Shop-Vac Q:
Deck of Death
PAX: Houston, Salty, 12 gauge, Twain, Snooki, Doublemint, Shop-vac
The thing:
We circled up around a deck of cards. Each suit representative workout. Spade’s were burpees, diamonds were lunges, clubs were push-ups, and hearts were bicycle crunches. As each card was flipped, the corresponding workout was done in cadence to the number represented on the card with aces being one, Jack’s being 11, Queens being 12, and Kings being 13. Burpees were the only workout not done in cadence and lunges were alternating legs. We managed to make it through the entire deck, took a field lap, and circled up for counter Rama and name-a-rama where we were able to welcome 12 gauge and Twain to FiA.
COT: we are so frequently encouraged as women to focus on self care – mind, body, etc. Over the last 6-8 weeks, I have found myself struggling in ways that no self-care had helped…. At least not really. And then just the other day, a friend of mine posted an article that caught my attention. It was discussing how self-care, caring for our bodies and minds, is truly so important, but that sometimes, we need to sit in the discomfort. When all the self-care that we as women and Americans so quickly recommend to our friends doesn’t work, sometimes sitting in the discomfort of whatever it is that is pressing on us or them is what is needed to grow us and to draw us closer to God. So i encourage you each to be willing to be uncomfortable because then, you might hear or discover what you need to do, where you need to grow, and draw closer to God in the midst of the discomfort.
