6 Pax were present and accounted for at Samson this morning. We named a FNG on his 2nd post today. Alex shall henceforth be known as “Merkel”. Here’s what went down:

Welcome/Disclaimer at Base

Warmarama (IC):

-Side Straddle Hop x50 (100) Yes!

-Slow Wind Mill x10

-IST x10 (20)

-Toy Soldiers x10 (20)

-Hillbilly x10 (20)

-‘Lil Professor/Slippery Dip Can/Dwight Schrute/Carrot Puller/Long Snapper/Soap Locater x10

YHC gave an option at the Mighty Oak yesterday to the Pax and woke up thinking that the same option should be given to the Pax of Samson this morning. Therefore, YHC gave the Pax an option of a game of cards (without giving specifics) or a game of pong (no beer). They chose pong and so the story begins:

Each Pax got a tennis ball and tried to get it into the empty bucket a few feet away. They could do bank shots off the wall, bounce off the ground, or a straight shot-whatever it takes…

Making the shot allowed each Pax to call his own exercise with or without a block. A miss, however, would result in either a round of ‘MERICANADO or CORENADO led by the Q.

‘MERICANADO=

-5 burpees

-5 Diamond ‘ Mericans (IC)

-5 ‘Mericans (IC)

-5 Wide ‘Mericans

-Run a lap to the end of the breezeway and back.

CORENADO=

-5 burpees

-5 LBC’s (IC)

-5 Dying Cockroach (IC)

-5 WWII

-Run a lap to the end of the breezeway and back.

In total, only 1 pong shot was made (yes it was that bad). Kudos to Gambini for being the Lone Ranger in that category. For that ONE exercise, we did:

-Homer to Marge x20

We did 12 rounds yielding 6 ‘MERICANADOs and 5 CORENADOs, Homer to Marge, and laps.

In total:

-110 burpees

-60 Diamond ‘ Mericans (IC)

-60 ‘Mericans (IC)

-60 Wide ‘Mericans

-50 LBC’s (IC)

-50 Dying Cockroach (IC)

-25 WWII

-20 Homer to Marge

-11 Laps around the parking lot

Mosey back to Base

Recover, Recover

Moleskin:

The Pax got it done today. It was great having a FNG naming today. Welcome to the Pax Merkel! Drebin brought homegrown tomatoes for everyone to take home. He is also considering running a half marathon, so he must be an official runner now. Ping is diving into the running world too, he’s just in denial at this point. He also love burpees BTW. Snake Eyes is still nursing his foot and did improv of the SSH and Mosey, but didn’t sit still during those items. He probably did 100 or so shoulder touch ‘Mericans just for fun during our mosey time. Gambini didn’t brag too much about being the only hot shot today. He is running for town commissioner and may pass an ordinance requiring weekly sled pushing and burpees for all residents.

After his naming today, Merkel asked how todays workout compared to other Q’s. So either everyone was nice or just trying to make YHC feel better. The term “above average” was used. So YHC wonders on what point scale? Is it simply:

⏺️Bad

⏺️Average

⏺️Good

OR

⏺️I should have stayed in bed

⏺️Somewhat okay

⏺️Average

⏺️Above Average

⏺️En fuego

OR

⏺️Was that a workout?

⏺️’Lil difficult

⏺️More burpees please

⏺️Help me to my vehicle

 

I guess YHC will just never really know. It was good to start the morning in the company of F3 brothers.

COT/Namarana/Announcements/Prayer Requests:

-Blackbeard’s health and surgery today

-Marriages/Relationships

-Safe travels for kids/family/parents (Pings dad is heading back to Taiwan)

-Gambini and Hippie are both running for Town Council-Encourage all to register to vote

-Unspoken prayer requests among F3

-Remember Pax who have aging parents who are struggling with caregiving and/or health issues

-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.)