YHC came in hot this morning as the morning routine took a little longer than usual. Fortunately, Bandwagon and Tickle must have run into the same issue as they rolled in shortly after YHC showed up. Quickie, Sugar, and EncinoMan were waiting on us when we pulled up. YHC jumped out of the car, gave the disclaimer at 1 after 6 and off we went.
Weather – beautiful January morning and it was dry
Warm-up
SSH x 25
Merkins IC x 10
Cut the grass x 20
Alternating shoulder taps IC x 15
Imperial Walkers x 20
Nolan Ryan (Tclaps to F3ENC for this one – imagine Nolan Ryan punching Robin Ventura in a plank position)
Bearcrawl from middle of parking lot to fence by picnic tables and then mosey to the pull-up bars.
Pull-up Bar work
3 rounds of the following: 10 pullups, 20, dips, 30 squats, 40 calf raises, and 50 flutter kicks
Mosey back to picnic shelter for 3 rounds of right leg only wall sit for 15 seconds, left leg only wall sit for 15 seconds, 2 legged wall sit for 30 seconds, and 10 Australian mountain climbers.
Mosey to fence at end of picnic shelter and bearcrawl back to where we started. Then mosey to the coupon pile and return to the same spot in the parking lot. Partner up for a DORA.
Dora Set 1
100 curls to OH press
200 Chest press with block lengthway
300 LBCs
PAX not doing work mosey to picnic shelter for 15 gas pumpers. During the LBCs, farmer carry was performed.
DORA Set 2
50 pullovers
100 triceps extensions
150 American hammers counting right side only
PAX not doing work, mosey to shelter and do 15 Heels to Heaven. Farmer carry was done during American Hammers.
We went a little long to finish this last DORA and to get the full hour in. Recover was called and the coupons were returned.
COT
Announcements
-Run Your Ice Off is next Saturday
Prayer Requests
-EncinoMan has a cousin going through cancer
-Jimmy Hughes is having another bone marrow transplant this week after the first one was unsuccessful
-Rapunzel and his M with the impending birth of their 2.0 in the next 2 weeks
-Flossy’s dad was diagnosed with cancer and his FIL is moving into assisted living
NMS
-Great work put in by the PAX this morning in the gloom. When YHC got there, EM asked if we were going mobile and YHC said that we weren’t. Well, we covered about 1.25 miles during the BC. YHC doesn’t qualify that as mobile but EM wasn’t happy that he took off his watch.
-Bearcrawls weren’t apart of the original weinke but after the news yesterday, the weinke was modified.
-Bandwagon keeps pushing himself and getting stronger and faster. It had been awhile since YHC had seen Sugar at a BC and it was a great sight to see and he’s still crushing it. Quickie and EncinoMan put in extra work running 5 miles before the BC this morning and were still setting the pace. Tickle continues to do his thing in the gloom and proving the doctor’s that they don’t know what they’re talking about.
-YHC is going through the Bible this year with some of the other PAX and this week we are going through Exodus and YHC was struck by why did He harden Pharaoh’s heart so many times during the plagues. Was He punishing Pharaoh? YHC doesn’t think so. YHC believes that He knew Pharaoh’s heart hadn’t changed and that it was still hard so He continued to give him opportunities to have a heart change. YHC believes that He does the same with us. When we face trials and hard times in life, it isn’t a punishment from Him for bad behavior, but rather it is Him trying to continue to mold us into His image. So, during these times, we need to seek Him and discover what He is trying to teach us instead of just enduring these times. As Bandwagon said so well this morning, He wouldn’t spend so much time on us if He didn’t love us.
Until next time,
BenGay