15 SOJ HIM’s including one FNG (who was EH’d over the weekend by GTE Cadre Flight Nurse) shook off the weekend soreness at NoToll with a slightly slower paced beatdown, as follows:
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
- Mosey onto the BBall Court and circle up
- Welcome & Disclaimer
- Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom, lots of groaning
- The number 18 was utilized to honor the 18 RVA PAX who completed GTE #47
Q-SCHOOL – Part 1:
- Brief explanation and demonstration of how to call cadence, then FNG Will Myers was invited to Q some reps – which he did admirably (we didn’t know at the time he just got out of the Marine Corps 2 years ago)
- AAR (After Action Report) was provided by the PAX
Mosey out to Pay the Toll at the Bridge – questionably dead copperhead in the road – decided to just keep moseying – No Toll today…
BUDDY LADDER:
- Partner up in front of the bleachers, complete x10 Buddy WWII’s, P1 runs across field and back, P2 remains for Bleachers Step-ups, then partners complete x9 WWII’s, P2 runs & P1 remains, etc. down to 1.
- ABC’s for the SIX
- Circle up in Plank and review the F3 Mission, Credo, and 5CP’s
- Mosey over to the pavilion
Q-SCHOOL – Part 2:
- DTH demonstrates calling x18 squats IC
- BROMANCE invited to take the Q, and guided to lead the PAX in Merkins then in Arm Circles
- AAR provided – he’s a natural and will do his VQ very soon!
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN:
- Partner up
- P1 lunges, P2 does x5 Mericans then bear crawls to catch ip and switch
- Circumnavigate the pavilion
1/2 CAPTAIN THOR:
- 1:4 of WWII and Am.Hammers
- Reps up to 5:20
Mosey BTTF for COT:
- Counterama # 15
- Namerama
- Announcerama (see Below)
- YHC took the PAX out in Prayer
NMS: There were a good number of our GTE graduates in attendance today, all of us walking and moving a bit stiffly, but the reps got everyone limbered up OK. A big welcome to SKINNY DIP, who was EH’d by the GTE Cadre over the weekend. He’s a couple years out of the Marine Corps and spoke candidly that he hadn’t felt this brotherly camaraderie since being with his USMC brothers, and had been missing sorely. He had a great story of being a competitive swimmer and forgetting to tie his suit before leaping into a college pool in front of thousands of spectators – and having to get out of the pool totally naked, on film, etc. Well, we are honored to have you in our PAX and you did an AWESOME job on the QSchool challenge. Just do all the guys a favor and keep your suit on! 🙂 Bromance equally shined on calling cadence and plans to do his VQ in the next few weeks! SOJ is on FIRE and we’re not anywhere close to slowing down. LET’S GO!!! ~DTH
Announcements (SEE SLACK!)
- Friday PM Machismo hosting a BYO firepit debrief for all the GTE guys to share war stories
- Next Tuesday (5/14) all of SOJ invited to DTH’s house for a 2nd F patio party
Prayer Requests:
- Scram’s mom in hospice
- Chaplain’s shoulder healing
- NTB alone weekends this month
- Doozy’s daughter travel safety
