THE SCENE: Temperature disputed during pre ruck, anywhere from 29-34. Felt great though regardless
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Pro tip, going at SSH with great form moves blood into your fingers to keep them warm…
SSH
OH claps Postman style holding a squat
SSH
Hillbilly’s
Patty-cake merkins COVID style (don’t actually clap with anyone)
SSH
THA-THANG:
Quick mosey over to the coupon pile at L&N. Three station AMRAP with station one there (AMRAP lasts duration of the workout).
Station 1 at L&N: Start with 10 reps of each exercise, then leave rock on the ground and run up the stairs between L&N and the convention center
- Monkey humpers
- Upright rows
- Shoulder press
- Tricep extensions
Station 2 the top of L&N near Henley St: Start with 7 reps of burpees for first round and increase by one rep each round, elbow plank remains the same at 30 seconds every round. Once complete, run around to the front of L&N academy above where we park.
Station 3 in front of L&N near cars: Again start with 10 reps of every exercise and add two reps each round. Run down the parking lot and back to station 1.
- Never cross Dolly (4-count)
- Imperial walkers (4-count)
- Crab cakes (4-count)
- Explosive merkins (push up and hands leave the ground at the top)
We ended up getting through rounds of 18 reps and 11 burpees. Returned rocks to their homes and mosey back to the AO where time was up.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 Strong: Postman, Wedding Singer, Drive Thru, Huffy (welcome back!!), Slim Shady, Swanson, Triple A, Magic Mic, Livestrong, Amazon, G6, Bulldog, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I overheard a conversation between two friends that really got on my nerves and made me consider if I say these things or think this way. Friend one has a college degree, has had family support his whole life, and while he all hit bumps in the road he generally has had it pretty easy. Friend two has no degree and works tons of hours every week, has had struggles with addiction and various other things. During this conversation, Friend one tells the struggling guy it “must be nice” when hearing about how his job was going.
And that really aggravated me, but also got me thinking about how we view our choices and try to absolve ourselves from things we deem are outside our control. That is the cowardly way out, and I hope that I am not guilty of that very often. Things will absolutely happen that we can’t control, its inevitable. But our reaction to those trials determines whether they’re actually positive or negative. We all need to be aware that we have much much more control over our lives than we want to admit. We control it, if things are not going well then we need to look internally to fix them rather than place blame elsewhere.