THE SCENE: 60 and the humidity is starting to drop. However some of the new pax are in for a fun surprise in a few months. The long sleeve shirts are already making an appearance.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey to the workout location along the back side greenway. Some Frankensteins, hamstring scoops and quad stretches along the way.
THA-THANG:
The Mann Mile
The Mann Mile, is a one mile hill run with increasing burpee every quarter mile.
.25 – 10 burpees, .50- 20 , .75- 30 , 1.0- 40
Starting at the crosswalk by the tennis court you run towards the JR High between track and school to montvale station. Turn around at montvale station and head back down the hill. The .25 mile mark is in front of the house across from the tennis courts.
after the 10 burpees keep running up s.Cedar St. The .50 mark is just at the top of the real peak , 20 burpees
Keep running towards Mountain View ave and turn around.
.75 mark is just down the road near Sterling ave complete burpees
1.0 mark is at the stop sign just past the tennis courts at the top of the hill.
Once you complete the mile you run and find the 6 and run with them , if they have burpees left you do Monkey Humpers while they do burpees.
The S. Cedar part of this is what makes this fun. 6% grade with two false peaks and total of 100 foot climb.
MARY:
2 rounds of Bruce Lee
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I shared the principle of 1%. I could wax poetically but here is a breakdown of the origin.
Kaizen — Japanese for continuous improvement.
It’s called Kaizen. It sounds like a mystical Japanese philosophy passed down by wise, bearded sages who lived in secret caves.
The reality is that it was developed by Depression-era American business management theorists in order to build the arsenal of democracy that helped the U.S. win World War II. Instead of telling companies to make radical, drastic changes to their business infrastructure and processes, these management theorists exhorted them to make continuous improvements in small ways. A manual created by the U.S. government to help companies implement this business philosophy urged factory supervisors to “look for hundreds of small things you can improve. Don’t try to plan a whole new department layout — or go after a big installation of new equipment. There isn’t time for these major items. Look for improvements on existing jobs with your present equipment.”
After America and its allies had defeated Japan and Germany with the weaponry produced by plants using the small, continuous improvement philosophy, America introduced the concept to Japanese factories to help revitalize their economy. The Japanese took to the idea of small, continual improvement right away and gave it a name: Kaizen — Japanese for continuous improvement.
While Japanese companies embraced this American idea of small, continuous improvement, American companies, in an act of collective amnesia, forgot all about it. Instead, “radical innovation” became the watchword in American business. Using Kaizen, Japanese auto companies like Toyota slowly but surely began to outperform American automakers during the 1970s and 1980s. In response, American companies started asking Japanese companies to teach them about a business philosophy American companies had originally taught the Japanese. Go figure.
While Kaizen was originally developed to help businesses improve and thrive, it’s just as applicable to our personal lives, and it’s the antidote to perpetual, puke-inducing rides on the self-improvement roller coaster.
Instead of trying to make radical changes in a short amount of time, just make small improvements every day that will gradually lead to the change you want.
Each day, just focus on getting 1% better in whatever it is you’re trying to improve. That’s it. Just 1%.
It might not seem like much, but those 1% improvements start compounding on each other. In the beginning, your improvements will be so small as to seem practically nonexistent. But gradually and ever so slowly, you’ll start to notice the improvements in your life. It may take months or even years, but the improvements will come if you just focus on consistently upping your game by 1%.
You’ll eventually reach a certain point with your personal development in which a 1% increase in improvement is equal to the same amount of improvement you experienced in the first few days combined. That’s sort of hard to get your mind around, because math. But think about it: 1% of 1 is just .01; 1% of 100 is 1. You’re maybe at a 1 right now, and will only be making tiny improvements for awhile. But stick with it. You’ll eventually reach that 100 level (and beyond) where you’ll be improving by a factor of 1 every day.
That’s the power of the compounding effect.
MOLESKIN:
Please keep avocado, scout and Arnold and their as they continue with their military deployments.
we are wanting to put a care basket together for avocado, will drop something in slack.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is Saturday. You can still sign up and also come out to hang out and get some 2F as we compete. We also need help setting up.