Disclaimer on the way to rock pile behind bball court grab a rock
World War I formally ended on November 11th, at the 11th hour. It is also the 11th month. Originally, when known as Armistice Day, it was meant to honor those who died in World War I, but when it was amended in the early 1940s, it was changed to honor all the veterans who have served in the U.S. military.
Warmorama 11 of all (Overhead claps, ESTs, Toy Soldier, Cotton Pickers, ease down and walk it back for merkins). Walk it back up. Curls x 11.
# of US veterans as of 2014 = 21.8M
Lunge walk with rock at 90* 11 strides.
Bear Crawl to the 3 point line by rope
# of veterans living in NC = 736K
Ranks 8th among all states
Rope
Pax plank (reg, each side, etc) while each takes turn on rope. Audible in some LBCs, pretzel LBCs and WW2 sit-ups – pax call out Veterans they know (relatives, friends, coworkers). Where did they serve/d, branch, years etc.
# of homeless veterans in US = 50K
13% of the US homeless pop are in NC
Walk to playground doing skull crushers
NC ranks 5th in # of female veterans
11 of: Partner plank/press on benches while group 2 Freddie Mercurys and group 3 does pull-ups. Group 4 plank swing crunches. Flapjack. Flapjack. Flapjack.
# of Purple Hearts awarded= 1.8M
Back to bball court. Yep – skull crushers along the way.
Decline plank walk on hill.
Left and right. 11 each way.
# of US service men and women who died in WW2 = 400K
Binkleys on level grass
6 and 5 each partner.
# of men and women who have died protecting our country and our freedom
660K
Rocks
Full curls, shoulder presses, skull crushers
Rows
Dead lifts
Grassy hill area for wet tunnel of love (3 tunnels, pax crawls uphill)
Return rocks
Gnarly Goat with the single Mary call: 2 sets of 11 low flutters
Honorable Moleskine:
The pax seemed easily confused with some of the exercises today… the Binkley's, the partner plank presses, the plank swing crunches and they seemed especially unfamiliar with the tight wet tunnel of love.
I included Veteran's day statistics throught the workout to get the pax thinking of our Vets as we move into the important holiday tomorrow. Let's see how many times you can pray for them today.
I loved having the pax name veterans who are or are or have been important to them while we were at the rope. Numerous wars were named there, many fine veterans. Many fathers and grandfathers, brothers and friends.
As always, it was a special honor today, men. Thanks for the opportunity.