Soulja Boy Moratorium Q
THE SCENE: Soulja Boy (RIP) you are missed. Ah, the Cockpit, known for trees, friendly community members with yippy dogs, kind words, functioning blockhouse bathrooms, strangely scattered playground areas, and bounded by soybean fields.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Done with special emphasis on modification as YHC knew what we were about to attempt required stable dry surfaces, good stabilizer muscles, and balance. The former of which we did not have, the latter of which is debatable.
WARM-O-RAMA: rolling out the neck x 5 IC, reverse ” x 5 IC
THA-THANG: Location: Blockhouse pavillion. Action (without recovery): Balls to the Wall (30 secs), Inverted Merkins x 10 IC, Inverted shoulder taps x 10 IC. Dips x 10 IC, Wall Sits (30 secs), Donkey Kicks x 10 OYO.
Location: Gazebo. Action 1 (without recovery): high plank at one end of the octagonal bench. Decline Merkins x 10 IC, shuffle movement along the bench to the opposite end maintaining high plank position w/ feet on the bench. Decline Merkins x 10 IC. Action 2: PAX lined up facing Gazebo and performed Alternating Ankle tap Burpees AMRAP while one PAX ran into the Gazebo and performed Action 1. When all in, PAX 2 took his turn. Continued in like manner until all had taken a turn. Low Plank 30 secs (recovery)
Location: Back of the park btw two big trees set approx. 10 yds apart. Action: Partner 11’s. One PAX pair went to one tree, one PAX pair stayed up against the opposing tree. 11’s with Donkey Kicks and Inclined Merkins performed against the tree trunk. One PAX in each pair placed a bicycle inner-tube around their waist while their partner held the reigns. Sprints between trees dragging partner performing 10 Donkey kicks, switching positions in the tube, and 1 Inclined Merkin. Continued movements counting down on the DKs and up on the IMs. Low Plank 30 secs (recovery)
Location: Shovel Flags. Action: Mt Climbers x 20 IC, Merkins x 10 IC, Squats x 20 IC, Burpee x 1 IC (to freak out Choker), Low Plank 30 secs.
MARY: American Hammers x 20 IC, J-Lo x 10 IC , Pickle Pounders x 10 IC, Boat Canoe (2 minutes), J-Lo x 10 IC (per Miracle Ear’s encore request), Low Plank (30 secs)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA: 5 PAX (0) FNGs, Choker (acting AOQ), Orange Julius, Miracle Ear, Commie, Tomb Raider
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM: exert from Harry Caray’s (RIP) M:
“Time doesn’t slow down, doesn’t stop. Not for you, not for me, not for anyone. We’ve been able to visit grandparents on our trip and sometimes reality is harsh.
One day you won’t have legs that can jump. One day you won’t have arms that can push. Once day you won’t have the ability to do these workouts that you dread.
Mobility is a GIFT. Exercise is a GIFT. Your body is a GIFT. Don’t leave it in the wrapping paper. Don’t let it sit there without seeing what it’s capable of. Because one day burpees might be an impossibility and exercise might be a short walk down the hall.
Let’s not do it out of fear, but instead out of CELEBRATION for what is ours today, in this moment. Even if your victory is one push-up, if it’s one walk, or one jump, celebrate the one. Get moving. Embrace the seat, soak in all that your capable of in this very moment.” Harry Caray’s (RIP) M
MOLESKIN: The running joke for this one was “jeez, I thought I was more athletic than I am.” We experimented with a bunch of inverted movements, no one was injured. We put in some work. No one complained. Commie never stopped smiling and those tree trunks were slippery and now they are coated in mud about 3 to 4 feet up. I would have loved to have gotten footage of these things. However, I’d settle for possessing a community member’s body just to see what they see and to think what they’re thinking for the time it takes to shuffle quickly by.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Mayberry’s significant other who is battling cancer. Prayers for Miracle Ear’s friend’s marriage. Prayers for Commie’s new adventure. Thanks given for the blessing of wonderfully and fearfully created bodies. Something that Paper Gus and Meter maid head do not have.
