Author: JJ (Page 7 of 16)

In honor of the first day of classes for most students in Gaston County, The Labyrinth went Back to School.

YHC arrived to find Maybelline sitting lonely by the shovel flag after getting in some EC. Capt Stubing rolled in a little before 0530, and it was time to go.

(Very) Quick disclaimer

The Pledge

And time to hop on the bus…

Like the giant yellow school buses, the PAX needed a little warm-up. With the tune of The Wheels on the Bus playing in your mind, the warm-up went like this:

Wheels on the bus go round and round: Freddie Mercury IC x 15
Wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish: SSH IC x 15
Horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep: Burpees x 5
Driver on the bus says move on back, move on back, move on back: NUR a lap around Snoball’s

Time to mosey the bus down the road. Our route took us up (and down) Gastone’s Hill. Had to pick up the kids on the bus, so at every mailbox (up and down) 5 Merkins (27 mailboxes, which Maybelline was able to calculate as 135 Merkins). Props to the Site Q for being ready to math on the first day of school.

After picking up the kids, the bus was on its way again. We found out some of the kids forgot some of their school supplies so we had to stop by Dollar General on the way to school.

Little Timmy forgot his Squats, so we picked those up for him. He got one for each kid on the bus so we did 27 Squats IC.
Maybelline forgot his Mike Tysons so we did 27 Mike Tysons IC.
Capt Stubing found a cockroach on the bus so the kids each stomped one out and we did 27 Dying Cockroaches IC.
There are no weapons allowed on the bus, but Little Janie forgot her American Hammers so we had to pick those up. 27 American Hammers IC

Now that everyone had all their school supplies, the PAX moseyed across the street to the school.

First class of the day was Geometry so we started with a lesson on shapes. PAX did Rectangle Four Corners in the parking lot.

Corner 1: 10 Plank Jacks
Corner 2: 10 Plank Jacks, 20 Squats
Corner 3: 10 Plank Jacks, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs
Corner 4: 10 Plank Jacks, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs, 40 Flutter Kicks (count 1 leg)

Only had time for 1 class today so time to mosey back. Stop at the base of Gaston’s Hill to drop off the kids (let them walk up the hill themselves, bus driver got to get home) Merkins x 5

Mosey back to Snoball’s

Announcements
F3 dads – 8/20 in Belmont
PT Test in September
F3 lunch (which was yesterday, I blame the low attendance on YHC not writing this BB fast enough)
JJ 5k
Convergence w/ Lake Wylie (Details TBD)

Prayer Requests
Jennifer, Maybelline’s co-worker with foot injury
Simpson family
Kids, parents, teachers as school starts back
Men and women in armed services
Murtaugh in Texas
JJ’s aunt, surgery for broken hip

Prayer to take us out

Until next time…

Sometimes you lose track of time. Sometimes you don’t even know what day of the week it is. It happens. This story begins after the workout on Monday at The Sandlot, not Martha’s House. Told the PAX that I had Q that Weds at The Labyrinth (also not Martha’s House). Watts Up mentioned not having the Uno weinke in a while so YHC immediately knew what we’d be doing on Weds at The Labyrinth (not Neverland).

YHC showed up this AM to find a lonely GSM vehicle in the parking lot so YHC knew that EZ Rider was there waiting. As YHC was walking from his vehicle, a PAX rolls up on his yellow motorcycle. In dramatic fashion, he removes his helmet and Roscoe reveals his identify. Two more vehicles tear into the parking lot with only a coupe of minutes to spare before 530. After cutting the pleasantries short, we got to work…

The Pledge

Warm-up
SSH x 15
Merkins x 15
LBCs x 15
Imperial Walkers x 15

Mosey to the building between the ballfields at the park. The Game is Uno and the cards determine the exercises. 7 cards per hand with a mosey around the field after each hand.

Red: Round 1 – LBCs; Round 2 – Crunchy Frogs; Round 3 – Reverse Crunches
Yellow: Rd 1 – Squats; Rd 2 – Calf Raises; Rd 3 – Jump Squats
Green: Rd 1 – Flutter Kicks; Rd 2 – American Hammers; Rd 3 – Freddie Mercury
Blue: Rd 1 – Merkins; Rd 2 – CDDs; Rd 3 – Hand Release Merkins
Draw 2 – 5 Burpees
Draw 4 – 10 Burpees
Reverse – Mosey a lap clockwise around a ballfield
Skip – Lunge walk between the fields
Wild – PAX choice x 25
1-5 – Multiply the number by 10 to get the reps
6-9 – Multiple the number by 5 to get the reps
0 – 10 reps

After shuffling and having EZ Rider cut the deck, the first hand was dealt.

First Hand:
Yellow 3 – 30 Squats
Wild – 25 Squats (EZ Rider’s choice)
Green 3 – 30 Flutter Kicks
Red 5 – 50 LBCs
Yellow Skip – Lunge walk down the path to the third light on the right
Yellow 5 – 50 Squats
Red Skip – Lunge walk down the path to the second light on the right

Mosey a lap around the field

Second Hand:
Yellow 0 – 10 Calf Raises
Blue 9 – 45 CDDs
Green 8 – 40 American Hammers
Green 9 – 45 American Hammers
Red 9 – 45 Crunchy Frogs
Red 6 – 30 Crunchy Frogs
Yellow 8 – 40 Calf Raises

Mosey a lap around the field

Third Hand:
Yellow 9 – 45 Jump Squats
Green 8 – 40 Freddie Mercury
Green 7 – 35 Freddie Mercury
Draw 4 – 10 Burpees
Yellow Skip – Lunge walk down the path to the first light on the right
Red Skip – Lunge walk down the path to the third light on the left
Green 1 – 10 Freddie Mercury

Mosey a lap around the field and back to Pelican’s

Announcements
Tubing on the Green River – This Sat, be there at 10:30
Blood Drive in August
F3 Dads in Belmont in August
JJ5k

Prayer Requests
EZ Rider family members
Traveling safeties
Hushpuppy – 2.0 trip to NYC
Murtaugh travel to border to assist with patrol
Maybelline – Co-worker Jennifer foot run over by forklift

Prayer to take us out.

Until next time…

The week prior Dirt asked for a Q for next week. My first thought was “YHC could do it”, but when he said it would be May 4th, that sealed the deal. After developing a hokey, Star Wars-themed weinke, YHC showed up in the gloom on May the 4th to find a parking lot emptier than Dagobah when Luke landed there in The Empire Strikes back. As 0530 approached, two figures were headed back from the park. Only three PAX would defeat the dark side of the force and escape the fartsack for this intergalactic adventure.

The Pledge

Warmup

SSH IC x 10
Markins IC x 10
LBCs IC x 10
Imperial Walkers IC x 10

Mosey to the park

Starting far, far away at the end of the parking lot closet to the playground, we’d go through a round of Death Stars. Partner up (ummm, with only three, someone would be going Han Solo; yep, YHC just said that).

Partner 1 made the Kessel Run to the other end of the parking lot.

Partner 2 stayed and completed a round of exercises. One exercise for each Kessel Run trip.

S – imperial Squat walkers
T – Tie fighters (lunges while doing arm circles, who knew, it’s in the exicon)
A – AT-STs (AlTernating Shoulder Taps; the Empire used those in the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi)
R – Reverse crunches (OK, nothing related to Star Wars for R in the exicon)

So what makes them Death Stars? The exercises were AMRAP while the partner ran. That’s not a small parking lot…

After that was complete, mosey to the building between the baseball fields.

Star Wars Trivia – Start at 25 SSH and 1 burpee. For every question the PAX got right, SSH decreased by 5. For every question the PAX got wrong, burpees increased by 1. After the question, the PAX would mosey half-way down the path between the fields and complete the exercise. Unfortunately for YHC and Watts Up, Dirt was not a Star Wars fan so it was all on WU. At this point, I believe these were the questions that were used (had a longer list) and in somewhat correct order.

Trivia Question: In Star Wars, what do they call the invisible power that binds the galaxy together?
Answer: The Force
Correct – 25 SSH

Trivia Question: Who is the creator of Star Wars?
Answer: George Lucas
Correct – 20 SSH

Trivia Question: What is the name of Boba Fett’s ship?
Answer: Slave 1
Wrong – 1 burpee

Trivia Question: Who is Chancellor Palpatine’s Sith alter-ego?
Answer: Darth Sidious
Wrong – 2 burpees

Trivia Question: What is the name of Han’s friend running the cloud city of Bespin?
Answer: Lando Calrissian
Wrong – 3 burpees

What year did the first Star Wars movie come out?
Answer: 1977.
Correct – 15 SSH

Question: According to Yoda, there are always how many Sith Lords…no more, no less?
Answer: Two (Rule of Two).
Wrong – 4 burpees

Question: What color was Mace Windu’s lightsaber?
Answer: Purple.
Wrong – 5 burpees

Mosey back to Snowball’s.

Announcements
Murph at Sandlot on Memorial Day at 0700

Prayer Requests
Turtleman
Huck

YHC would have done a better job documenting these announcements and prayer requests but left his phone at the building at the baseball fields. After the prayer, had to sprint back to pick it up.

Prayer to take us out.

Until next time…