Mount Olympus – 14 Feb 2024
- 13 PAX: Schrute, Noodle, Double Dip, Animal House, Duracell, G-String, Tenacious D, Skidz, Tony the Tiger, Boss Hogg, Chernobyl, Fun Dip, and Cougar (Q)
- Calm winds, 32F, clear skies (beautiful)
- Valentine’s Day themed coupon beatdown with a little Spin-the-Bottle
All started with the normal rundown…
F3: Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Any FNGs?
- There were none
Mission:
-Plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership
Credo:
-Leave no man behind, leave no man where you found him
Core Principles:
-Free of charge
-Open to all men
-Always outside
-Led in a rotating fashion
-Ends in a circle of trust
-And maybe this time it’ll be romantic?
Not a professional so modify as needded.
Then we started Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” and exercise began…
0515 – Warm-o-Rama: Side straddle hops, sun gods, tappy taps, big ones, 5x blockies
0525 – Mosey with coupons to main entrance for explanation of the beatdown…
Spin the bottle: Each station started with two HIMs, who hadn’t already, spinning the bottle to see who partners up with them for a team coupon carry around the entire school. During their “date” they must agree on a time and place to knock out 10 blockies. While that’s going on, everyone else is participating in the beat down…
0530 – Main entrance – chest
Couple 1 – TTT w/ Animal House
Couple 2 – Duracell w/ Tenacious D
- 25 alternating hand merkins
- 20 shoulder taps
- 25 block presses
- 15 chicken peckers
- 25 agreed upon exercise (did werkins and partner block merkins)
0537 – South side – back/shoulders
Couple 3 – Boss Hogg w/ Chernobyl
Couple 4 – Schrute w/ Skidz
- 20 kettle bell swings
- 20 Romanian dead lifts or grave diggers
- 25 bent over rows
- 25 elf on shelf
0544 – West side – arms
Couple 5 – Fun Dip w/G-String
Couple 6 – Double Dip w/Noodle
- 25 arm curls
- 25 skull crushers
- 2x 21’s curls
- 25 tricep extensions
- 25 agreed upon exercise (did one arm tricep extensions)
0551 – North side – legs
Couple 7 – Cougar w/TTT (second time going)
- 25 coupon kisses
- 25 thrusters
- 25 goblet squats
- 30 Johnny Dramas with coupon overhead
Beatdown finished with Sarpy Slammers.
Announcements:
- Blood drive on Fri
- March Madness sites to be sent out soon
- Apr 20 is the 6 year anniversary at Sanitarium
- Hip-Hip VQ tomorrow at Sandlot
- Apr 14 tentatively planned marathon relay challenge
Prayers:
- TTT’s mother in law as she recovers
- Schrute’s puppy Willow’s recovery
- Coach Curry as he leads his studs to state
TTT presented Skidz with the Shield of Ares for showing to Mt O when he could have been anywhere else.
COT:
The theme was love which was appropriate for both Valentines Day and our spin the bottle themed beatdown. Below is a summary of what was said…
As with any good COT, we will start off with a quote:
“What is love? Baby don’t hurt me! Don’t hurt me…” -Haddaway
Well…
“Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live” -Tom Wolfe (author)
“Love is friendship on fire” -Susan Sontag (writer)
“Love is a battlefield” -Pat Benetar (bard)
Love is compromise and cooperation which we saw today.
Ancient Greeks identified 8 types of love:
- Eros (sexual passion)
- Philia (deep friendship)
- Ludus (playful love)
- Agape (love for everyone)
- Pragma (longstanding love)
- Philautia (love of the self)
- Storge (family love)
- Mania (obsessive love)
How many of these did you experience today?
As you can see, love doesn’t always have to be romantic.
Some people love chocolate, some people love to sleep in, and some people even love the Huskers.
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life” -Confucius
“I love lamp” -Brick Tamland
What do you love?
Ultimately, love is about who/what you are connected with. How do we best show/practice love? Be natural and let others’ examples lead the way. Here’s the best advice I’ve heard:
“As I have loved you, so you must love one another” – Jesus
Love you all!
-Cougar