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Pre-Blast reprise for context: On February 2, 2021 a very unfortunate thing happened to SAGA in the quotes channel of Slack – he thought this was a safe place, he thought acceptance and tolerance were before him, he thought “modify as necessary” should also extend to his disability in spelling – It was there announced that Tortuga, Jolly, and Cookies must pay for there insensitivity and this should extend to all the PAX who stood by and let him be afflicted with such correction. Having thus lived with being upset for over a month and the FACT that he did not feel cared for and knew it would be a few more years before he would gain actual respect, he has decided he would do what our current culture has taught him to do: he would become angry and let everyone know of his oppression! He should not have to put up with this kind of abuse (he sees the way you all look at him with that disapproving glare in your eyes—you should be ashamed of yourselves). The PAX have begun to murder him with there words so he has decided to murder them with his beatdown. He tried to understand why their so mean to him. What had he done to deserve such blatant rejection? He has tried to love them equally and find ways to support they’re causes. He must now speak his truth—you all have hurt me and must pay the price of you’re offense. You’ve experienced Shiplap’s HOUSE of PAIN—now it’s time for SAGA’s HILL of HURT. What kind of fire comes out of the furnace when coupons are thrown in?

WOR: Glory Week playlist began with Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”

Motivators / Mountain Man Poopers / Mountain Climbers / Rochamburpees: Choose a partner. Both in chillcut plank position (elbows & toes). Play Rochambeau (rock, paper, scissors) while in chillcut. Round 1: loser does 1 Burpee, winner does 1 Merkin. Stay in chillcut and play several rounds, adding an additional Burpee/Merkin every round. EC: every tie, both do round # of Merkins.

Brought coupons to bottom of Hoffa w/flags…as Springsteen’s “Born to Run” began we completed a Glory Day mosey around the field w/flags & accomplished 20 burpees when two flags went down. Planted flags at the top of Hoffa & explained the workout with Glory Week inspired music at the top and bottom of the hill.

ONLY THANG: SAGA’s Hill of H.U.R.T.

H = Hoffa Hill Manrise Sprint + 10 burpees at the top to celebrate your manliness

U = Upper Body (R1 = 50 overhead press / R2 = 50 curls / R3 = 50 rows) – REPEAT

R = Redrum (murder bunny up Hoffa, 10 blockees, rifle carry down)

T = Thighs (R1 = 50 squats / R2 = 50 lunges / R3 = 50 jackhammers) – REPEAT

6 minutes of Mary led by Springsteen’s “Oh Mary Don’t you Weep” as the PAX called out exercises: crunchy frogs, LBCs, flutter kicks, canoe, reverse planks, hip raises.

Back to the parking lot to the tune of Springsteen’s “Glory Days”

CoR/NoR/Cot:

19 PAX in attendance: Banks, Beaker, Cookies, Babe, TBTF, Jailbreak, Katniss, Captain Crunch, Wet Burrito, Double Beef n’ Cheddar, Bloomer, Archive, Tortuga (respect)), Sparrow, Da Vinci, Jolly, Hotbox, SAGA (Q) + my 2.0 FNG was named: Stupe

Prayers for Archive and M as they navigate sleepless nights with the wee one, also lifted up Tortuga’s M and my M as they face mental and physical challenges, gratitude given for the lives we have to steward.

Hotbox & Tortuga led the way in reciting James 1 for the PAX.

Beaker drove to Aurora and brought us some delicious German doughnuts to enjoy during our coffeteria & stenciling festivities of 777 Glory, 8-ball, PAXademy, pull-up 500, FNG Drive, etc.

“Redrum” submitted to the F3 Exicon.

Announcement: 2^nd-F gathering on Wed 3/17 @ 7:30pm @ Bank’s house

It was a cool beautiful morning at the Tarpit, and the PAX enjoyed an amazing sunrise while they went through today’s beatdown. Since it was a Paxademy reprisal, all PAX knew what they were in for before they even showed up. 18 PAX came out in the early morning gloom on a Saturday (Shiplap, Jolly, Cookies, TBTF, Hotbox, Tortuga, Sparrow, Saga, DaVinci, Gummibear, Jliz, BigMac, Panhandle, Rainman, Beaker, Bloomer, Katniss, Banks). This was the beginning of the Banks-Saga double header that would conclude Glory Week and what a doozie to start out with! Since it was Glory week and all, we listened to some good old songs from the Glory Days while we worked out.

Warm-O-Rama:

• 7x Motivators
• 15x Windmills IC
• 15x Mountain Man Poopers IC
• 15x Merkins IC
• Slow Jog around the track mapping out the day’s activities

The Thang: Intervals

The purpose of interval training is to spike your heart rate and then actively recover. All of the exercises and focus for the day was to continually spike the heart rate, but also provide time to recover and bring it down.

We broke the track into 4 sections consisting of about 50m walking, 150m jogging, 100m fast paced run, and 100m sprint. The goal was to go around the track and give it everything you had in the sprint, and then recover with the walk. We completed 4 laps around the track using the intervals outlined above.

Next we did some EMOM (Every Minute on the Minute) Intervals. 5 rounds of 10x burpees and 5x Star Jumps.

We then completed 4 more interval laps followed by 5 more rounds of EMOM consisting of 15x Squats, 15x Merkins, 5x BBS.

We finished off the thang with 4 more interval laps for a total of 12 interval laps or 3mi and another 5 rounds of EMOM consisting of 10x burpees and 5x Star Jumps.

COR/NOR/COT:

Praise for the day and prayers for Tortuga and Saga’s M’s as they go through challenges. Prayers to focus on being present this weekend and enjoy the time with family.

WoR:

10 burpees, 25 SSH (in cadence), 15 Abe Vagodas (slow count), 10 merkins (slow), 10 squats (slow), 5 burpees, rifle carry coupon to the field in front of Hoffa

Thang:

Three A.L.A.R.M. Beatdown = 3 rounds of Arms, Leg, Abs, Run, Merkin (“A.L.A.R.M”) movements

Round 1 – shoulder press x25, goblet squats x25, BBS x25, run Hoffa and back, derkins x25; we burpeed or loaned reps for the six and then did five additional burpees for good measure

We then moseyed about halfway around the AO to the soccer fields stopping for about 100 yards of lunges along the way.

Round 2 – TAPS x25, jump squats x25, dutch bazookas x25, run to the bridge and back, 25 merkins; we burped or loaned reps for the six and then did five additional burpees for fun

We then moseyed back to the field in front of Hoffa for the final round

Round 3 – shoulder press x25, lunges x25 (both legs = 1), american hammers (both sides = 1 rep), back peddle up Hoffa and mosey back, derkins x50; SSH for the six

Next we carried our coupon to the COOTES to do 5 pull ups each on our way back to the flag

NoR:

19 incredible HIMs were in attendance – Da Vinci, Panhandle, T-Bone, Captain Crunch, Bloomer, Big Mac, Hot Box, Sparrow, Crash, Crack, Banks, Shiplap, Saga, Cookies, Jolly, Tortuga, Chee-eesseee, Katniss, TBTF

CoT:

prays for Crack to be able to work his schedule and spend time with his grandmother who turns 98 (Happy B-Day!) and prayers for the HIMS and their families for wellness and happiness

Side note – when I call random unplanned burpees I know on the outside I sound like me but in my head all I hear is Shiplap from the House Of Pain Q calling burpees…It can’t be just me right

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The heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” ~ Psalm 19:1

WoR:We entered the gloom with a rousing call to a beatdown via this PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs which carried the following constellation of 14 PAX into orbit: Sparrow, Archive, Da Vinci, Bloomer, Tortuga (RESPECT), Beaker, Hotbox, Banks, Cookies, Babe, Panhandle, Jolly, Katniss, SAGA (Q)

1. 7 Motivators
2. 10 Squats – 3 count
3. Tappy-Taps
4. Sun Gods – 3 count
5. 5 Half-Moon Push-Up – OYO

Thang 1: Mosey – orbit to the “asteroid belt” – halfway we paused for 5 half-moon pushups on an asteroid.

“I don’t want a minute of easy happiness until this earth knows that God is alive! We must bow down before the living God and weep aloud for having killed him up to now. We are born for trouble, born for battle. Shame on us Christians who are always wanting to have it nice and soft, with a bit of God in our lives!…God calls out to us, “Share in my business!” and we are fooling ourselves unless we do this.” – Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt

Thang 2: Shooting Comet – 100 yard dash on road in triads — there and back

Thang 3: Asteroid Belt

1. 10 Half-Moon Pushups
2. 10 Dips
3. 10 Derkins

Thang 4: Death Star (modified) – 5 stations out in shape of star. Run to each point of the star and perform 30 merkins at each, for a total of 150. – ended with star jumps. At this point we had made it to Jupiter and gave thanks for Hotbox and his M (who walked down the aisle to this song in the suite).

Thang 5: Ursa Minor aka Little Bear, aka Little Dipper (Bear Crawl 360) – i.e. bear crawl while spinning.

Thang 6: Ursa Major aka Big Bear, aka Big Dipper – Bear crawl for 14 and then burpee into a star jump (in honor of Polaris in the ursa minor constellation).

Thang 7: Moon Gods – Start in side plank on elbow and edge of lower foot. Bring top foot into the air as high as comfortable and move in circular pattern. Switch sides and repeat!

Thang 8: Mosey to Manrise (x3) – threw in some burpees cause they are fun.

Mary: Heels to Heaven – heels up at 90 degrees. Count cadence lowering the heels down to 6 inches, then thrust them back up to 90 degrees bringing your 6 off the pavement, thus shooting your heels to heaven.

ENDED ON URANUS – which is funny!

CoT w/prayers for our M’s & a closing Moleskin:

O extravagant God,
in this ripening, red-tinged [spring] autumn,
waken in me a sense of joy
in just being alive,
joy for nothing in general
except everything in particular;
joy in sun and rain
mating with earth to birth a harvest;
joy in soft light
through shyly disrobing trees;
joy in acolyte moon
setting halos around processing clouds;
joy in the beating of a thousand wings
mysteriously knowing which way is warm;
joy in wagging tails and kids’ smiles
and in this spunky old city;
joy in the taste of bread and wine,
the smell of dawn,
a touch,
a song,
a presence;
joy in having what I cannot live without —
other people to hold and cry and laugh with
joy in love,
in you;
and that all at first and last
is grace.

—Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace

16 Pax showed up on the last (hopefully) cold morning of the winter for a redux of Catniss’s Frenemies beatdown.

WOR: Goofballs, Slow Tappy Taps, Michael Phelps, Windmills, 10 Slow perfect form Squats – Mosey to start – all to Glen Campbells Rhinestone Cowboy.

The Thang:

You and your partner are both friends and enemies – aka FRENEMIES – today:

You are enemies because: Each round you’ll face off against your partner in a race to finish the assigned exercise.

Each round…
One partner will complete a high rep count of an exercise, while the other partner does a mix of cardio and lower reps. The partner who finishes first wins. Then you’ll switch and repeat. 
That set (i.e. 2 cycles) = a single round.  

Round 1:
Partner A: Does 50 burpees
Partner B: Runs to poolhouse, does 12 burpees, and runs back
-Flip and repeat-

Round 2:
Partner A: Does 100 Merkins
Partner B: Runs to poolhouse, does 25 Merkins, and runs back
-Flip and repeat-

Round 3:
Partner A: Does 50 coupon kettle bell swings
Partner B: Does 20 Murder Bunnies out (away from partner) and back (return to partner)
-Flip and repeat-

Round 4:
Partner A: Does 50 Thrusters w/ coupon
Partner B: Runs to poolhouse, does 20 squats, and runs back
-Flip and repeat-

Round 5:
Partner A: Does 100 Big Boy Situps
Partner B: Runs to poolhouse, does 25 Big Boy Situps, and runs back
-Flip and repeat-

Round 6:
Partner A: Does 15 Blockees
Partner B: Runs to poolhouse and runs back
-Flip and repeat-

NOR: Tortuga, Big Mac, Panhandle, Cap’n Crunch, Jolly, Beaker, Sparrow, DaVinci, Katniss, Bloomer, Crack, Cookies, Banks, Saga, Shiplap, T-Bone (Q)

COT: Encouragement to step outside our comfort zone to read things that we may not agree with and to put ourselves in other people’s shoes and not just seek confirmation bias in our intellectual, spiritual and social pursuits.

Nice day for an early concurrent Ruck/Run club. Started with WoR then split into Run/Ruck groups. Good start and good finish. I was a bit puzzled by the John Doe that joined out he group at NoR, courtesy of @Sparrow as reported by the unidentified John Doe. Perhaps it worth mentioning to prospects that it’s good to show at the start of a workout. Of course, I am just kidding @Sparrow. We welcomed the John Doe and invited him to join us at a future beatdown!

WoR: Good mornings, Tappy Taps, R/L/C stretch, Squat stretch

Thang #1 – PAX started on West and rucked Front St. Garage. PAX started with the following at the bottom of the garage:

25 Merkins

PAX then moseyed and ascended to top of garage and performed:

Squats – x25

Time did not allow for much else. Moseyed back to AO Mastodon. We covered some distance and were light on the PT today.

NoR: @Jolly, @Sparrow, @Cookies, @Tortuga, @Banks, @Shiplap, @BigMac, @Babe @Noodles

CoT: Praise for @Cookies’ start in his new job position. Prayers for @BigMac’s co-worker undergoing surgery. Continued prayers for @Bloomer.

YHC showed up to Tar Pit at the normal 5:15 in preparation for a beatdown to remember. In all honesty, I was a little nervous for the workout myself. I have been reminiscing about my 17 years playing football and 10 years coaching and wanted to deliver a beatdown that reminded me of the workout I never thought I would miss.

WOR: SSH x 20, Picking Daiseys – Middle, Right, Left, Right Quad, Left Quad, Right Tricep, Left Tricep, Michael Phelps – all while listing to song #1

The Thang – Partner #1 completed the exercise while partner #2 ran the ramp of the gerbil wheel. After the partner running got back the pair swapped. They would do this until a song ended. Once the next song started they began a new exercise. Reps were not counted, and based on the mumble chatter this was welcoming

Blockees
Durkins
Standing Tricep
Bonnie Blairs
1 Arm Rows
Coupon Squats
BBSU w/ coupon
Burpees
Skull Crushers
Upright Rows|
OH Press

We finished the workout right on time and ran 29-30 hills. It was nice to see the PAX challenge each other and sprint 80% of the hills. We all got better pushing each other

6MOM: Bicycles IC – the Q switched up the tempo to keep the PAX honest

NOR: Shiplap (Q), Beaker, Hotbox, Saga, Tortuga, BigMac, Jolly, Katniss, Panhandle, Gummi Bear