July 27th, 2023 By Wexler

Pax:  Bucky, Uncle Floyd, Othello, Wexler

Q:  Wexler

 

4 brave men showed up to attend Swifty Boot Camp.  They were pre warned on the preblast and during the disclosure but they were excited to earn their stripes!

Warm Up
:

Swift jog down to the far parking lot 
Disclaimer

Song:  Ready for it
SSH x20
Windmills x10
IST x10

 

The Thang:

Time Laps

Partner up. P1 does two of the exercise, P2 does 2, P1 – 4, P2 – 4, continue counting up by 2s for 4 minutes.  In between exercises Run down to the gate and back.  5 Burpee penalty for all wrong answers

Round 1

Our Song – Written by Taylor Swift for her 9th Grade Talent show.  The song got her signed to a record deal and spent 6 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Country top ten.  The youngest person to hit number one and the 2nd longest streak ever.

Exercise:  Plank Jacks, run down and back

 

Round 2:

22 – Name one of Taylor Swifts two best friends who appeared in this video.  One is a member of Fox’s show Glee and the other is a famous Singer who is the female lead of Only Murders in the Building.  Correct!  No burpees

Exercises:

• OYO
• 11 SSH
• 11 Merkins
• 11 SSH
• 11 Squats
• Repeato through the song

 

Round 3

Cruel Summer – Which famous British actor best know for his work in the Marvel projects was this song written about when Taylor was breaking up with him?  Incorrect!  5 Burpees

Exercise: Merkins, Run down and back

 

Round 4

Shake It Off – Out of her 10 studio albums and 3 re recorded albums, how many Number 1 Albums has Taylor had?  Incorrect!  5 Burpees

Exercise – Squats, Run Down and back

 

Round 5

Mean – Taylor Swift wrote this song after a critic ripped her apart for performing at the 2010 Grammy awards with this famous 1970’s Folk rock bands front woman.  The critic called her dumb, said she ruined her career, adn couldn’t sing.  Incorrect!  5 Burpess

Exercise – WW2 Situps, Run Down and back

Round 6

We are Never Getting Back Together – Which Famous actor/ex boyfriend of Taylor Swifts is this song about?  Her most well known breakup that she wrote an entire album about.  He also has a famous sister.  Correct!

Exercise – Freddy Mercury

Mary

Plank for 30 Seconds

COT

Announcements:

• COT:
  • 7/27 – Happy Hour at Phar Mill Brewery at 6pm
  • 7/28 – 24 Hours of Bootylicious with Hop Hunter, Solocup, and their crew
  • 7/29 – Ultimate Frisbee with Exit 54 – Kid friendly
  • 7/29 – Q School with Slash/Gapper at UNC El Dorado
  • 8/5 – Afton 5 Year Anniversary Beatdown at 7am
  • Two Anonymous Prayers for Pax members!

   

Moleskin:

Pretty Sure I scared off everyone with my preblast last night!  But as I said in the disclaimer, if you hate this one, feel free to sign up and make me listen to your music!  Great effort by everyone who came out.  Surprisingly got some of the answers correct.  When my daughters were 3 and 1 years old, we would start every morning with a Taylor Swift Dance party.  That lasted until they hit their tweens and became too cool.  However, even now that they are 15 and 13, we all still listen to Taylor’s music.  Its one of the coolest ways they let me bond with them and one of my favorite parts of being a Dad.  As someone who works with creatives, its also really inspiring to see all the work she puts in and how successful she has been in her 17 year career. (which started when she was 14).

Here are some fun facts!

• Her Eras Tour has poured $4.1 Billion dollars into the US Economy
• She brings in $13.1 Million per show, with $5.2 Million being pure profit
• She is expected to earn over $560 Million dollars from the Tour when its completed
• She has generously donated to the food banks in each city she performs in.  They won’t give numbers but each Food Bank has said its in the 100s of thousands of dollars.
• Youngest Winner for Grammy – Album of the Year – 20 years old for Fearless
• Has the most American Music Awards with 40 breaking Michael Jackson’s record
• Her new Album Release, Midnights, filled all ten of the Billboard’s Top Ten when released
• She holds the record for most Vinyl records of an album sold
• Holds the record for most tickets sold on Ticketmaster
• Has won 12 Grammys
• Most Streamed minutes of ever
• Female with most Grammys for  Album of the year (3) tying her with Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra
• Most Female Grammy nominations for Song of the year (7) tying her with Paul McCartney and Lionel Ritchie
• Over 100 Guinness World Records

 

Thanks for pushing me, inspiring me, and allowing me to lead!

Quote of the Day:  “There are two ways you can get through pain. You can let it destroy you or you can use it as fuel to drive you to dream bigger.” – Taylor Swift

Harrisburg, The Ridge

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