Consider the Lilies

Consider the Lilies

15 PAX paid no attention to the forecast of 64% chance of showers at 5 AM and descended on the best high school the Village of Marvin has to offer for the best workout they attended before 6:15 AM all day.  There was also a solid Emotional Support Animal ready for the morning’s pain.

Disclaimer x 1

Cell Phone x 1

CPR Certified x 4

WARM-UP

Mosey through the parking lot until reaching a suitable area for COP.

• SSH x 20 IC
• Goofball (by request) x 20 IC
• Plank, then Merkin x 20
• Mountain Climber x 20 IC
• Steve Earle x 20

THE THANG

Mosey to the main drag…

• Run the drag with 5 Bomb Jacks at each light post, 30 total

Mosey to the single benches between the tennis courts…

• Rockette Dips x 20
• Standard Supine pull-ups under a bench x 20 IC
• Flip the grip for Supines with a chin-up grip x 20 IC
• Supine pull-ups x 20 IC
• Supine chin-ups x 20 IC

To the hill behind the soccer field…

• Triple Nickel – (5 Travolta Merkins at the top / 5 Pointer Dogs at the bottom) x 5

Mosey to the baseball diamonds…

• Angry Al Gore while waiting for the 6
• Grab two bricks for Jack’s Comfort Animal, Peacock Webb: 1 Merkin followed by 4 peacocks (t-claps?) with bricks in hand.  Went to 8 Merkins, but jumped to 40 peacocks following the 7 x 28.

Mosey to the Cave

• People’s Chair with 20 IC calf raises
• People’s Chair with 20 IC toe raises
• Six 2.5 Minutes of Mary

Mosey back to the COT

MOLESKINE

There are a few things one can count on when YHC is on Q.  First, there will be some strange exercises pulled from the depths of the Exicon.  Today was no exception – the Goofball was placed in the warm-up by request, there was the Steve Earle and the Travolta Merkin.  The Pointer Dog looked downright normal.

The second requirement is to overthink and over-plan the workout.  YHC watched the forecast for several days leading up and was quite concerned about the high likelihood of showers – not just rain, but showers.  How to fill 45 minutes under a shelter?  YHC prepared two workouts, though the rainy day version was much less refined.  Then YHC beat the alarm, even lay in bed wondering how wet it was outside before finally peaking outside to see… bone-dry streets. 

After the initial relief, the one thing that has continued to stick with YHC throughout the day is the scripture in Matthew 6:

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

While perhaps not on the same level of significance, YHC shouldn’t stress out for Q’ing, especially among this strong group of HIMs.

Back to the workout… Travolta Merkins are nothing to laugh at.  The PAX discovered that Jack Webb’s Emotional Support Animal is a peacock, the animal-like move making an appearance throughout the UC and SOB-land lately.  Huge kudos to Goodfella for knocking out the peacock when all others gave way to the weighted feathers.  YHC’s poor time management skills only left time for 2.5 minutes of Mary which was a disappointment, but it will be continued.  Unfortunately, YHC also has a tendency to tune out any mumblechatter during the workout, especially when there’s a focus on avoiding the Weinke.

YHC enjoyed the opportunity to lead today and needs to do so more often.  If you’ve read to the end of this rambling discourse and need a Q sometime, reach out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Q School this Saturday, 1/26, at Cuthbertson Middle School.
• Q Source following Commitment this Saturday at around 7:45 AM.
• Prayers for the family of a young Swim Mac member who left this life over the weekend.  Hug your family, consider the lilies.
• Prayers for Goodfella’s longtime friend and his children whose wife and mother recently passed.  Hug your family, consider the lilies.