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Hurricane Ida wrecked a lot of plans this year. She did a lot of damage, broke a lot of hearts, made life a ton more difficult. But one thing I\u2019ve learned is that even in the darkest of hours, God can find a way to turn something terrible into something good. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to belittle the struggle our region is still dealing with, and I can tell you firsthand there is a lot of work left. But I can also tell you firsthand that God has given us an opportunity to grow together, help each other, and all in all, be better people. <\/p>\n

My original plan for the first week in September was to do a birthday Q, and following the lead of Grundy and\/or Zoolander (depending on how good an idea it was), complete another \u201cCake walk\u201d and hope it catches on as a thing. <\/p>\n

Well, those plans changed due to Mother Nature, but God\u2019s timing is perfect, so a pax of 17 said \u201cTake Two\u201d under beautiful weather with low humidity and temps topping out at around 71. <\/p>\n

Warmup (between 10x and 20x, all IC)
\nSeal jacks
\nToe touches
\nArm circles
\nTorso twists
\nGoofballs <\/p>\n

Thang: A cakewalk, your basic descending ladder of exercises and reps, starting at YHC\u2019s age (in this case, 43), and work your way to 1, with some moseying in between around Old Mandeville\/Lakefront. <\/p>\n

The order:<\/p>\n

43 High knees
\n42 SSHs
\n41 Plank Jacks
\n40 merkins (where Bird started to wonder where the burpees were)
\n39 squats
\n38 Hello Dollies
\n37 Calf raises
\n36 Apollo ohnos
\n35 Freak Nastys
\n34 step ups
\n33 flutter kicks
\n32 butt kicks (2 is 1) (lead IC by the entire pax rotating, very nice job, gents!)
\n31 Peter Parker\u2019s (2 is 1)
\n30 imperial walkers
\n29 Shoulder taps (2 is 1)
\n28 American hammers
\n27 George thoroughgood
\n26 Smurf jacks
\n25 leg raises
\n24 Rosalitas
\n23 crab jacks (crab position – opposite plank jacks)
\n22 groiners
\n21 Bear crawls
\n20 murder bunnies
\n19 Hand release merkins
\n18 Bobby Hurley\u2019s
\n17 crab cakes (2 is 1)
\n16 circle ups
\n15 Bulgarian split squats
\n14 durkins
\n13 big boy sit-ups
\n12 LMCs
\n11 diamond merkins
\n10 star jumps
\n9 donkey kicks
\n8 8 count body builders
\n7 makhtar n\u2019jais
\n6 6 inch drills (where Zoolander was wise to my plan)
\n5 Carolina dry docks
\n4 Bonnie Blair\u2019s
\n3 jump squats
\n2 burpees (here they are Bird!)
\n1 minute plank <\/p>\n

COT, name-o-rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out. <\/p>\n

This Q doubled as my 3 year anniversary Q, so it\u2019s time for me to again thank Toto for EH\u2019ing me. Like I suspect has happened to many of us, I had no idea what I was in for. I showed up late to my first beatdown (Splice was Q) and quickly wondered what I got myself into. Manny\u2019s words to me were \u201cjust stick with it\u201d and he was right. <\/p>\n

More than once, I was the 6. I\u2019m still the 6 on occasion. But each and every time, someone is there to pick me (or you) up. Tanked up was the first I remember. Shooter seems to do it the most (especially on moseys). <\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what makes this group of men so darn solid. What started out as \u201cI could use the exercise\u201d or \u201cI want to get back in shape\u201d quickly turns to something more. <\/p>\n

The F for Fitness is lowercase. The other two are uppercase. I\u2019ve enjoyed laughing with you all, especially when Hammer gets a pax going with his 80\u2019s references, or Zoolander makes an off color joke about doing a Freddy Mercury. You each have enriched me, made me a better person, lended guidance, and just in general have been a blast to be around. <\/p>\n

Before I started, I didn\u2019t have a lower back that constantly aches or stiffens up, nor did I have a left shoulder that tells me \u201cThat\u2019s enough merkins for today.\u201d I didn\u2019t even know I had an Achilles\u2019 tendon. <\/p>\n

But it has all been worth it. Ever nagging pain and shortness of breath: worth it knowing I\u2019m making a decision to better myself as a leader, a Christian, a productive member of society. And that\u2019s due to each of you, whether I called you by name above or not. Because finally, after 3 years, I think I\u2019ve learned your real names, which is maybe a bigger compliment. <\/p>\n