13 Pax were present and accounted for at a July 4th Edition of the #Gladiator this morning. Our goal was to reach 1776 reps. Mission accomplished. Here’s the summary:

Welcome/Disclaimer

Warmarama (20 reps)

-Slow Wind Mill x10

-Lil’ Professor/Dwight Schrute/long snapper/carrot puller/slippery dip can/soap locator x10

Circuit 1 (200 reps)

-Side Straddle Hop x50 (100)

-Imperial Storm Trooper x25 (50)

-Toy Soldier x25 (50)

Mosey

Circuit 2-Get blocks (280 reps)

-Curls x20 (40)

-Squat x20 (40)

-Skull crusher x20 (40)

-Bent over row x20 (40)

-Overhead press x20 (40)

-Deadlift x20 (20)

-Block swing x20 (20)

-Chest press x20(40)

Circuit 3 (305 reps)

-LBC’s x50 (100)

-‘Mericans x50 OYO (50)

-Bobby Hurley x50 OYO (50)

-Reverse lunge x50 each leg (100)

-Burpees x5

Mosey

Circuit 4 (305 reps)

-Rocky Balboa/Muhammad Ali x50 (100)

-Calf Raises x50 (100)

-Praying Mantis x50 (100)

-Burpees x5

Mosey

Circuit 5 (445 reps)

-WW II’s x50 OYO (50)

-MH’s x20 (40)

-Mountain Climber x25 (50)

-Glute bridge extension thrusters x50 (100)

-Suzanne Somers x25 each leg for 50 (100)

-Freddy Mercury x50 (100)

-Burpees x5

Mosey

Circuit 5 (235 reps)

-MH’s x20 (40)

-Mountain Climber x25 (50)

-Low flutter x50 (100)

-Pickle pounders  x20 (40)

-Burpees x5

Mosey

 

Recover, Recover

Pledge of Allegiance at shovel flags

 

Moleskin:July 4 marks the anniversary of when Congress, comprised of delegates from the United States’ original 13 colonies, signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The document declared the nation’s independence from Great Britain. We honored 1776 today by trying to do that many reps, which was a challenge. YHC is proud to report that we actually did 1790 reps, 14 more than planned…just because we could. It was a scorcher today, but the Pax got it done! YHC is proud of all of you. It was good to see Lambeu back at it again. Mud Pie was DR and visiting us from Florida. Glad to host him today. Carpet Bagger could have bottled up a 12 pack of sweat after ringing out his shirt post workout. It was good seeing Out Cold who was present for the first time since the arrival of his new baby. Greyhound showed up strong and was even going to hike up a mountain today after posting. Titan brought the mumble chatter and also the heat today and wouldn’t break! Baller enjoyed the ‘Mericans and Burpees. His shirt stayed on today to spare the rest of us shame. Gambini brought his Fallout game. He should have brought his sled for us to use today for some extra cardio. Bob Ross got it done as usual and is always consistent. He’s a high quality dude. Jersey Boy was looking to lose 5lbs to get to his target weight. Today’s AO hopefully helped.  AM-PM probably wanted more running, but hopefully the excessive reps made up for it with other muscle groups. Elmers showed up yawning, but left in beast mode. He even bought our rounds of coffee at Coffeeteria (thanks bro). The Pax gave their all today and YHC commends each of them for it and hopes everyone has a great 4th holiday. Remember why we celebrate it gents…

COT/Namarama/Announcements/Prayer Requests/Coffeeteria:

-Election filing is on Friday. Prayers for some of our own Pax who are considering running for office.

-Lambeu’s neighbors have a child, Jackson, who has kidney infection. Please pray for them.

-Baller’s daughter has hearing loss and more tests are forthcoming. Please pray for his daughter and family.

-Slingshot and his wife will welcome their baby on Friday.

-Marriages

-Blackbeard’s health

-Unspoken prayer requests among F3.

-Remember Pax who have aging parents who are struggling with caregiving and/or health issues (Jorel, The Force, Ultraman, etc.)

-MQ’s need some Q’s for AO’s. Please consider signing up on the calendar.

Until next time…

Toby

(aka Tobra Commander, Tobra Kai, Tobi-Wan, Teletoby, Tobias, Tobadia, “Toe”bee, TobyMac, Tob-lerone, etc.)