AO: Lava Fields
QIC: Kikiwaka
PAX: @Leprechaun, @one cent, @RIP, @unicorn
Conditions: 58 degrees, sunny and no gloom
DISCLAIMER
Warm-O-Rama
Mosey – 1 lap track – talk about the 591 men that were POW at Hanoi Hilton and how only 4% suffered from PTSD (statistical anomaly compared to other POW studied). Why?
SSH – IC – 20
Arm Circles Forward/Backward – IC – 15
Halos – IC – 10
3rd graders – IC – 10
Monkey Humpers – IC – 10
Thang:
Partner exercise – 10 man maker buy in
Set up 8’x8’ cell (size of cell for the POW) One partner bear crawls around 8×8 cell while other partner completes one of the following: 100 squats, 100 lunges (hard way), 100merkins, 100 big boys, 100 mountain climbers (hard way), 91 burpees or man makers. 591 exercises = numbers of POWs that made it home with 80% saying they were better off because of the experience
For the squats and lunges each partner did their own 100 each but on the merkins, big boys, mountain climbers, and burpees the partners worked together to finish the respective total (ie each partner did 50 to reach 100 – or any other way they would like to split it up)
The entire PAX finished right on time with the group helping each other finish their totals
COT:
Group shared thoughts on why these 591 men were an anomaly. Great leadership, Faith, confronting brutal facts of their reality while also maintaining unwavering faith that they would prevail, bodies acclimating, communicating their struggles and shame instead of isolating themselves. A majority of the 4% that suffered from PTSD were POWs for a limited amount of time. Maybe they didn’t talk about their experience or share/connect with the group.
Appreciated the connection and strengthening of the PAX with this workout
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