June 20th, 2020 By Snowsuit

11 Pax posted at MCP for a beautiful, sunny pre-Father’s Day beatdown, courtesy of YHC. We started off with a mosey around the parking lot, waiting for the stragglers to catch up. What a beautiful day! (Did I already mention that?) During the run, we acknowledged all the Fathers and Grandfathers in the group, and YHC spoke a blessing over them. After a lap around the parking lot, we circled up and started, completely without any form of disclaimer whatsoever. It wasn’t until we were done that Alcatraz very respectfully mentioned that I forgot the disclaimer. It wasn’t the first time, but I will do my best to remember for the next one. Here’s how it went:

WARMARAMA
SSH x15
Weed Picker x10
IST x10
Windmill x10
Mountain Climber x15
4 count Merkin x10
4 count Squat x10

The Thang
Mosey to back lot.
PAX Pair up (social distance was practiced)
1. Partner 1 does merkins until Partner 2 runs up the hill and does 10 CDDs and runs back.
Switch. Repeato till a total of 150 merkins are complete.
2. Partner 1 does jump squats until Partner 2 runs up the sidewalk to the bleachers, does 10 dips and runs back. Switch. Repeato till a total of 150 jump squats are complete.
Low flutters while waiting on the six.

Ladders OYO
10 Plank Jacks
20 Mountain Climbers
30 Air Squats
40 SSH
50 Butt Kickers (1=1)
Repeato Flap-Jack
50 Plank Jacks
40 Mountain Climbers
30 Air Squats
20 SSH
10 Butt Kickers (1=1)

AMRAP 60s (repeato 3x) 60s rest between sets
10 Wide Merkins/Merkin/Diamond Merkin
10 Apolo Ohno/Heisman (2=1)

Mosey uphill to wood rails

AMRAP 60s (repeato 2x) 60s rest between sets
10 Dips/Incline Merkin
10 Squats

2 lines single file; one line for runners, and one line for non-runners. Indian Run back to the starting lot for Mary. The non-runners line took the shortcut without telling the runners, since they were so far ahead anyway. (Great call Alcatraz). Once the runners finally made it back to the lot where all the non-runners were, we went on to Mary…

Mary
LBCs x19
Pretzel Crunch x15 each side
Slow Sprinkler x12 each side
Todd Beamer x10
Stretches

BoM and COT
– prayed in Jesus’ name for Sugar’s friend and ONJ’s sister who are dealing with cancer coming back. We prayed for healing, comfort, peace, and restoration.
– prayed for each Father to be present as Fathers and husbands, and prayed a blessing over them.
– prayed for the 1st responders, and our nation in general during this unusual time we find ourselves in… may we be men of integrity and honor, doing good whenever we can, and shining the light of justice and mercy whenever possible.

Moleskin
– OK, mission accomplished. The mumblechatter was strong today during the beatdown, and since the weather was so fantastic, I can only conclude that YHC was bringing it! I didn’t know if I could measure up to the expectation of veterans like Sugar, or Alcatraz, or youngster’s like Powerball… but I saw sweat on all their brows. I know it wasn’t from the cool air or sunny blue skies, which was quite refreshing during the quick 60s breaks between AMRAPS.
– I have to admit there was some confusion on the flap-jack of the ladders, where YHC said PAX could descend the ladder either direction… my mistake. There was a bit of mumblechatter going on, but hey, we regrouped and it was all good.
– I think most of the grumbling came on our trip uphill to the wood rails. Not sure why, but I think there might have been too much running involved.
– there was some problem with certain Principals not listening to instructions, and YHC having to repeat clearly given instructions… but with a weak excuse, he complied and moved on.
– finally, during Mary, YHC was calling out counts, and stretches, and for some reason, the comments coming from Alcatraz’s direction were causing some commotion. I couldn’t hear what was said, but I think I’m better off not knowing.

This was a GREAT group of MEN that posted today and I’m proud to be associated with each and everyone of you. You all gave 100% under the sunny bright blue skies and started your day off right. Good job!

Happy Father’s Day: Remember to honor your Father’s this weekend… whether they deserve it or not. And for you Father’s, enjoy your day of honor. Be blessed!

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