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There are a lot of numbers in the English language. That was the first sentence that came to mind when I went to type this post. Unfortunately it didn't lead anywhere, and makes no sense at all. So let me try again.

The number 90 represents a lot of things. The first thing that comes to mind is probably baseball, as the distance between bases. If you're me with a Pokemon poster hanging in the house, then you know Shellder is #90 in the National Pokedex. If you're a math person, it might remind you of a right angle. But there are also other things about the number 90 that are deemed important, like it's a unitary perfect number. It's also a semiperfect number, or a stirling number of the second kind. It might also represent the combined IQ of myself and Aaron Sexton. There are other things that popped up when I searched for the significance of the number 90 that I am clearing from my browsing history as we speak.

To me, when I think of the number 90 I think of a big ol' defensive lineman, maybe missing some teeth, but still has a few years of eligibility left. But no matter how I swing it, 90 is just a few squiggles written on paper; it becomes significant when that number actually represents the amount of things that are presently in front of you. If that means human beings at the Champions Club, then it would sound like we're ready to have a great Summer. Or fall. Or any season, for that matter.

But today... yeah, about today. 91 people in the final count. Apparently in numerology (which I've been educated on from the the likes of the RZA, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface, and the rest of the Wu) the number 90 represents the number 9 with infinite potential, which, considering we're finishing up 9 years in this building, might be on to something.

91 people at one session is enough to qualify us as a gang of buffalo, a murder of crows, a business of ferrets, a troop of monkeys, an embarrassment(??) of pandas, or a conspiracy of lemurs. Surprisingly, things seemed to go relatively smooth. We started about 20 minutes late as usual, but everyone managed to get to their spots in some fashion. We also changed the format, opting for one long workout instead of 3 short ones. As as a whole it's difficult to determine who the "winner" is, but Anto and Zander claimed a score of 581, so do with that whatever you wish. [Update: Murley and Sap forgot to put their names on the board, but they apparently got 598 as their final score.]

Full results can be seen here.

Photo gallery can be seen here.

Highlights:

In addition to the food and the company, our Christmas Workout's most highly-ancitipated feature is quickly becoming the Colussi family unveiling a new Chrisfacewedding gift to be passed around at the post-workout White Elephant. Unfortunately, this year's edition might be staying at the gym for a while.

Yup, that's Mrs. Bennis holding up a Chrisfacewedding calendar. And in true Colussi fashion, they showed how much they value detail and thoroughness by dropping a custom photoshop for every month:

Despite all that, thanks to Mrs. Tara for doing her thing with the food prep, to Shakes for the food prep and the lights, Bubs for testing out a million different versions of this one with me, Mr. Bennis for running the gift exchange at the end, Erica and Trevor for making the drive from over an hour away, the city of Madison Heights for not checking the occupancy limit of our building, and everyone else who makes this place what it is. Thank you for everything! It's humbling to have the support from you guys, and I'm praying today turned out to be a good idea.

A little holiday reading from the vault: How Chris Stole Christmas

..... and can't forget about the Happy Trees!

Tomorrow I'll open up at 10 am for anyone that wants to get some mobility in or a workout.