The force is strong with this pax

Event Date

May 04, 2023


5 leaders of the Rebellion (yes we are the Rebel Alliance that brought Dragon Slayer to the outer rim; leaving the Resistance to do OTB) landed at the outpost under a full moon resembling the Death Star.

This is how the force was awakened……….

Warmorama:

  • Lap around the parking lot to get the blood flowing
  • SSH x 15ic
  • Windmill x 10ic
  • and of course Imperial Storm Troopers x 10ic

The thang:

  • Kettlebells to the outdoor gym for some circuit work.  5 stations –  KB Curls, KB Skullcrushers, KB Overhead Press, KB Squats, Pull ups or rows, Run a lap
  • Repeato x 3
  • To the field. 
    • Bear crawl across one field, lung walk the next.  Dips x 15ic on bleachers.  Bear crawl across one field, lung walk the next.  Incline merkins x 10ic on bleachers
    • Repeato
  • Mary
    • LBC x 15ic, Freddy Mercury x 15ic, Dynamic planking – middle, left arm up, +leg up, middle, right arm up, +leg up – 30 seconds each, Mountain Climber x 15 ic
  • COP happened

Mandalorian moleskin:

  • Our pax was graced with two fly bye’s today from Caboose pax.  9 Live and Hippie stopped to celebrate Star Wars day with some IST’s in warmorama.   The Hall Monitor brought the rest of the pax by for some mumblechatter and a much needed break during the workout.  Many thanks for the visit guys.
  • Prayers for Cobra’s mother and the extended family
  • Slingshot told some tales of the 50K trail race.  He didn’t look any worse for the wear and may have SC’d to another one.  All I know is that if your knee is killing you at mile 20 and you finish a 36 mile race, you have a pain cave so deep it needs its own zip code.
  • Thank you to AM-PM for his MQ leadership and affording me the opportunity to try and lead this morning.
  • What I learned today:  During Mary we called an exercise that Pool Boy didn’t know the name of (Freddie Mercury which he and all other sane people call Bicycle).  He gave it a sec to see what the move was and then dove right in.  Later when it got to his turn to call a Mary exercise he immediately called one; but wasn’t sure of the command sequence to get us started (ie starting position move, in cadence, exercise).  Immediately asked for clarification and then jumped in, leading. Two things I learned: 
    1. I remembered in our early years you frequently heard some pax say “can you give a demonstration?” if they didn’t know the exercise.  Or the Q would keep a watchful eye as he started to make sure everyone was with him and if not, then he’d recognize it and give an instruction to bring all pax along together.   I don’t hear much asking for a demonstration, but I know we have new pax.  We all could use a reminder to keep an open eye for that.  Today was a Q fail as YHC didn’t do that.  I’ve learned now.
    2. But the biggest thing I learned was that Pool Boy didn’t let any of it stop him.  He had an eagerness to figure it out and get going.  So be a Pool Boy.  Be that guy who doesn’t let ambiguity get in the way and give you an excuse to stop or not participate.