On Saturday we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, when Buzz Aldrin spoke the famous words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. With a full moon overhead, we reenacted some of the key events leading up to that momentous event. As it turns out, lunar landings are a lot of work…
Warm up
Mosey around the peanut, interspersed with high knees, butt kicks, karaoke, and skipping.
- Chinook (forward x 12 and reverse x 10)
- Imperial walker x 10
- Side Shuffle Hop x 50 IC (to commemorate the 50th anniversary … )
- Merkins x 50 SC (alternating with SSH x 10 the merkins x 10)
Main Event
The Apollo program had a rocky start. The Apollo 1 mission ended prematurely when a fire in the cabin killed all three astronauts on the launch pad. In memory of those three astronauts, we completed a ring of fire with each PAX completing 3 All American Burpees.
Mosey over to pick rocks (AKA payloads).
The USA was not the only nation working to get to the moon first. The USSR Zond 5 spacecraft was the first to carry living organisms to the moon and back, including two tortoises, fruit fly eggs, and plants. We split the PAX into two groups: the Americans stayed in low earth orbit completing AMSAP of 5 curls, 5 overhead press, and 5 squats until the Russians returned from their cardiac lap to the moon and back (around the Peanut).
Apollo 8 was the first manned lunar orbit. The three astronauts aboard orbited the moon 20 times before returning triumphantly to Earth. The PAX carried their payloads over their heads and walked to the moon (near the big baseballs), and then completed 20 All American Burpees OYO.
Skipping ahead for the sake of time, we continued to the grand lunar landing itself, Apollo 11. To commemorate, the PAX completed an Elevens sequence across the width of the soccer field, frolicking as though in 1/6th Earth gravity. 10 hand release merkins on one side, skip to the other side, and 1 jump squat on the other, and so on. Skipping is harder than it looks in full Earth gravity…
After completing the Elevens, we returned our payloads back to Earth and circled up for Mary.
Mary
Given that time had run away from us with all the frolicking on the lunar surface, we commemorated the final Apollo mission, number 17, by completing 17 heals to heaven.
We enjoyed the presence of Situation who hadn’t shown his face in a long time, but came to celebrate his birthday with us! Prayer request on behalf of his friend who’s father passed away recently.
After CoT, some big-hearted PAX cleaned up trash on the soccer field, exemplifying the F3 ethos. As always, it was an honor to spend a humid morning with you guys.