Three (yup, three) mopey souls emerged from the gloom in an attempt to rid themselves of their Post-Panther-Depression. Probably didn’t help that the Q had created a Panthers-themed workout…
WARMUP
20 IC SSH
10 IC Windmills
10 IC Mountain Climbers
10 IC Carolina Panther Drydocks
THE THANG
Mosey to the football field. Q begins to place cones on seemingly random yard markers
- Drop one cone at the goal line
- Mosey to somewhere around the 40-yd line and drop another
- Mosey to around the other end 10-yd line and drop one more.
- Q determines that this is close enough to the 12-yard line and announces that it is 88 yards back to the other goal line. In honor of our Pro-Bowl Tight End, #88 Greg Olsen, we work in tightening up our ends with an 88-yard lunge walk.
- Once back at the goal line, PAX turns around for a 43-yard Bear Crawl for #43, Fozzy (the Bear) Whitaker.
- Since Q decides he can’t come up with any way to use the #19 when running sprints as an ode to speedster Ted Ginn Jr., we just randomly sprint whenever it seems convenient.
- Ginn-sprint back out to the 12 to retrieve cone
- Ginn-sprint back to 43 to retrieve another cone
- Ginn-sprint back to the goal line
- Mosey the field house wall
- These were supposed to be “I got your back side Iron Chairs” to pay homage to the Blind Side, but since there were only three of us – we just put our backs to wall for 73 seconds for #73 Michael Oher
- Flip vertically into BTW positon for 59 seconds to honor #59, Luke Kuechly, who always plays balls-to-the-wall.
- Mosey to the parking lot side of the field house to the small hill
- Although he doesn’t get mentioned often, we have a pretty good backup QB in #3, Derek Anderson. For him, we do 3 minutes of back-up up the hill (quadrophelia).
- Mosey to the parking lot
- Set up four cones in a square with approximately 28 yards in between
- Run from cone-to-cone, stopping at each to do 1 merkin. 4 corners, seven times for a total of 28 corners at 28 yards and 28 merkins in tribute to #28, Jonathan Stewart.
- Head back to start
- Random Ginn-sprint to the island by the tennis courts before Mary
6MOM
9 IC #9 Graham Gano Flutter kicks
10 IC Keep (pickle) Pounding! (reverse variety)
14 IC Dr. W’s for the doctor of special teams, #14 Joe Webb
15 IC LBCs
30 sec Mason Twist
REFLECTION:
Psalm 34:18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 30:5 Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.
When I started looking for bible verses that addressed dealing with loss, I quickly got mentally bitched-slapped by google when all of the results came back discussing dealing with death of a loved one. In an instant, my perspective on last night’s game changed.
My disappointment and even mild anger about the outcome of the game seemed downright stupid when I started thinking about the things that people who have REAL problems are dealing with.
It’s a football game. Let’s celebrate the success of the team, cheer on our favorites – but let’s keep things in perspective.
MOLESKIN
- Seemed a little odd to keep the workout Panther-themed after what happened last night, but I think it helped get the frustrations worked out. The format was the M’s idea so I needed to follow-through 😉
- Kudos to Clark for laddering the merkins on the 28 corners – adding one merkin each lap.
- Twas an honor to ‘lead’ the small-group version of ELHS Mustang.