01/08/2021 - The Launch Pad - LaunchPad Smörgåsbord

AO: The Launch Pad

When: 01/08/2021

PAX:

Number of Pax: 11

Pax Names: Cousin Eddie, Dorn, Ebeneezer, Fredo, Goldberg, Moonlight, Nacho Libre, Patchouli, Riunite, Sun Devil, Urban Cowboy,

DR Names:

Number of FNGS: 0

FNG Names:

QIC: Ebeneezer


Introduction

The PreBlast started with a nice Swedish lady and noted a Smörgåsbord of Thangs – lopning (running), MABA burpees, circuit work, a fotboll (soccer) game, and a lil Broga to finish.

–> Sure … a little shameless marketing here to drive numbers, courtesy of the image of a nice Swedish lady – and a little of everything to entice the PAX

Warm-O-Rama

Pooh Bears 7

Plank Walkouts 7

Mosey circuit for debrief of circuit exercises

The Thang

Thang 1

  1. Fitness circuit
    1. Mosey between stations
      1. Squats – 20
      2. Merkins – 20
      3. Inverted rows – 20
      4. Dips – 20
      5. Knee tucks (abs) – 20
    2.  MABA – 10 burpees before moving to next station
    3. Repeat circuit twice

Thang 2

  1. Fotboll
    1. 3 burpee penalty for being scored upon

Thang 3

  1. Broga (3 Sun Salutations)

Circle of Trust

We all know of the events at the US Capitol on Wednesday 1/6, and whatever label anyone choses to put on it – insurrection, protest, riot – 5 people died.

Key takeaway: People get frustrated when they believe they don’t have a voice or their voice isn’t being heard.  We’re all guilty of not listening at some point: Listen more, talk less.

Naked Man Moleskin

0448 – YHC arrived at Launchpad late to EC ruck with Sun Devil & Patchouli ~ YHC was out of sorts this am (dog walk turned into coyote stare-off, forgot my cheat sheet, slipped on ice before EC … keep moving, dude!).  Set up chalk instructions at stations and finished the ruck.  Great conversation with some solid HIMs (made headway to solving Life’s problems).

0515 – time to warmup, and YHC has to lead off with Pooh Bears (Up, Down, Touch the Ground…‘cuz, again, you can’t take much too serious). Finished warmups with Mosey debrief of circuit.

0520 – began circuits in teams of 2, and it was well-paced with no groups bunching up. Now only a few PAX opted into the MABA challenge, but all jumped into burpees ITG (sorry to drag you into the madness Riunite, but you were solid on burpee form)

0545 – Fotboll – turf field locked due to snow and grass fields posed slipping risk, so (went Semper Gumby – Always Flexible) we made it a parking lot soccer match.  Dorn has some mad soccer skills, and he’s a nimble fellow for someone the size of an NFL linebacker.  Fredo and Moonlight have wheels.  Cousin Eddie is also a nimble soccer player (wily too, using a little PsyOps technique to score on Nacho Libre), so those two were the only ones to score – Dorn’s team won 2-1. {YEAH, 6 more burpees in my MABA Challenge tally]

0555 – 0600 – Broga, albeit abbreviated, and Patchouli gave a nice assist on parts of the Sun Salutations flow – thanks.

0601-0603 – CoT and Prayer

TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN: This was an aggressive amount of stuff to pack in, but we got all of the Smörgåsbord completed!  COFFEETERIA and Q-Source followed for a majority of those who HC’d ~ solid.  Tack? (Swedish for Thanks!)

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