RA's Crazy Eights

RA's Crazy Eights

QIC

RA

AO

Rising Sun

PAX

• Dandelion
• Deliverance
• Fogger
• Gazebo
• Harry T. Stone
• Kipling
• McFeely
• Public Access
• RA
• Restore
• Shiplap

Workout

Warm-o-rama: SSH x 20 IC, Abe Vigoda Forward x 8 IC, Abe Vigoda Bckwd x 8 IC, Seal Claps x 8 IC, Overhead Claps x 8, Imperial Squat Walker x 8 IC, Slo Mo Merkins x 8 IC

Reminder to work with intention when performing warm up actions and engage muscles 

Thang: Packs on, grab Sandbags and head to the practice field. Set cones up in a figure 8. Performing activity in the following amounts at each cone…

Center Cone = 8 sandbag burpees, right hand carry west to 30 yard line mark (sandbag weights vary between 60 lbs and 10 lbs. Pick your poison)

Cone 1 = 16 curls, Cusack to cone 2 at goal line center

Cone 2 = 8 x Shoulder to shoulder (2 is 1), Cusack to cone 3 at East 30 yard line

Cone 3 = 16 front loaded squats, left hand carry to center cone 

Center Cone = 8 sandbag burpees, right hand carry west to 30 yard line mark

Cone 4 = 16 merkins, Cusack to cone 5 at goal line center

Cone 5 = 16 Bent over Rows, Cusack to cone 6 at East 30 yard line

Cone 6 = 8 lunges (2 is 1), left hand carry to center cone

Repeato for 30+ minutes (all pax completed 3 rounds, Kipling got 4, RA got 3.5)

Head back to AO

COT: 1. This workout had lasting effects on YHC through today, not sure if that’s a personal weakness or it really was that tough

2. Over the past week we learned that YHCs M had a suspicious mass in her chest. As a husband and partner, I was forced to find my way into a supporting role, what does she need from me right now, how can I lift her up and remove the worry, how do I make myself a better listener. Doctor’s appointment was Saturday morning so this was present on my mind.

3. The prior evening in the car coming home from softball practice I found myself also comforting my 10 year old who had a tough night of practice, reminding her that I don’t care how successful she is in sport, what I care about is whether she is putting in her full effort and attention, is she coachable and open to feedback, is she having fun, is she making friends, and if we can be on this journey together then no matter the outcome, the time spent will have been worth it.

In summation, we are not always the leading role of our own lives, in fact it is better for us to find our roles as supporting husbands, fathers, and sons. This is not always, or maybe even ever easy, but it is what we should strive to be better at.