03/07/2020 - The Outpost - “Play” with Crop Duster and Dave Grohl
AO: The Outpost
When: 03/07/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 5
Pax Names: Crab Legs, Crop Duster, Rhinestone, Snorkle, Sweet Gherkins,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Crop Duster
Introduction
Temp said 34 but felt like 20. Windy morning. Exercises written on flip chart paper had to be secured with crowbar and other heavy objects
Warm-O-Rama
Group Mosey around the OP parking lots with intermittent stops for:
15 Count Side Straddle Hops
15 Count Abe Vagoda’s
15 Count Imperial Walkers
10 Count Forward Arm Circles
10 Count Backward Arm Circles
The Thang
The main Thang involved Dave Grohl’s Song “Play”, a nearly 23 minutes song where Grohl plays all of the instruments. The following exercises were done in order until the song concluded
30 Thrusters
30 Merkins
400 Meter Run
30 Goblet Squats
30 Bobby Hurley’s
Bear Crawl to middle island and back
30 Curls
30 Carolina Dry Docks
Lunge Walk to middle island and back
30 Burpees
Crab Walk to middle island and back
Thang 2 was under shelter. 3 rounds of 25 dips and balls to the wall
Thang 3 was at the playground. 11’s with pull ups and burpees
Circle of Trust
Prayers for Mr. Miyagi, Bump’s family and Noonan’s family.
COT regarding a book I’ve been reading lately, “Born to Run”. The book is about a isolated Mexican Tribe called the Tarahumara, but is largely about running in general. On of the runners in the books says:
“I love the Beast. I actually look forward to the Beast showing up, because every time he does, I handle him better. You get him more under control. Once the Beast arrives, I can get down to real work which is what I’m here for. You can’t hate the Beast and expect to beat it. The only way to truly conquer something is to love it.”
This is true for running or for the part of a beat down where you are struggling to continue. We say Embrace The Suck. The Suck is The Beast. I felt like the quote from the book put some meat on the bones of how I previously thought of Embrace The Suck.
Evidence of “Loving the Beast” in the book was shown by some of the runners were in the worst parts of Ultra Marathon over a mountain and they were smiling. I’ve been making a conscious effort to smile when I’m having those hard moments in a beat down or a run.
Naked Man Moleskin
Sweet Gherkins asked me questions about “Play” that I was not prepared to answer. I had to wikapedia research after the beatdown and send the info out to the PAX.