To warm-up, we circled up for some light stretches and then jogged down to the Baptist church and traced the perimeter of the parking lot. Upon returning to base, we grabbed our mats and jogged to Cary Arts. We circled up again, and divided into 2 groups. Group 1 began the word guessing game, “Catch Phrase” with a leader of the group describing each word while doing a hip bridge and the others were guessers and did an exercise. Meanwhile, Group 2 was to sprint to the bottom of the adjacent Cary Arts parking lot, complete 10 ct. of the first exercise, jog back and then the groups would switch places until all the exercises were completed. Points for correctly guessed words were tallied, and at the end each team assigned that number of points as the number of jumping jacks the other group was to perform. The exercises for each Group were as follows:

Group 1:
– Plank
– Side plank: R
– Side plank: L
– Side bicycle: R
– Side bicycle: L

Group 2: (10 ea.)
– Burpees
– Peter Parkers (EC)
– Blast off push-ups
– American hammers (HC)
– Big girl sit-ups

Then, we took our mats to the fountain, creating 2 facing lines with our mats – each group on one side. One group completed an exercise while the other group ran down and around the steps to the left of the Library and back. Then, the groups would switch until the exercises were complete. The exercises are as follows:
– Push-ups
– Bicycle crunches
– Rainbow leg lifts: R
– Rainbow leg lifts: L
– Tri-cep dips

We finished off with a COT – a quote from Wendell Berry…
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is no baffled is not employed. The impeded steam is the one that sings.” I explained that there have been many times in my life where I’ve felt confused about what to do or feeling lost after going through a traumatic season, but I realized that if it weren’t for the challenges, life surely wouldn’t be as sweet.

We ended with Name-a-rama and a photo. It was a great time to be together!