09/27/2021 - The Outpost - Moments in Time
AO: The Outpost
When: 09/27/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 7
Pax Names: Appletini, Bean Counter, Crop Duster, Laimbeer, Shirley Temple, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Snoop-A-Loop,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS:
FNG Names:
QIC: Bean Counter
Introduction
Metal Monday at the Outpost September 27 5:15am! This weeks “entertainment” will be brought to you by All That Remains! Bring your coupons, your gloves, and be ready to rock out in a “choose your own adventure” beatdown. There will be some running, but it will be recovery running as I know some of us hit the 5K today.
Weather was PERFECT this morning. Got the AO at about 5:05. Set up my whiteboard in the pavilion set up near the flag. Let’s rock and roll!
Warm-O-Rama
Tappy Taps IC x 10
Chinooks IC x 10
Variety of exercises along with the song “For We Are Many” – All That Remains
- This included Butt Kickers, SSH, Burpees, Merkins, High Plank, Low Plank, and Mountain Climbers.
- Goal was to get the heart rate up! I think it worked.
Mosey to Pavilion with coupon
The Thang
Thang 1 –Choose Your Own Adventure
PAX had a list of 12 exercises. They would perform two exercises of their choice, 20 reps, then run out to speed bump in parking lot and back. Then pick another two, 20 reps each, out and back, etc until finished through the list.
Exercises were:
Burpees
Blockees
Step ups w/coupon
Bonnie Blairs (L+R = 1)
Bobby Hurleys
Curls
Tricep Extension
Air Out of Spare (20 each side)
Big Boys
Merkins
Shoulder Taps (L+R = 1)
Bent Over Rows
PICK UP THE 6!
Thang 2 – Assault on the Legs
Mosey to shelter near skatepark.
Rebel Bear Crawl – PAX did a wallsit against the building. PAX at the end would bear crawl to the front and get back in to wall sit position. Continue on until we made it around the entire building. Each PAX went about 3 times.
Shake out the legs.
20 Tempo Squats on my Cadence
20 Hydraulics OYO
Mosey back to pavilion
10 Coupon Thrusters on my down
Mosey to flags
Mary
High Plank position Buzzsaws IC x 10
Low Plank position Buzzsaws IC x 10
Elbow to Knee IC x 10 (each side)
Boat/Canoe till 6am
RECOVER!
Circle of Trust
Count-a-rama – 7
Announcements – Thanks Crop Duster
Name-o-Rama
Prayers – Appletini’s brother
CoT
As a quick background on me, I am a guitar player. Amateur. I love playing along to Metal music. It is challenging, fast, and fun. As a guitar player though, it probably takes me about 100 times of hearing a song before I actually hear the lyrics. Then I think to myself “what the Hell am I listening to!?”. At the end of the workout I had asked the PAX to try and listen to the lyrics of one of the songs, if possible. The lyrics were:
“We are all just moments in time, we come from nothing. And we are nothing when we die.
We are all just instants in time, we come from nothing. We are nothing when we die.”
I try to live my life optimistically. Also, one of the great things about music, and art in general, is that it is largely open for interpretation. So how do I put a positive spin on the above lyrics? I chose to read / hear those words and think to myself, why are we holding back? What is stopping you from living your life? Try to live each day to the fullest. Otherwise, what is the point. I tend to live somewhat cautiously. I try to follow the rules/guidelines as much as possible. But that being said, I still try to live out each day as if it could be my list. I love my family. I take my work and responsibilities seriously. When it is all said and done, what happens to us? We all have different beliefs. I belief in an afterlife and that something great will happen. In the meantime, these are all just moments in time. What are we doing with them?
This also led to my next point, which was ‘choosing your own adventure’. Something I thought was so cool was that once I told PAX to GO! I took a quick look around. Almost everyone started with a different exercise. We almost all ended on a different exercise. So to recap, we all had the same ‘to-do’ list, but we all went about it in a different way. We all played to our strengths and weaknesses and planned accordingly. I knew that I would burn out in the end so I started with blockees. I did the burpees somewhere in the middle. Some guys saved burpees for last. Some guys are animals and just breezed through the whole thing. Towards the end, some guys finished early and picked up the 6. Others needed to be picked up. Similar to life, we all go on our journeys a little differently. However, we all have common goals. Be happy. Have fun. Provide for our families, Etc. We all may go about this in a different way though. Some have the means/resources to help others out while others need just a little more help in the end. Let’s not judge on how we all get to the ‘end’ as we ultimately may be going to the same place!
Naked Man Moleskin
I have been wanting to some “Metal” themed workouts for a while now as music is a big part of my life. My last bunch of Q’s we have been on the move a lot though, so bring a speaker around with me wasn’t exactly easy to do. (Although try telling that to Snoop-A-Loop!) For this workout, I figured I would let guys go at their pace and keep the running limited since we had the 5k yesterday. Being in one spot, for the most part, meant that I could get the music going. I apologize for those who felt this was an assault on their ears! Ha. We did end up getting in about 1.3 miles though!
As always, I appreciate the opportunity to lead this great group.
BC