25 HIM improved their celestial bodies as we honored the Father of Heliocentrism, Nicolaus Copernicus, in a snow-delayed birthday celebration and lesson in astronomy. The temperature was perfect and the greenhouse effect negligible.
QIC: Princess Aurora
PAX: Bad Boy, Blueprint, BnB, CB, Cobb Wrangler, Chowdah, Crawlspace, Freakanomics, F3G, Hambone, High Flyer, Lunch Lady, Michelin Man, Minus 3, The Nanny, Natural Ice, Pop-A-Lock (LIFO), Rev Runs (FNG), Rich Soil, Right Said, Spinal Tap, T-Cell, Vector, Wet Wipes
THE THANG:
Mission prep with the usual disclaimer and launch into the upper atmosphere (parking lot) for COP and explanation of today’s heliocentric theme:
- SSH x 15
- Overhead Clap x 15
- Lunges x 16
- Air Presses x 15
- Reverse Lunges x 16
Having escaped Earth’s orbit, it’s time to carry out the mission. Journey all 2.8 billion miles to (the lower crosswalk by the groundskeepers’ hut) to enter Neptune’s orbit.
Perform the following circuit for 20 reps each:
- Overhead Squats
- Ranger Merkins
- Burpees
- Imperial Walkers
- Turkish Sit-ups
In between each ORBIT, speed across the Solar System to the center of it all (stop sign at top of driveway) for a planet-specific exercise, reps representing the length in hours of a solar day on each planet. Return back to ORBIT but closing the distance by about 10-15 yards with each trip.
- Neptune – 1.5x Squats x 16
- Uranus – Apollo Ohnos x 17
- Saturn – Chinooks x 11
- Jupiter – 8ct Bodybuilders x 10
- Mars – Dive Bombers x 25
- Earth – Merkins x 24
- Venus – LBCs x 117*
- Mercury – High Knees x 176*
*These actually represent the length in days as the rep counts for these two slow-moving planets are in the thousands
Most everybody made it to Venus before we ran out of fuel (time).
COT/BOM
MOLESKINE:
Welcome to FNG Rev Runs, and congratulations all for earning your astronaut wings. As one would expect when embarking on an interplanetary journey, our spacecraft had a few hiccups along the way. Not only was communication from mission control a bit clunky and jumbled, but we began experiencing audio failure within minutes of reaching Uranus. Additionally, our reconnaissance (rep counts) once inside the Asteroid Belt needed to be shortened due to time constraints, and yet we were still unable to explore Mercury. I trust that all PAX perform their 176 high knees upon return to Earth. Nevertheless, you all navigated the Final Frontier wonderfully, and Copernicus would be proud of your better understanding of our Solar System.
BULLHORN:
- Prayers for the return of students and teachers to school. Keep everyone safe and help schools to navigate staffing issues.
- Congrats to Michelin Man for landing his new gig. Looks like he’s getting a little mud on the tires.
- Vector birthday Q next week!
PA out.