Yes that's what I meant. There's the belief that he was penalized because he's Max Verstappen, and that Vettel/Kimi might skate free because they're Ferrari drivers.
Personally I'd like to think it's just that the stewards don't catch everybody - still a problem but less intent. It's like saying everybody speeds on the highway, but not everybody gets caught/ticketed - doesn't mean the ticket was undeserving. They need to make sure everybody is following the rules, no exceptions.
9 PAX gathered in the only slightly cool October gloom striving to be better. After a disclaimer, we were off on a Mosey around the parking lot.
The things of the earth for which we labor will inevitably fade away. (Which lead to some mumble chatter about “why did I show up then?” hence the Nihilism discussion.) But our identity is not found in earthly things, and on this we can be thankful. For our labors in for our 3rd F identity will not fade away. What’s the difference between Ash Wednesday “remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” and the ethos of Nihilism: skepticism maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence? Only faith.
Many – we never know what others are carrying with them. May we all be mindful of that in our interactions.
10 HIMs arrived to see silhouettes of YHC’s untold horror in the backdrop of gloom at The Hive. After disclaiming that YHC is terrible at counting before 0800 the regular disclaimer was administered.
Things started out normal with some SSH to get the blood moving. It’s really a great way to make the PAX feel like a regular workout is on the horizon. Then we moved into a wide leg stance (sorta sumo) and dropped our six’s close to the pavement to get the hips opened up. Moving from one leg to the other, we stretched out the hamstrings and other muscles some people tend to forget exist. From there, we inched our feet out as close to a full split** as each man could handle, put our fingertips on the ground, and did fingertip pushups.
From there we went to the Conveyor Belt across the parking lot. Each station had two parking slots between them and each exercise was given a brief demo before we dropped our bells at various stations and jumped on board. The slots were:
Swing the mace to align it with the chest at shoulder height to the left and right, when the arm close to the ball crosses the body, it’s on the bottom. When it’s on its own side, the top
let the staff fall down to horizontal, using only forearms, pull it back to vertical (mostly the first two fingers)
Alternatively, with arm hanging, adjust the staff so that the long end is behind you and use only forearm muscles to bring it back to vertical (mostly the last two fingers)
hold the bag with one arm at eye level as far away as you can from your body, gripping it by its side with fingertips (so you’re looking at a square), the opposite hand is at your side.
Let go of the bag and as you pull that hand down to rest, the other snaps up to grab the falling bag, again, with fingertips, raising it back into position. There should be some hang time.
“Pick your own Mary” with a 25lb bell (YHC didn’t have enough slots for everyone, so this one came from the aether)
There is always a traveling PAX. The PAX starting at station 11 did a small amount of Mary, then high-tailed it for station 1, taking over that station (at this time station 11 disappeared). The displaced PAX from 1 then bear crawled over two parking spaces to 2, relieving that PAX of that station, who would bear crawl to 3. This continued until station 10 ran back to station one.
After a full circle of fun, everyone took a nice, restful run across the parking lot, and picked up where they left off.
This went on with everyone working together in harmony until there was about 2 minutes left in the workout and we were one station short of a full circuit.
Everyone circled up by the gear, YHC ran to grab a phone (pulling something in my calf halfway there…) and ended with COT.
Polaroid sent out a request a few weeks back for Q’s. Replying affirmatively meant I was going to be put out of my comfort zone as I had only attended a weight AO twice over the years. I was then able to get in a visit to Tomahawk last week to scout the layout.
I will add at this point that everyone should consider attending more weight AO’s. It’s a good test for new muscles and your core.
Arrived early to lay out cones and coupons and got help from an early arriving FNG, Josh Bolden. I was immediately giving him some disclaimer info as this workout was going to be a bit of a challenge and it was going to keep PAX moving the whole time, and made sure he understood this was not a standard bootcamp workout.
Full disclaimer especially with an FNG. A little bit of a warmup and proper cadence, an explanation of each exercise in the clock and then broke into 2 groups. 2 PAX did the clock while 3 moved over the runway, then alternated.
At the runway, each end was core exercises . We ran to points in the middle alternating doing the following exercises, in cadence if possible: Curls, One Arm Rows, Squats, Overhead Press, KB Swings, Front LIfts…approximately 10 reps each time.
The PAX on the clock did the following with their kettlebell/weight going with them as much as possible. When returning to the middle, 2 burpees. Each ‘time’ was a x5 factor:
This was a workout designed to keep moving. There were not many opportunities to rest but I think it worked out well. The clock obstacle course needs some tweeking so that it takes less time. I meant for it to be completed a little quicker, next time we’ll shoot for 10 minutes or less.
Big reminder here that we did not do. Especially with an FNG, have gloves available! Generally I believe this is a site Q responsibility, but I always have a bag of gloves and I forgot to offer them to our FNG.
Welcome FNG J-Cruz, or J-Cruise, or J-Crews! EH’d by Jekyl and Decibel. Josh’s whole family’s names begin with a J, plus he was once the President of a Land Cruiser organization (hope I got that right). Name-O-Rama here.
Invergence Sept 21, G-Fit Sat’s 3:00 pm, Prayers to PAX with marital issues. Thanks to Punchlist for taking us out.
19 Showed up to take the DRP. After a quick disclaimer and Q check for FNGs, we were off on a slow mosey.
YHC asked everyone to consider whether they have a relationship with their Lord and Savior….or just their Savior. A lot of us (YHC included!!) forget the Lord part of the relationship. For Him to truly be your Lord, you must surrender all to Him and be willing to have your life disrupted for His purpose. Easier said than done. Based on the response from the PAX, this is a topic that should be discussed often. Also, touching on the monthly theme of Presence, are we really present with our M and 2.0s? Are we just “there” or do they really feel our “presence”?
With no inspiration hitting me at home, YHC decided to show up and see what the AO would speak to me today. It was angry and made us do stupid things.
Mosey down the hill to the playground at the elementary school where we counted off into groups and did round robins of swing crunches, LBC’s and mountain climbers twice.
Who doesn’t love running in circles? Partnered up and while partner ran lap, 2nd Pax did LBC’s, WAM’s and CDD’s – flap jack at each lap.
Back over to the middle school hill for 10 bomb jacks, run up the long windy hill and 10 more at the top.
Last Tuesday YHC’s phone made a strange noise, which I found was created by Polaroid, who wrote, “Are you ready and willing to Q The Tomahawk this Wednesday?” Well, I’d been wondering for a while when I’d step up for my VQ, and that certainly made it easy to decide.
We started off with a quick mosey about the parking lot, followed by SSH, windmills, and a delightful exercise that I’ve been doing for over a decade which is called open tee position. Everyone steps their right leg over their left so that the legs are crossed and your feet are about should width apart. Then you sink down until your six is a few inches above the right ankle. About 90% of your weight is now on your right leg which is bent at < 90º. The left knee is hovering about an inch above the ground, and the left foot is out to the right, resting on the ball of the foot, ankle up.
So you hold that for 5-10 seconds, work up some shaking legs, then slap your hips as you straighten up, turn around and sink so your weight is on the left. 5-10 seconds Do this 3-5 times each leg.
After the warmup we hit the six stations. We got through three rounds of masculine singing (grunts and growls). Below are the stations with the odd gear’s exercise explained as best I can.
One hand rotations x10/ea – Holding the staff horizontally with arm extended to the front, gripping the middle, fully rotate to the left and right, using your wrist to break and overcome the momentum
Drop and lift x10/ea – Holding the staff vertically with arm to the front, allow the top of the staff to drop to be parallel with the ground and use wrist strength to bring it back to fully vertical
Drop and lift x10/ea – Holding the staff parallel to the ground, arm straight up (above the head), the long end of the staff extended behind the body, allow it to drop to vertical behind you and use wrist strength to pull it back to parallel with the ground
The same for all three rounds, hold the bag with one arm as far away as you can from your body, gripping it by its side (so you’re looking at a square). Toss it up a bit and catch it with your opposite hand, using only the fingertips, letting the tossing hand drop. This gets awkward because the BBs get out of the way and you have nothing to grip after a second. Repeat this x10/ea arm before dropping it to the ground and growling in victory.
I like to call them Conan swings x10/ea- Holding the mace upright with right hand on top, do a full rotation above the head and strike out to the left. Left elbow up, right is down. Rotate back over the head and strike right, now the right elbow is up and the left elbow is down. Switch hands and form for the other ten.
Barbarian Squats – Holding the mace with hands together, resting behind your head like chopping wood with a maul, swing it over your head into a good squat, stopping with the mace upright and balance. I like to switch my grip and do 10 with each hand on top
Spears 10/ea – Or “Bayonet!”, standing with the mace, stab out like it’s a big old spear, holding it out for a two count. Put your body into it
After the first two rotations we stopped to sing the chorus, which like any good song, changes slightly every time.
With a few minutes left and the third rotation complete, we headed back to COT for some forearm stretching, announcements, and prayer.