On the 25th of Merkin Madness March 14 HIM posted for a merkin filled beatdown!
Warm-O-Rama
- Side Straddle Hops (20 I/C)
- Cherry Pickers (15 I/C)
- Dancing Bears (10 I/C)
- Windmill (15 I/C)
- Goofball (15 I/C)
Warrior Run (10 Merkins each time the flag was passed) long route to the Middle School
The Thang
nSet #1 – PAX lined up on the sidewalk and did 10 Navy Seal Burpees then made a Jail Break to the far sidewalk. PAX performed 10 more Navy Seal Burpees and made another Jail Break to the beginning sidewalk where they finished up with 10 more Navy Seal Burpees. Then did AMRAP Flutter Kicks for the 6. Set #2 – PAX lined up on the sidewalk and did 50 LBC then Bear Crawled to the next sidewalk. PAX performed 50 more LBC and Bear Crawled back to the beginning sidewalk where they finished up with 50 more LBC. Held Low Plank for the 6. A new exercise was introduced, the Burpee-Jack. PAX then executed 10 Burupee-Jacks and did a Mosey back to the Circle for COT.
Third F
Has anyone heard of Wally Pipp? I hadn’t either until I read a book written by Cal Ripken Jr. titled “Just Show Up.” In the book Cal Ripken tells a story of whenever he would talk to his dad about maybe the need of sitting a game out, taking a day off, to rest and or recuperate his dad would tell him it was his choice but to remember Wally Pipp. Wally Pipp played first base for the New York Yankees and was a good ball player. One day Wally told his coach he needed a day off. They young player that stood in for Wally played great! The coach decided to play the hot player until he cooled down. The man that stepped on for Wally Pipp went on to play 2130 games without missing a game. That’s right, the guy off the bench was Lou Gehrig. When we decide to take a day off from anything we do such as work, F3 and our spiritual life, we must consider what could happen. Who will step up while we are out? What will we miss while we are out? What will take a foot-hold in my life? Two Thursdays ago this story was brought to mind due to some choices I made. My Thursday morning routine is to get up, run a few miles then head to the CHOP for a beatdown. Wednesday night I went for an evening run and when the alarm went off Thursday morning I decided to skip the run, go back to sleep then go to the beatdown. When the alarm went off for the beatdown, I decided to continue to rest. 20 minutes later I was out of bed and headed to the CHOP. Upon arriving I began to stretch out and then saw @fireplex getting out of his truck with a paper in his hand. I thought to myself how glad I was that I don’t screen shot the Q list because there was no way I would have shown up knowing he was on Q that morning. Turned out I got a great beatdown and an appropriate word! What I would have missed had I not just shown up!