AO: Terminus
QiC: Gates
Pax Count: 7
Pax List: Chemical Bond, Gates, Gronkins, ROMEO, TBR, Tofu, Trust Fund
FNG Count: 0
Downrange:
Today’s beatdown is brought to us by The Fort’s Mental Battle WOD to remember a PAX that lost their battle with mental health. See stats below in CoT regarding men and mental health. We modified location start several times due to lightning, exorbitant parking fees due to a festival and ended up at a covered breezeway by Trader Joe’s. Thanks all for checking slack!
Warm up:
SSH, Weed-pickers, Donkey Kicks, Mike Tyson’s, Low Slow Squat, Arm Circles, Mosey
The Thang:
We started at one end of breezeway and ran to the the other end as Lap 1 where we performed the Round 1 exercises and back to the start (opposite end of breezeway) to perform burpees. After completing all 4 laps with burpees in between, we proceeded through lap 1- 4 again and performed prior Round exercise and added next round.
Starting (one end of breezeway)
- Round 1 = 2 Burpees (for a total of 8)
- Round 2 = 4 Burpees (for a total of 16)
- Round 3 = 8 Burpees (for a total of 32)
- Round 4 = 16 Burpees (for a total of 64)
Lap 1 (Free)
- Round 1 – Hand Release Merkins x10
- Round 2 – Add Clap Merkins x10
- Round 3 – Add Toe Touch Merkins x10
- Round 4 – Add Mike Tysons x10
Lap 2 (All Men)
- Round 1 – Shoulder Tap x15 (Double Count)
- Round 2 – Add Mountain Climbers x15 (Double Count)
- Round 3 – Add Peter Parkers x15 (Double Count)
- Round 4 – Add Donkey Kicks x15 (Double Count)
Lap 3 (Held Outside)
- Round 1 – Monkey Humpers x20
- Round 2 – Add Bonny Blairs x20 (Single Count)
- Round 3 – Add Side Lunges x20 (Single Count)
- Round 4 – Add Jump Squats x20
Lap 4 (Peer Led)
- Round 1 – LBCs x25
- Round 2 – Add Freddy Mercuries x25 (Double Count)
- Round 3 – Add Heels to Heaven x25
- Round 4 – Add Superman 25X
CoT:
Upcoming service date for food pantry on 4/15; Covered mental health stats and closed in prayer for each other and being there to carry each other’s burdens
Mental Health Stats:
1. Although men are marginally less likely than women to develop a significant mental illness during their lifetimes, about 1 in 2 men will have a diagnosable disorder at some point in their lifetimes.
2. Men are about 2x less likely than women to seek help if problems do occur.
3. Almost 50% of men feel that they are struggling more than they admit to people in their life.
4. Depression looks significantly different in men than in women… Women tend to present as sad and withdrawn, while men tend to present as irritable and angry.
5. Men are 2-3x more likely to abuse substances in an attempt to manage their mental health, which often leads to other health problems.
6. Suicide rates in men have been steadily increasing over the past 20 years, and at present, men are 4x more likely than women to die by suicide, and this risk increases with age.
Naked Man Moleskin:
Be there for each other