F3 Knoxville

Remembering 6.6.1944

Brickyard

THE SCENE: Mist, 60°F, Feels like 62°F, Humidity 100%, Wind 3mph from ENE
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x30 IC
  • LBAC x15 IC Forward & Backward
  • Little of this, Little of that
  • Tempo Squats x15
  • Some of these, some of those
  • Cherry pickers Slow x5

THA-THANG:

6.6.1944

  • 6 laps around the parking lot
  • 6 8-count body builders
  • 9 Rounds, 9 exercises, 24x reps (=1944)
    • Burpees
    • BBS
    • Merkins
    • Lunges (2 count – left leg, right leg = 1)
    • American Hammers (2 count – left side, right side =1)
    • Squats
    • Flutter Kicks (2 count – left leg, right leg = 1)
    • SSH
    • Shoulder taps

MARY:
— no time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
On June 6, 1944, American troops started the assault on Omaha and Utah beaches. As A-Rod had stated on Thursday, many of the men were between the ages of 17-19. These were young men who were not conscripted, drafted, or forced to be there; they volunteered. Nothing about the situation was easy, but they chose to do the hard thing. Those that survived the landing were surrounded by their fallen brothers-in-arms. I can only imagine the thoughts going through their heads. Thoughts of not surviving the day or ever returning home. They could have given up right there and waited for the inevitable to come, but they chose to do the hard thing. They moved forward.

We have it pretty easy today. We don’t face life and death choices like these boys did. But we can still make the hard choices. Get up and go to a workout that will be brutal. Stand up for our families and our choices. Stand up for our communities. Strive to do what is right throughout the day.
MOLESKIN:

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