Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Day: May 31, 2024

Memorial Day Murph

31 PAX gathered for an annual tradition to honor those that paid the ultimate sacrifice for the country that we love. It was also the yearly reminder that we don’t do enough Pull-up training.

If you don’t know, The Murph was called Body Armor when Lt. Michael P. Murphy would use this for his training regimin. Lt. Murphy gave his life during Operation Red Wing in Afghanistan along with 2 other Navy Seals from his team and 16 other Navy Seals and Army Night Stalkers that were part of the rescue team. More info can be found here: https://themurphchallenge.com/pages/lt-michael-p-murphy

The workout:
1 mile run
100 Pull-ups
200 Merkins
300 Squats
1 mile run

Upon completion, we gathered for COT

The Pledge

Annoucements
Snooze 645 on Fridays in McAdenville
2F lunch in June @ Bubba 33’s
Deliverance, roving ruck workout; be on lookout for details; June 3rd is first one
PT test, first Sat in June at all AOs

Prayer Requests
Turtleman’s family
Hot Corner – lift up Murphy and heart issue
Flintstone’s 2.1 Archie
Family of children that drowned
Gavel and family
Jackson Curdy
Velvet Elvis’s M and pending delivery

These requests made YHC think of a verse that was shared the prior day at church.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7

We are surrounded by pain and suffering, but ultimately, we have a choice in how we respond and how we live our lives. May God take away our pain and anxiety and use us to spread his love to a hurting world.

Prayer to take us out.

Until next year…

At least it didn’t rain…………

Seems like Wednesday morning was becoming the normal rain morning.   NIce to see this morning clear and daylight breaking as we wrapped up!!

4 Ruckers and 4 Runners turned this morning.   5:00 am, got in the pledge and head count.  Runners went one way, ruckers went the other.   Always good chatter on the Wednesday morning rucks.  Everyone returned safe.

Announcements:

Goonies Ruck

Extinction Run

Memorial Day Murph

Blood Drive, Tiger to provide details

Rice and Beans

 

Prayers:

Last day of school

Exams and upcoming graduations

Families of officers killed in the line of duty and all officers around the country

Turtle man, Anchorman, Termite, Kool Aid, Virus, Flintstone

 

We ran again

The Usual suspects came out for a 5 mile run, other than @Buckeye.  Sargento showed up early (he’s started a new trend), Seuss complained about students (not a new trend) and gave me 10 bucks to list him 4 times in the PAX, hoping to easily secure another iron skillet.  G D humored us by acting like he was running (actually started sleeping at mile 2.5 while moving), and Fannie tried to get us to buy new houses in already overpopulated areas of Gaston County.

Enjoyed the banter and conversation, see you next week!

Impact at Members Only

Multiple groups of runners with a group of ruckers and a late arrival this morning for a dirty dozen PAX at Members Only on a perfect Sunday morning. Lost one PAX and picked up a Tesla for Qsource, topic was Impact. Had some good discussion, there was a visual aid,  poetry, and a homework assignment. Fun was had by all. Main take away: life is not practical without combination with others; however, very few men are willing and able to initiate movement to proximity. At times you will move on the continuum from Survivor to Servant. First step is showing up for your fellow PAX, no matter where you presently find yourself on the continuum.

Birthday Q!

YHC loves a good birthday Q, but at this time of year, we are far away. However, behold YHC’s mother, who turned 86 on 5/29.

86 reps! This is going to suck, but 6 HIM posted to see what would happen. Here is how it went.

After the pledge and a warm-up, Pax headed to the track where The Sentinel had it all warmed up. Now, YHC know that 86 reps at one time means crap for form, but what about 10 x 8 + 6? After conferring with the spreadsheet, this would equal 86, so let’s see if the Pax can make it work.

8 laps around the track, 10 reps for each exercise after a lap, plus 6 reps to start. Exercises were:

(M)erkins
(O)utlaws (feet together and make big circles) 5 each direction
Mike (T)ysons
(H)ydraulic squats (squat, down on 1 knee, down on the other knee, up the same way)
Burp(E)es, because there is nothing decent beginning with “E”
(R)ussian dips (Cossack style)

What does that spell… MOTHER. Happy birthday Mom!

After 6 rounds plus the 6 at the beginning, time was called and Pax were gassed. We’ll make up the last 2 rounds another day.

COT

YHC took us out. It was an honor to lead. -Orangeman

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