AO: The Mess Hall, Swanson elementary, 10/4/22, 5:30am
Q: Honey Stinger
PAX: Stella, Cosmo, Landsbury, Betamax, Tight lip, Toadstool, welcome FNG Canteen Boy!!!
5:30am-Greetings, hugs, handshakes, core principals, mission statement and a warm welcome to our FNG from Colorado Springs whom we now and will forever call Canteen Boy
5:31am- Stinger takes off on a mosey and leads the PAX on a brisk warm up run full of the usual rounds of mumble chatter and shenanigans. Stella thinks he is gonna get out of upcoming ATMs and Stinger thinks otherwise
WOR: Stinger takes the PAX through a blitzkrieg of exercise that has the PAX stunned. Goofballs (thanks Toad), Hillbilly Rockets, sun gods with a calf raises, monkey humpers, SSHs and a couple of yoga poses for the stretch. Then, a solid round of 10IC ATMs are performed followed by a solid set of 15IC BMWs. And this was just the Warm up
The PAX takes off on another brisk mosey towards the dreaded hill that has conquered so many the last few months. At the bottom Stinger leads the PAX in 13 squat jumps and then tells the PAX he will see them at the top. At the top Betamax helps out with 15 merkins. To the surprise of the PAX Stinger chooses not to return to the bottom but continues down the yellow brick road until they take a side entrance into the darkest park in the metro, Swanson arboretum park.
At the far south end of the park Stinger has the PAX do 13 squat jumps. He then has them mosey a quarter turn to the west side of the park for 13 werkins…………mosey to the north end………..13 flutter kicks……….mosey the Far East end……….20 air sweats………..you get the point this went on for 2 laps around the entire Swanson park with exercises that included: American hammers, LBCs, Alt Shoulder taps, Sumo Squats all with 13 reps. Why 13 reps? Stinger finds that to be the right amount for almost all exercises especially when they are in cadence. Just his opinion;)
5:52am-Stinger finally pulls the plug on this so and so run around than leads the PAX to the hated hill at Swanson school and has the PAX pair up. A two man grinder is in place with one HIM running to the top of the hill and completing 3 burpees, then, running back to relieve his partner who is doing AMRAP of the following exercises:
Merkins, Monkey humpers, Werkins, Squat Jumps, Carolina DD, Air squats, Alt shoulder taps
6:04am-with the PAX gasping for air and modifying from 3 to 1 burpee recently, Stinger calls OMAHA and leads the PAX back to the shovel flags.
6:05am- 6MM- flutter kicks-13IC, Pickle pushers 13IC, American hammers-13IC
Announcements: launch of new sites, donation opportunities, encourage the PAX to participate in all lines of communication ie Slack, Twitter, web site
Prayers: that’s between the PAX and the Sky Q
COT: Stingers COT message was inspired by Ice T during his recent Glue-oom Podcast interview. Ice T asked for prayers from the PAX to be a man of action stating “praying is the least thing you can do”! If someone needs help, find a way to physically help them. If prayer is the best you can do that’s fine but action speaks louder than words.
“Faith and prayer without action is dead” -James 2
“Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement, properly understood and applied it is the most potent instrument of action”! -Ghandi
YHC: H. Stinger