AO: The Colosseum
When: 03/16/2024
Number of Pax: 8
DR Names:
Number of FNGS:
FNG Names:
QIC: Jellystone
Introduction
I arrived early to setup and excited to get this this plan going. The plan I have was perfect for the size of group and the PAX who put in their HC’s.
Warm-O-Rama
- SSH x50 IC
- Tappy Taps x10 IC
- Imperial Walkers x10 IC
- Arm Circles x10 IC
- Willy Mays Hays x10 IC
- Hairy Rockettes x10 IC
The Thang
Thang 1: Leeroy Jenkins – Four Corner
Corner 1 – Flags – Coupon Needed
- 5 Blockees
- 45 Curls
Corner 2 – Counter Clockwise
- 25 Merkin
- 25 Big Boy
Corner 3 – Coupon Needed
- 5 Overhead Squat
- 45 Skull Crushers
Corner 4
- 5 Burpees
- 45 Flutter Kicks (4-Count)
Thang 2: Bull Fight – Ring of Fire
(2) PAX In center of Ring and face off to see who can do 10 blockees the fastest. All other PAX suitcase carry their coupon in clockwise direction as they watch match. If tie, PAX vote on winner.
– Both PAX return to circle and two NEW PAX enter. Make mental note of winner.
Repeat with NEW PAX, however this time spectators suitcase carry counter clockwise as they spectate.
– Both PAX return to circle and two NEW PAX enter. Make mental note of winner.
Continue until everyone has had a chance.
Now take it back to the top where winners face off against other winners, and continue until we have a single winner.
Circle of Trust
I have been thinking about Perception verse Perspective and some of the books that I have been reading also seem to explore these ideas. In my opinion, perception is an individuals perspective of a situation, with the extra burden of carrying any emotions along, which get triggered by the events of a situation. These emotions often make us jump when we see a dark spot on a wall, and think it’s a spider, or get angry when we hear our teen, spouse, or co-worker challenge us. These emotions cloud our ability to judge the situation properly and can often lead us to make poor decisions and react in ways that we later regret. I challenged the PAX to deliberately focus on having non-emotional reactions to situation, and to try and look at the same events from the perspective of the other people in the situation. Doing so will often lead to great insight as to what led to the situation in the first place and will likely uncover a mutually beneficial path forward.
Naked Man Moleskin
I have had the concept of this workout idea tee’d up for a while, but hesitated to execute it since I was concerned that the Leroy Jenkins reference would be lost on most. As it turned out, there may have been a total of 2-PAX who heard of him, but fortunately this did not keep the PAX from embracing the idea.
AAR: PAX liked the disruption “Leroy Jenkins” brought to the beatdown but thought the rep counts could be lowered to allow for PAX getting “stuck” at a station for multiple rounds. Little did they know that the theme of 50-Reps was significant this morning as we kicked off this weekend, but at that moment I kept the reason to myself.