

Bear Crawl with Mucho Chesto:  On the Q start/stop, PAX bear crawl in a circle.   On the Q halt, PAX plank and then begin Merkins OYO.  After PAX complete merkins, Q starts the circle of bear crawl (approx 30+ seconds).  After each set, change direction of the circle.

• 1st stop – Merkin x10
• 2nd stop – Wide Merkin x10
• 3rd stop – Diamond Merkin x10
• 4th stop – Staggered Merkin x10
• 5th stop – Staggered Merkin x10

Run the track at a medium pace to recover.  Find a sweet spot on the field again and circle up.

Family Vacation:  YHC intended this to be an much more organized event, but the PAX pulled together to screw it up and make it much better than planned.   The goal is to name all 50 states of our great nation, without any hesitation or duplication. 

• PAX run in a circle while 1 man enters the center of the circle. 
• Center man does burpee at the callout of “down!” by another member of the PAX.  As the center man is exploding upward from his burpee, he must call out the name of a state…  5 “downs!”, 1 burpee for each down, 1 state per down.   After successfully completing 5 downs, center man returns to run the circle.
• And then the next man enters the circle while the PAX continue to run. 
• If the center man fails to confidently declare a state that has not been already mentioned, all PAX stop for 5 burpees on the Q’s “down!”.

The PAX did well for the first 20-25 states, and then the fallout began as they struggled to stop duplicating them or too much hesitation (starting with YHC).  This meant many more burpees.  But it also lead to the PAX helping the center man, which was never stated as against the rules.  This was a great example of Welded joints being stronger than the original materials.  YHC gave up after realizing there were approximately 15 more states to name and PAX could not get through 1-2 without more burpees.

Hell Marys – PAX form a line, on their six for Mary.  While doing Mary on Q’s count (IC), 1 member bear crawls around the line of PAX.  Half the crawl in a forward motion, half the crawl in reverse.  The Mary changed as each member started the bear crawl circle.  No break between Mary exercises, until all members have made their circle.  Mary included

• Flutter kick IC
• J-Lo IC
• BigBoy Situps IC
• Leg Lifts IC
• Pickle Pointers IC
• Freddie Mercuries IC
• LBC OYO
• and others… 

Back to the track.  Indian Run with Conan Confessions –

• Last man in line hustles to be alongside the mid-point of the running line and shares “what is best in life during this season”.  Conan the Barbarian said, “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!”  PAX were encouraged to come up with something better.
• Confessing man then drops to the back of the line and then sprints to the front.
• Next last-man does the same until all PAX have finished.
• YHC has never seen faster sprinting in an Indian Run or more enthusiasm.  Not sure if it was because beatdown was not hard enough or PAX were inspired by the confessions.  YHC believes it was the confessions and affirmations of joy.

With 10-15min left…  PAX wanted to do 21s.  YHC obliged

• 21s, SSH.  YHC failed the team.  Penalty was reverse-run across field, 10 merkins, sprint back.
• 21s, Squats.  PAX debated single count or 4 count Squats.  YHC can’t do math.  Gave up and started anyway.  Failed.  Bear crawl across field.  Reverse run sprint back.

2min remaining… flutter kicks to exhaustion, IC.

CIRCLE OF TRUST:

Reminder for Veterans Day Convergence at Hurt Locker, 7:30-8:30.  Registrations requested.  There is a pre-ruck as well. 

Cherokee-Challenge Dec 21 (similar to goruck/growruck event). Registration required.

Praise and Prayer for SkyQ’s watch over us and those we are entrusted with:

• Cricket and his family as they grieve their loss. 
• Hard Hittin stepping up and asking for strength in his marriage. 
• DoggiePaddle has family moving into hospice care.
• Garfield to find the daily balance during a rewarding and demanding season of his job (ie, who gets the short stick… work or family/friends)
• Forgiveness for YHC if someone is missed here

Naked-Man Moleskin:

As mentioned in the Thang, YHC has never seen the passion during the sprints of the Indian Run with Conan Confessions.  The PAX pushed themselves to the limit without thought of pain or tiredness.  F3 grows our capacity.  Pushing through physical pain alongside men teaches us to push through emotional pain alongside  men.  It forms entirely new ways of dealing with life that do not involve seeking constant comfort.  Comfort and rest are great and are needed.  But more often than not, our strength and capacity for more is needed.  The strength is not ours.  It comes from somewhere else, and often through the men around us.