There were 24 PAX who showed up at the Downtown AO including 1 FNG and 1 Nantan of the Nation. Slaughter had been on the calendar for a couple of months and the day had finally arrived. What would he do? What would he say? Would there be merlot??? This is what happened…
YHC explained that we had an FNG (disclaimer was given to him ahead of time) and then introduced the Nantan, Slaughter, who then took the reigns. His warmup consisted of a fast mosey around the block and back to the start. There we did a variety of exercised including Eskimo Merkins, which sucked for sure. After each exercise we did a Burpee, increasing each time until we got to 7 and then he skipped ahead to 10 burpees. Slaughter challenged us to try our best while doing our workouts to focus on getting better each day even though it’s hard and it hurts. Good motivation. No merlot yet…
After this we moseyed around the corner to the parking deck, stopping at the bottom for some planking. The next Thang was explained to be a route to the top. Bear crawl all the inclines, nur one direction, run the other until we got to the top. Once at the top, we had to split up on different level because there were so many of us. Nantan called for parkin space suicides all the way to the other end of the deck. Cardio! He then gathered us for some wall sits, then 10 Hip Slappers in cadence. We descended to the bottom of the deck doing the same bear crawls, nur and run setup as before. We did some merkin exercise at the bottom too.
The worst idea then came to the Nantan. On Main Avenue (shouldn’t this be Street?), he caled for 5 Merkins at each storefront. YHC didn’t could how many there were in total but we went all the way from MLK Drive to 321!!! That’s a long freakin’ way!!! Chest and shoulders definitely smoked and of course the form police were squawking loudly. The Nantan lead the way and didn’t slow down a bit, even going back for the 6 to bring them in. He made mention of how there were a lot more than he realized. Oops!
Last he called for us all to get face down on the pavement and when he said go we would all jump up and sprint to the flashing light at South Street. Go! Once we all made it, he repeated the deal going back to MLK Drive.
We made our way back to the start for a few parting words and then the namorama and FNG naming. Welcome Rolex!
I appreciate the Nantan making a visit to our region and showing us an executive style beatdown. I also appreciate so many of our PAX representing and showing him what our region is made of. AYE!
Prayer Requests: Turtleman, Tesla, Mental Battle Month, Huckleberry
Announcements: Shirt design contest ends this Wednesday, Convergence April 2, Community Foundation Run & Speed for Need April 9, Adopt-a-Highway cleanup April 16, Honey Hunters April 24
Moleskin: Slaughter challenged us all to try to get a little better each day. This can be in our fitness, with our family, in our daily devotional life, whatever. Just try to get better than we were the day before. In our coffeeteria afterward, which was flawlessly executed by Captain Stubing, Aye!, the Nantan also explained that the nation’s focus for the year is on connections. If we see those small moments of impact in our daily lives, whether its with the guys at a workout, with our kids at home for a few minutes, an moment with our M, that’s what we need to strive for, connection. It’s worth the effort!