The 10 Plagues
In the spirit of the season, 11 pax showed up for the DRP in the gloom to experience E2 (Education & Exercise). In celebration and remembrance of God’s Passover in Egypt thousands of years ago, the pax toiled with the number of exercises to mark the chapter and verse from Exodus.
Pax: Poacher, Berry, Schlitz, Witch Doctor, Aruba, Scout, Bluegrass, Napalm, Neo, Meat Sweats, Chitwood
BEAT DOWN & DOWN PAINMENT
Warm up:
Good mornings
Windmills
Imperial Walkers
The THANG (11 minute rounds, 3 groups, 3 stations)
- Station 1: Plagues 1-3
- Blocks of Pharaoh Pull: 40 yd sled pull with your buddy; Swap; Repeato
- 7:14:-24 (Blood) 19And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron: Take your rod and hold out your arm over the waters of Egypt—its rivers, its canals, its ponds, all its bodies of water—that they may turn to blood; there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone.” 20Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded: he lifted up the rod and struck the water in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his courtiers, and all the water in the Nile was turned into blood 21and the fish in the Nile died. The Nile stank so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
- 7x blockies
- 14x block swings
- 24x block squats
- 7:25-8:15 (Frogs) 28The Nile shall swarm with frogs, and they shall come up and enter your palace, your bedchamber and your bed, the houses of your courtiers and your people, and your ovens and your kneading bowls. 29The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your courtiers.
- 7x jump squats
- 25x 2 count mountain climbers
- 8x Merkins
- 15x 2 count lunges
- 8:16-8:19 (Lice) 12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron: Hold out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, and it shall turn to lice throughout the land of Egypt.” 13And they did so. Aaron held out his arm with the rod and struck the dust of the earth, and vermin came upon man and beast; all the dust of the earth turned to lice throughout the land of Egypt.
- 8x WW II Sit Ups
- 16x Long Jumps
- 8x WW II Sit Ups
- 19x LBCs
- Station 2: Plagues 4-6 (Joshua)
- 8:20-8:32 (Flies) 16And the LORD said to Moses, “Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh, as he is coming out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: Let My people go that they may worship Me. 17For if you do not let My people go, I will let loose a-swarms of insects-a against you and your courtiers and your people and your houses; the houses of the Egyptians, and the very ground they stand on, shall be filled with swarms of insects. 18But on that day I will set apart the region of Goshen, where My people dwell, so that no swarms of insects shall be there, that you may know that I the LORD am in the midst of the land. 19And I will make a distinction between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall come to pass.
- 8x overhead press
- 20x single under jump rope
- 8x 2 count single arm lawn mower
- 32x single under jump rope
- 9:1-9:7 (Livestock) 2For if you refuse to let them go, and continue to hold them, 3then the hand of the LORD will strike your livestock in the fields—the horses, the asses, the camels, the cattle, and the sheep—with a very severe pestilence. 4But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of the Egyptians, so that nothing shall die of all that belongs to the Israelites.
- 9x murder bunnies
- 1x blockie
- 9x murder bunnies
- 7x block sit ups
- 9:8-9:12 (Boils) 8Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Each of you take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. 9It shall become a fine dust all over the land of Egypt, and cause an inflammation breaking out in boils on man and beast throughout the land of Egypt.
- 9x 2 count crab walk
- 8x 2 count leg lifts
- 9x Hand Release merkins
- 12x 2 count flutter kicks
- Station 3: Plagues 7-10 (Jethro)
- 9:13-9:35 (Hail) 18This time tomorrow I will rain down a very heavy hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19Therefore, order your livestock and everything you have in the open brought under shelter; every man and beast that is found outside, not having been brought indoors, shall perish when the hail comes down upon them!
- 9x block overhead press
- 13x block upright rows
- 9x block get ups (all the way to supine, all the way up and block overhead)
- 35x leg lifts
- 10:1-10:20 (Locusts) 4For if you refuse to let My people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts on your territory. 5They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They shall devour the surviving remnant that was left to you after the hail; and they shall eat away all your trees that grow in the field. 6Moreover, they shall fill your palaces and the houses of all your courtiers and of all the Egyptians— something that neither your fathers nor fathers’ fathers have seen from the day they appeared on earth to this day.
- 10x monkey humpers
- 1x burpee
- 10x jump squats
- 20x squat claps
- 10:21-10:29 (Darkness) Hold out your arm toward the sky that there may be darkness upon the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be touched.” 22Moses held out his arm toward the sky and thick darkness descended upon all the land of Egypt for three days. 23People could not see one another, and for three days no one could get up from where he was; but all the Israelites enjoyed light in their dwellings.
- 10x block slides (side to side)
- 21x plyo merkins
- 10x block squats
- 29x derkins
- 11:1-11:10 & 29-12:32 (First born) 4Moses said, “Thus says the LORD: Toward midnight I will go forth among the Egyptians, 5and every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the first-born of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; and all the first-born of the cattle.
3Speak to the whole community of Israel and say that on the tenth of this month each of them shall take a lamb to a family, a lamb to a household. 7They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two door- posts and the lintel of the houses in which they are to eat it. 8They shall eat the flesh that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs.
14This day shall be to you one of remembrance: you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD throughout the ages; you shall celebrate it as an institution for all time. 15Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; on the very first day you shall remove leaven from your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
- 9:13-9:35 (Hail) 18This time tomorrow I will rain down a very heavy hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19Therefore, order your livestock and everything you have in the open brought under shelter; every man and beast that is found outside, not having been brought indoors, shall perish when the hail comes down upon them!
- 8:20-8:32 (Flies) 16And the LORD said to Moses, “Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh, as he is coming out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: Let My people go that they may worship Me. 17For if you do not let My people go, I will let loose a-swarms of insects-a against you and your courtiers and your people and your houses; the houses of the Egyptians, and the very ground they stand on, shall be filled with swarms of insects. 18But on that day I will set apart the region of Goshen, where My people dwell, so that no swarms of insects shall be there, that you may know that I the LORD am in the midst of the land. 19And I will make a distinction between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall come to pass.
- Blocks of Pharaoh Pull: 40 yd sled pull with your buddy; Swap; Repeato
11x side lunges (2 count)
- 1x blockie
- 11x lunges (2 count)
- 10x block curls (2 count)
- 12x step ups (2 count)
- 29x WW II sit ups
- 12x pull ups
- 32x Side Straddle Hop
Announcements: 23 Apr 12 mile ruck; 18 Apr mentorship at Shadowlawn
Prayer: Meat Sweats led us out in prayer. A special note of prayer for Neo’s brother, Poacher’s sister-in-law and brother-in-law. The pax prayed for the successful journey of Josey & Beano (and that they are still talking when they return).
Moleskine: A post I made on another forum today:
While on active duty as an Army Officer, I watched the US Army change throughout my entire career. The Army expanded and contracted multiple times. It restructured, modernized, and reprioritized often. It changed equipment, doctrine, tactics, procedures, and systems. Visibly, we changed uniforms so many times that I wondered why it was necessary to purchase a new one since we would have another new uniform within 1-3 years. With all of the change, which I noted proved constant, I learned an important lesson very early in my career to focus on those areas that I could affect and to avoid focus on those topics, where I would have little control. This did not mean ignorance of the rest of the circumstances affecting me, but I rarely had control over a lot of it.
In business and politics, it seems that we often focus on those things, where we lack control vs those things that we can do to positively affect those around us, or family, organization, and community. Have you asked yourself what you and your team are focused on? Are those topics the right topics or those things, over which you will never control? Can you see the forest through the trees and stay oriented on the right objectives?