01/20/2020 - Black Panther - Honoring Legends

AO: Black Panther

When: 01/20/2020

PAX:

Number of Pax: 19

Pax Names: bedpan, Breakaway, cap, Crambone, Dilly Dilly, Enron, Half Price, Milton, Padre, Parks and Rec, Party Boy, pi 3.14, RoachCoach, Small Cakes, SoccerMom, Thomas Tank Engine, Tigers, Tourniquet, Twilight,

DR Names:

Number of FNGS: 0

FNG Names: NA

QIC: Dilly Dilly


Introduction

It was a dark & gloomy morning with temps in the teens but thankfully for the strong HIMs that showed up the parking lot snow had melted creating a great surface for the beat down to come.  Today we honor legends.  One legend we honor today in Dr. King who is one of the great male leaders from the last century & the other legend right here at our our very own Black Panther in Twilight who has been the example at BP that other HIMs have tried to emulate.  How will you make your mark on history???

PS – Where was DJ Sump Pump?  No Saturday…No Monday?  Better check the disco ball is still lit!

Warm-O-Rama

Welcome to F3 Naperville.  I am your AO VQ Dilly Dilly & this is Black Panther!  Free volunteer peer lead workout.  I am not a pro, you are at your own risk, & I have no knowledge of any injuries.  It is each individual’s responsibility to be safe & modify if necessary.

 

WARM UP

  • 12 Hairy Rockettes
  • 12 Tappy Taps
  • 10 Mountain Man Poopers
  • 21’s (first 5 reps of SSH the Q counts & then silence to 21 with everyone needing to finish same time)
  • 10 Arm Circles – forward & back

The Thang

THANG 1 – Strength in Numbers

Each PAX will be required to complete the following exercises OYO focusing on form.  When you complete the reps you complete suicides.  The team that finishes first gets 1 point for every PAX that is still on the course for the other team. Stronger PAX can pick up reps of the 6 but everyone must run:

  • SSH – 91 years ago he was born on Jan 15th 1929
  • Merkins – 72 years ago he graduated from Morehouse college in 1948 at 19
  • LBC’s – 67 years ago married to Coretta Scott
  • Squats – 63 years ago delivered his 1st national address in 1957 as a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial
  • Chest Press – 60 years ago was first arrested participating at a sit in demonstration in Atlanta in 1960
  • Curls – 57 years ago he delivered the “I have a Dream speech” 1963
  • Shoulder Press – 56 years ago received the Time Magazine Man of the Year & Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
  • Burpees – 37 years since Ronald Regan signed the holiday into law in 1983

MARY

  • 30 American Hammers
  • 30 second meditation

 

Circle of Trust

Announcements

  • Polar Plunge, get in on it or donate to someone that is, over $2,500 so far
  • Q Source starting up check slack for appropriate start times on Wednesday’s

Prayers

  • Pi extended family/friends Jeremy Baker & Randy Levine
  • Padre called out a kid that has been diagnosed with Spina Binfada (don’t remember name)
  • Other spoken prayers & those not spoken

Naked Man Moleskin

When I think about Dr. King three themes resonate with me:

  • Passion
    • Dr. King was clearly passionate about what he wanted.  Not only for himself, his children but for you & I.  Despite being jailed almost 30 times & hundreds of death threats he continued to blaze the trail
    • Remain passionate about not only your health/fitness goals but other goals in life.  Never give up on what you want to achieve.  There will be obstacles but nothing can truly stop you.  Live it!
  • Give Back
    • What would you do if you were given $54,000?  Dr. King donated his Nobel Peace Prize money to support the civil rights movement.  Make a conscious effort to build someone up. Volunteer your time, write an uplifting note to someone, or pay for a strangers lunch.
    • Doesn’t matter what you do really just do a selfless act for someone else.
  • Peace
    • Being peaceful during harsh & harmful times makes you stronger & wiser. That is Dr. King was a big proponent of meditation b/c it was good for making the mind strong. Dr. King was so moved by Gandhi he read many of his books & became influenced by him.
    • Find a quiet time in your day to take a couple minutes to be still & let your mind rest.

“The Ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort & convenience but where he stands at times of challenge & controversy” – Dr. King

Dear heavenly father thank you for the opportunity to be out here in the gloom with these amazing men.  Thank you for putting men on this earth like Dr. King who inspire us to be better & serve you every day.  Hold those in our spoken prayers & those in our hearts in your hands.  In your Sons name.  Amen!

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