To Take Down a Titan

AO: titan
Q: SalPal
PAX: Detective Pikachu, Hair Band, Avalanche, bluemule, Pep, Barry Lee, Salami, The Merchant, greyalbum, Sherlock, Planter
FNGs: 1 Planter
COUNT: 12
CONDITIONS: Ripe for Adventure

WARMUP: Quick mosey + dice burpees.

THE THANG: Buckle in. Bold + Italics = critical path through workout.

Your party has answered the call to slay Nashvillia, the evil goddess of woo girls, beer bikes, and unsavory public behavior. She is a powerful deity, so you will have to acquire mighty artifacts and magicks to slay her.

Your path takes you through the Forest of Sir Bearington, a sentient bear with no love for humans. The party druid disguises everyone as rabbits to help avoid detection. Broad jumps!

You arrive to the blacksmith to decide on your weapon, and in doing so, prove yourself worthy to wield it. Do you choose:
1. Realmbreaker, The Legendary Greathammer of the Dwarf King Ulush? – 5 minutes, 11 burpees EMOM
2. Heartseeker, The Mythical Bow of the Unspeakable Hunter, Garog? – 5 minutes of suicides, EMOM
3. The Whisper, The Unassuming Dagger, Which Grants Invisibility? – 5 minutes of isometric merkins

You decide to take your new weapon out for a spin and gain some sweet sweet experience points. You find a nearby cave and stumble upon:
1 – an arch-lich, its eyes burning with hatred as it attempts to consume your soul. 15 Burpees! 15 Lt. Dans!
2 – a mind flayer and a legion of intellect devourers. 15 burpees! 10 Lt. Dans!
3 – an enraged earth elemental. 15 burpees! 5 Lt. Dans!
4 – a pack of hobgoblins. 15 burpees!
5 – a few goblins. 10 burpees!
6 – a single rat. 5 burpees!

Might alone will not slay the goddess; you need magic. Duh. An archmage has lent you his spellbook, but you only have time to learn 1 spell. You decide on:

Fireball – Ring of Fire
Lightning Bolt – Catch Me If You Can Burpees
Snow Storm – Howler Monkeys

Finally prepared, you slip into the grand throne of Nashvillia. You find the temple fortress surrounded by beer-drinking valkyries screaming “Party in the US” and throwing cans at attempted intruders. You opt for:

1. Outright Violence: Burpee-Jumps to the half field and back
2. Stealth. Bear Crawl around Parthenon

You make your way to the grand throne room, and find Nashvillia waiting for you! This is the final assault. Your options:
1. Charge blindly ahead: Field-Long Boo Boo Bear Crawls
2. Work together with the party in a coordinated attack: DORA, 100 Lt. Dan’s.

Nashvillia, weakened by your attack, transforms into her final form: a terrible pink dragon with the words “Venmo for drinks” etched in its side. This is your last chance! You:
1. You realize that your strength lies in friendship, and you move as one, shoulder to shoulder with men you have learned to call brothers: 10 Booyah Merkins, 10 Hi-Five Jump Squats, 3 sets
2. You make a heroic last stand, staring death in the eye as you shoulder the responsibility of defeating this fiend, even at the cost of your own life: 10 Worlds Worst Merkins

At the very end of every adventure, there is a lesson. You discover:
1. The demons you face, and strength to conquer them, come from within you, and that life is the struggle to overcome the darkness in men.
2. Glory comes from not just the stories we tell, but the comrades that can share in those legends.

Either way, 10 burpee buyout.

MOLESKINE: Don’t take things too seriously. Have fun with the hard things. Make every day an adventure

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hunger Games, Sooie Party, Brew Ruck, Night Movez, Run around the Castle (GEODIS). See Slack for more.

COT: Prayers of gratitude for progress with adoption process for Grey Album. All other intentions spoken and unspoken.

Monday Funday

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: 40 Minutes, Culture Shock, greyalbum, Ultratecht, invictus, schnitzel
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Willi Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Cherry Pickers, Arm Stretchx2

THE THANG: Deck Of Cards: Clubs=Squats, Hearts=Merkins, Spades=crunches, Diamonds=SSH, Aces/Faces=Mosey

Circle of Mary

Monday Funday

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: Ultratecht, 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Culture Shock, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Arm stretch, Cherry Pickers x2

THE THANG:
-Indian run around big loop
-100 Merkins, Squats, and LBCs in 25 set increments with run to between sets.
-Dora: 300 SSH while partner runs
-Lunges
-Circle Of Mary

What Are the Right Metrics?

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: Goose, Giving Tree, The Bobs, greyalbum, Ultratecht, Daylight, White Cloud, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Running

THE THANG: Running
Generally stayed in zone 2 heart rate for about four miles; stopped at the bridge for a little reflection.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fridays by the River have concluded but Pickin Parties have commenced!

Be on the look out for a happy hour invite for next Wednesday.

TAPS: Gratitude for the weather and friendship. Prayers for wisdom and grace as we transition to new routines in the summer.

Triangle of Sadness

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Chunks
PAX: Hot Route, Hipster, The Bobs, Giving Tree, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Cool and Dry

WARMUP:
Moseyed a lap around the block stopping at each intersection for some burpees
Stretching back at Startex

THE THANG:
Thank you Sunshine for this workout.

Partnered up and grabbed two coupons and headed to the baskeball court

Station 1 w Coupon
Curls
Overhead Press
Decline Merkins

Station 2
Bolt 45s

Station 3
Big Boys
American Hammers (2=1)
Leg Lifts

Perform 5 reps of each exercise, then move on to the next station. After completing all 3 stations, go up 5 reps to 10 total. Next round, 15 reps. So on until Mary.

MOLESKINE:

Always an honor and privilege to Q at the buffalo. Thanks greyalbum. You men are true HIMs!

-Chunks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Taps for those that shared in the COT

Receive the Light With Two Hands

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: 40 Minutes, Daylight, The Bobs, Ultratecht, White Cloud, greyalbum, Invictus, longcut
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9

WARMUP: Willie mays hays, forward fold, arm stretch

THE THANG: Adora:

-300 SSH while parter runs to trash can and back

-Indian run around big loop

-100 merkins and squats in 25 set increments with run between sets.

MARY

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Friends of Shelby Party Friday

Don’t Drop The Light

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: Daylight, Ultratecht, greyalbum, White Cloud, 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: Willie mays hays, forward fold, cherry pickers, arch stretch

THE THANG: Indian run around big loop

100 reps of imperial walkers, SSH, Squats with run in between sets of 25

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shelby Park Friends by River Event Friday

A Case of The Mondays

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: White Cloud, The Bobs, 40 Minutes, Hot Route, greyalbum, Daylight, Giving Tree, Culture Shock, Long cut
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Windy

WARMUP: forward fold, Willie mays hays, arm stretches, forward fold.

THE THANG: Adora: 300 SSH and Merkins while partner runs hills

Lunge to runway

100 ww1 in 25 set increments which run between each set

Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Friends By tbe River Festival starts next Friday 4/5

Sunrise Easter service at Cornelia Fort 630am

COT: prayers for 40 Minutes and his son’s Shenanigans.

Prayers for for greyalbum with his adoption proceedings.

Leap Day! (Almost)

AO: titan
Q: Grape
PAX: preacherman, Right Said, Crawlspace, Sherlock, Black Lung, Pep, Natural Ice, Firefox, greyalbum, Tim the Toolman, Spinal Tap, DintyMoore
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS: warm and windy! Got done right before the showers

WARMUP:
20 SSH
10 WMH OYO
10 Good Mornings OYO
10 LBAC F
10 LBAC R
10 OH Claps
10 Seal Claps
10 Moroccan Night Clubs

THE THANG: In honor of my son’s 1st real birthday tomorrow (he’s turning 4…or 1…or something) we worked on our leaping ability with a jump-themed playlist

Mosey
Stop at various points to do 20 crunchy frogs IC
At the ellipse, partner up for Dora

LEAP
100 LBC’s
200 E2K (mountain climbers)
300 APD’s
4:00 Plank (1 minute at a time with 20 seconds of rest)

Mosey to hill

FROG
Frog jump up hill, run down
Run up hill, run back down
Obama up hill, run back down
Grapevine run to startex

MOLESKINE: those frog jumps really wrecked me. Hope you guys enjoyed the Mary themed Dora. Thanks for having me!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: biscuit run, plankpril

COT: Grey’s adoption, upcoming surgeries, selfish parenting

Take My Breath Away

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: Culture Shock, Giving Tree, 40 Minutes, Double Bass, White Cloud, greyalbum, Hot Route, Daylight, Invictus
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP:
Willie mays, Forward Fold, arm circles, arm stretch
THE THANG:
Elevens: SSH and squats, merkins and LBC

Lunge to the light

300 squats with run after every 25 reps

Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: continued prayers for greyalbum daughter after her recent surgery.

Have a great week!