AO: asylum-pm
Q: Drum Major
PAX: Lizzy, Kung Blue, Franzia, Mr Jinxy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lilydipper, Crash Dummy, Pusher, Rooney(Carl Whipple), Switchhitter (Tony), MD Hammer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
5 Motivators
5 Cherry Pickers
10 Rockettes
Baby arm circles each way, throw in Morrocan Night Clubs
This and that and one jog around parking lot then go grab rocks
THE THANG:
Grab a coupon and start in corner of parking lot.
Start with 4 corner, karaoke or shuffle to corner, Bernie to 2nd, shuffle other way to 3rd and run to 4th. Face the same way all the way around. Run 2 laps between each circuit.
Circuit 1- 25 each
1. Merkins
2. Rows
3. Overhead press
4. Curls
5. Carolina Dry Docks
Circuit 2 – 25 each
1. Goblet squats
2. Lunges
3. Calf Raises
4. Backwards lunges
5. Bobby Hurleys
Circuit 3 – 25 each
1. LBCs
2. Flutter Kicks
3. Mountain Climbers
4. American Hammers
5. Box Cutters
If you complete all 3, start from beginning until Recover is called.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge coming soon.
COT:
Empathy: Understanding and Connection
• Definition: The capacity to feel what another person is feeling and understand their perspective.
• Purpose: Fosters prosocial behavior, compassion, and kindness.
• Nuance: It does not always lead to compassion; one can understand another’s pain without wishing to alleviate it.
Cruelty: Deliberate Infliction of Pain
• Definition: The deliberate causing of physical or emotional suffering to others.
• Origins: Often stems from a lack of empathy or a “warped response” where a perpetrator feels the victim’s pain but derives pleasure from it.
• Types: Ranges from overt violence to covert acts like mockery, “macho minimizing,” or “tough love”.
While low empathy is linked to cruelty, some research suggests cruelty can require high, albeit misused, empathy to know exactly how to cause maximum distress.
Key insights on empathy:
• A Strength, Not a Weakness: Empathy is often confused with being “nice” or “soft,” but it is actually a skill that requires profound mental strength to understand perspectives different from one’s own.
• Enhances Leadership: In leadership, empathy is a “superpower” that helps in understanding others’ emotions to create better work environments, rather than just absorbing their pain
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• Distinction from Sympathy: Empathy is about understanding another’s perspective, whereas sympathy is feeling pity from your own perspective.
• The Risk of “Too Much” Empathy: Unmanaged empathy, or emotional entanglement, can lead to burnout or “unhealthy helping”.
• A Sign of Health: The absence of empathy is associated with serious mental health conditions, such as narcissistic or antisocial personality disorders.
• A Social Lubricant: Empathy is crucial for building and maintaining relationships, acting as a foundation for trust within communities.
