Gone But Not Forgotten: We Banded Together
This morning Fission officially made its 5th move since its existence. 13 pax joined forces to commemorate the 2,977 civilians, 343 firefighters, and 72 police officers who lost their lives 9/11/2001.
We moseyed from Harris Teeter Antiquity’s parking lot to the front of Cornelius Fire Station #1 and said the pledge. We then circled up in front of the firehouse and then began Warm-o-rama.
Warm-o-rama
SSH 25x IC
IST 15x IC
Cotton pickers 15x IC
Toy Soldiers 15x IC
Windmill 15x IC
The Thang
Burpee 1x OYO for Station 1
Hand Release Merkins 9x OYO & Ranger Merkins 11x OYO for 9/11
Diamond Merkins 3x OYO for Engine 3
8 count Body Builders 5x OYO for Engine 5
Squats 22x IC for Hook and Ladder 44
Bonnie Blairs 4x OYO for Engine 4 (1 rep was both legs- jump lunges)
Then we moseyed down Old Statesville onto Catawba Ave and stopped in front of courthouse where every pax was provided a piece of resistance tubing tied into a ring.
Every pax assumed the plank position with band around arms
Merkins 10x IC, plank walk up a step, 8x IC, plank up a step, repeated pattern up to 2x IC, what goes up the steps must come down, 2x IC until we reached back at 10x IC
Pax removed band from wrists and moved to around ankles
Squats 10x IC, step up a step, 8x IC, step up a step, repeated pattern up to 2x IC, what goes up the steps must come down, 2x IC until we reached back at 10x IC
Pax kept band around ankles and started Lt. Dangers up to the street corner
Lt. Dangers (lunge, lunge, squat, merkin) – Most pax got through 6-7 rounds
Pax removed the band and crossed the street to Donut Shop Hill behind the police station
Pax were educated on how we paid remembrance to firefighters lost but police officers needed some love too so we performed 72 merkins as followed to remember the officers lost on 9/11 so tragetically
Shoulder tap merkins 6x OYO, run down hill, Man Maker merkins, 6x OYO, up the hill for 6 rounds
Pax then moseyed back to launch for Mary
Mary
Low flutter 15x IC
Jane Fondas/Suzanne Somers 10x IC with resistance band around ankles
The reins were turned over to Goat for a 2 minute mobility moment.
Recover Recover
Naming of 2nd post FNG David who will now be forever know as Slingshot
Name-o-rama
Announcements
COT
Moleskin
Thank you to all who showed this morning to make Fission’s relocation a success. Everyone put hard work in and thanks for continuing to push me day in and day out.
Its awesome to see Popcorn and Slingshot jumping right into this crazy thing F3 that we have all grown to love. Great work guys. Keep it up.
Always great to see Hollywood and Stapler the Fission faithful.
Great to see Jethro, Hippie, Smores, and Kingfish.
Timecheck continues to live up to his name rolling in 2 minutes after 5:30.
Titan has the Q at Mighty Jungle this Saturday
Goat is leading the charge tomorrow for a 9.11 mile ruck leaving from the same spot we launched this morning – Harris Teeter Antiquity – 21720 Catawba Ave.
Cherry bomb will keep hosting the IPC every Monday at the Sword for the next two weeks.
I need some Q’s for Fission.
Remember to say prayers for all the souls who were lost on 9/11, keep the families who lost love ones in your prayers, and continue to prayer for the brave men and women who continue to suffer the ill effects of this tragic day for the bravery.
Until next time,
Cousin Eddie.