Twas four days before Christmas, when all through the “hive” not a bee was buzzing, but only the sound of heavy breathing and occasional grunts… The setting: Started as dark, but was shortly graced by the majestic sight of God’s light. It was a brisk 18 degrees, under clear skies. We had one FNG at the workout. As is customary when an FNG comes to the group, all five core principles were stated and the process for naming an FNG was explained to the FNG. All agreed to the core principles and the beatdown began. Warm-a-rama: Fast jog in place for 45 seconds, Demotivators from 10 to 5, and mosey to the playground to get in touch with our inner child. The Thang: The workout was a pyramid workout where each “day” was stacked on top of the other, just like the 12 Days of Christmas song. For example, Day 1: 1 Burpee; Day 2: 1 Burpee, 2 Overhead Air Squats; Day 3: 1 Burpee, 2 Overhead Air Squats, 3 Pull-ups…etc Below is a list of the exercises for each particular day. See also the Group Me “PAX” feed for the link to the workout. Day 1: 1 Burpee. Day 2: 2 Overhead Air Squats. Day 3: 3 Pull-ups. Day 4: 4 Deadlifts (coupons/without coupons). Day 5: 5 Bench Dips. Day 6: 6 Overhead Walking Lunges (1 on each leg counted as 1 rep). Day 7: 7 Merkins. Day 8: 8 Glute Bridges or if you were me with a bag of coupons Bag Swings (Kettlebell Swings). Day 9: 9 American Hammers (1 on each side counts as 1 rep). Day 10: 10 Burpees. Day 11: 11 Jump Squats or Bench Squats. Day 12: 1.2 mile run (2.5 laps around the Bee Hive). For those who finished the 1.2 mile run before other, they started back down the pyramid at Day 11 until “six” was called. Mary: dealers choice to a count of 10. Exercises included: WWI, Heels to Heaven, J-Lo’s, Pickle Pushers/Dippers, Australian Snow Angels, Crunchy Frogs, Freddie Mercuries with LBC, Alabama Ass Kickers, and Peter Parkers. Count-a-rama: 9 including 1 FNG. Nama-a-rama: See above. CoT: Prayers for a few families who are enduring sorrow, pain, and grief after the loss of a loved one, for everyone’s safety over this holiday season, praises for being alive and healthy to maintain these temples God blesses us to manage. Q-Source at McDonalds in Emmaus followed on the topic of “Articulation” by Flame.