12/03/2020 - Black Panther - Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie…About “Giving”
AO: Black Panther
When: 12/03/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 25
Pax Names: Blow Dry, Boxcutter, Brick, Carmen SanDiego, Crambone, DJ Sump Pump, Elway, Enron, Fargo, Judge Smails, Lawnmower, Lewinsky, Milton, Parks and Rec, Pork Rinds, Thomas Tank Engine, Toasted Coconut, Trickle,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Blues Clues
Introduction
19 degrees at 5:15am..25 PAX circled up for a Christmas Eve holiday party, 1988 style to “head out to the coast, get together, have a few laughs…” – John McClane. Hans Gruber and company had different plans. Chaos would follow.
Warm-O-Rama
Arm Circles
SSH
5 Burpee Blitz
The Thang
Die Hard starts with a corporate holiday party inside Nakatomi Plaza. Everything is all hunky dory then gets highly disrupted by terror…
Thang #1 “Sugar Cookies” at The Holiday Party
- Sugar Cookies (Supermans til Q says “go” then sprint over the hill for 10 Merkins and 10 Big Boys in the sand volleyball court. Repeat 3 times) Q lost his phone during this exercise and more chaos followed.
Thang #2 “Shoot the Glass” The Barefoot Machine Gun Scene
- PAX lined up baseline on basketball court. Ran 2 minutes 5 seconds (estimated length of the scene) baseline to baseline AYG like somebody is shooting at you with a machine gun. (shoes were on)
Thang #3 “In the Vents”
McClane crawled his way through all kind of awkward places. PAX mosey’d to Skate Park and split into 3 Groups due to size:
- Group 1 = Bonnie Blairs til timer
- Group 2 – Squats til timer
- Group 3 = *Timer…Sprint-Up the Skate Park Ramp (Ascending Vertical Vent), Across the Top, Slide/Scale Down the Skate Park Ramp (Descending Vertical Vent) Repeat 3 times til time.
Rotate 3 times.
Army Crawl 30 yards (Horizontal Vent) to sidewalk.
Thang #4 “Hostage Situation”
PAX split into 3 groups again due to size….to save the hostages, this would take some strength.
- Group 1 = CPR’s (With coupon Curl, Press, Raise)
- Group 2 = Goblet Squats (With coupon)
- Group 3 = *Timer Group…Picnic Table Leg Presses 50 count
Rotate 3 times.
Thang #5 “Negotiation”
PAX mosey’d to small hill across parking lot to start final negotiations with Hans Gruber, head terrorist.
- Negotiation is where PAX line up in a single file line. Perform one burpee. Sprint about 15 yards, roll on the ground, sprint another 15 yards forward, perform one more burpee and then continue the same pattern back and forth, like a negotiation, over and over again until Q says recover.
Thang #6 “Nakatomi Knerkins and Hans Grubers”
- Nakatomi Knerkins – The final scene of Die Hard. PAX head to base of big hill. On Q’s signal, PAX sprint to top of hill (Nakatomi Plaza) and do 30 Knerkins since Nakatomi Plaza had 30 floors in Die Hard. Rinse and Repeat upon Q’s choice. We split into two groups due to size.
- Hans Grubers – Last exercise, PAX partner up and and see who can do the most of “x” exercise in 60 seconds. Today it was Burpees. The PAX who does the lesser amount in 60 seconds has to roll down the hill…dead…just like Hans Gruber rolled off the top of Nakatomi Plaza. The winning PAX gives a “Happy Trails Hans” and watches him “Die Hard” falling (rolling) all the way to the bottom of the hill.
We finished with Clock/Wheel Planks at 360 degrees until 6 o’clock.
Circle of Trust
Shortened version…
I hope some of you had fun playing Die Hard with me today.
One of my favorite movies, especially around this time of year in the holiday season. It’s a time to give and hopefully I gave you all something a little different today that was chaotic, challenging, and fun too. So in the spirit of giving, my message today is to think about how you can give back.
When I hire people on our sales team, I like to look for a high need for achievement, competitiveness and optimism among other things. One thing I’d like to look more for, it’s for happiness. So how do you do that?
Think of the happiest person you know. Who is it? Who is the happiest person you know? (One PAX called out “Santa Claus”)
That’s right. Santa Claus is the happiest person I know. Why? Because he just gives and gives and gives and gives and gives. These are HIM’s. These are the kind of people that make things happen.
We all have charities and organizations we contribute to…F3 being one of many and and a source for many more. All I ask today is you think about how you can give something to somebody today. It doesn’t have to be monetary or material either…can just be giving someone a call, a smile, a pat on the back, etc.
Just give.
On Christmas Eve, 1988, John McClane gave everything he had at Nakatomi Plaza. When we give we don’t Die Hard. We Live Happy.
Prayers.
Naked Man Moleskin
Q lost his phone in the sand doing Big Boys. Self imposed AAR…if you don’t wear a jacket with pockets, find a better way to secure your damn phone. Thanks Pork Rinds for the find after 6am.