Corby, Coop, and Landan working through “Tabata” Strict Pull-Ups!
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WOD

“Dead Sea”
Teams of 3
4 Rounds:
4:00 Row for Calories
3:00 Lateral Burpees over Barbell
2:00 Deadlifts (225/155)

No Rest Between Rounds
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DAILY MINDSET

“Adversity causes some to break. For others, it breaks records.”

Adversity can really, really hurt. Let’s not create an illusion that it’s all sunshine and rainbows. It will try our values, test our patience, and challenge who we are as human beings. It’s no warm cup of cocoa on a winter morning.

But a warm cup of cocoa doesn’t make us better. A picture perfect day doesn’t make us better. We learn when we make mistakes. When we miss, trip up, face plant, and get caught off guard. At our very basic biological level, this is how we adapt. It’s encoded in us… and it’s seriously like a secret sleeping super power.

That is, of course, if we use them to our advantage. The nature of a mistake is not to tell us we suck. That we failed. That we’re not good enough. The nature of a mistake is to educate us. To give us the ammunition we need to become better. To take the challenge to earn greatness, out of something that once was not.

Adversity is not in the way of greatness.
Adversity is the way the way to greatness.
This is the championship mindset.

WOD

“Valentines Day Friendship Fran”
Part 1:
Teams of three will have 10 minutes to find a 1 rep max Thruster each, taken from the ground

Then immediately into…

Part 2:
63-45-27 rep rounds for time:
Thrusters (95/65)
Pull-Ups

*Split reps between teammates as needed. You will get two scores. Accumulation of the max Thrusters, and your time for “Team Fran”.
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DAILY MINDSET

“Most of the time we feel tired not because we’ve done too much, but because we’ve done too little of what makes us come alive.”

~Jim Kwik

We’re not going to pretend the hard times go away. And that we won’t need to do things that we’d rather not. We have commitments, obligations, and bills to pay. But when we find ourselves in a daily loop of non-stop “work”… we won’t feel like ourselves.

But it’s not the time we put in at work that causes this. It’s the time we don’t put in on the other things. Our passions. The reason why we get out of bed in the morning. Yet in the furious pace of our lives, we let it fall to the wayside because we need to get “back to work.”

The times where we are the most unhappy, are the times where we are the most untrue to ourselves. Redefine to ourselves what sets us on fire. What makes us come alive. And literally schedule it on your calendar as if it’s a life-saving doctors appointment. Because in truth… it is.

Christy, Leonor, and Raegan are working their way up to a heavy 3 rep Bench Press!
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WOD

Option 1:
“Moscow Mule”
On the 4:00 x 6 Rounds:
15 Russian Kettlebell Swings (70/53)
50′ Walking Lunge
15/12 Calorie Assault Bike

Option 2:
OPEN GYM
Make up a WOD that you missed, or a WOD that you have really been wanting to try, work on skills, etc!

*You must still come to one of the regularly scheduled WOD times.
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DAILY MINDSET

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

~Vivian Greene

It is very common for us to await the “right time”.
The right time to start.
The right time to change jobs.
The right time to have that uncomfortable conversation.

We’ve all been here. Awaiting the perfect moment. We hesitate, because we think we’ll fail. It’s here we want to take a specific perspective: Instead of seeing all of the reasons why this could go wrong, we instead need to focus on the reasons why it could go right. To learn how to dance in the rain.

Corinne is all smiles as she catches her Hang Squat Clean!
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Happy Birthday Aidan!

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WOD

“Venti”
AMRAP 20:
20 Wallballs (20/14)
20 Single Arm Dumbbell Power Snatches (50/35)
20 Box Jumps (24/20)
20 Single Arm Dumbbell Push Presses (50/35)
20/15 Calorie Row
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DAILY MINDSET

“Trade your expectation for appreciation, and the world changes around you”

~Tony Robbins

Routines and habits become part of the norm. Morning coffee, listening to the radio, the drive to the field, taking the kids to practice. We appreciate healthy habits, and let’s continue to reinforce them. There is however much to be said about taking a pause to our routine, to appreciate the fortune in our lives. The absolute abundance we are so lucky to have.

In a world where comforts are the “norm”, we want to consciously remind ourselves how good our lives are.

The thought of losing those precious parts of our day is a sobering one. But despite it being a morbid thought, we will. There will be a final cup of morning coffee for us. There will be the last chance for us to listen to the radio. And if we are lucky enough to have kids, there will be a last time we get to wait in traffic as we drive them to soccer practice.

As Tony Robbins quotes, “if we can remove expectations from the norm, and replace them with a sense of gratitude, our entire world changes.”

Paula and DR. D are keeping strong and focused throughout Fridays Team WOD!
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WOD

Strength:
Bench Press
Build to Heavy Set of 3

Conditioning:
“Swole Cycle”
Tabata Intervals:
Strict Pull-Ups
Bike Calories
Push-Ups
Bike Calories

Tabata = 8 Rounds of :20 On, :10 Off
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DAILY MINDSET

“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.”

~Reba McEntire

As we start our day, let’s think about these three.

Wishbone – Nothing is too great, or out of reach. Faith and doubt are both self-fulling prophecies.

Backbone – The unbreakable will to give our best, regardless of the circumstances. Through the lens of the growth-mindset, every outcome is an opportunity to become better.

Funnybone – We do life for one reason: to enjoy it. If we aren’t enjoying what we’re doing, we need to find something else. As Oscar Wilde writes, “Life is too short to take things seriously.” Let’s enjoy the ride.

Sara is working her way through the Wall Balls during Fridays team WOD!
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Happy Birthday J5!

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WOD

Strength:
Hang Squat Clean
Build to Heavy Single

Conditioning:
“Underrated”
AMRAP 9:
30 Double Unders
1 Hang Squat Clean (135/95)
30 Double Unders
2 Hang Squat Cleans (135/95)
30 Double Unders
3 Hang Squat Cleans (135/95)

*Keep adding one Hang Squat Clean each round.
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DAILY MINDSET

“How much do you care about getting better?”

Sounds like a silly question, but most don’t think about this.

When we are truly care about getting better, our view on things change. We see events as a means to grow… true chances to improve ourselves. The opposite is when we view everything as a test.

When we find ourselves comparing against others, and stuck on the thought of viewing “X” as a measuring stick against our goals, remind ourselves of this question. How much do we care about getting better?

Aidan, Colby, and Christy are using the Gymnastics conditioning time to work on their Ring Dips!
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Reminder: There will be Open Gym today from 8:00am to 10:00am. Come get your weekend WOD on!
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WOD

“Dumb Luck”
Buy-In: 60/45 Calorie Assault Bike

5 Rounds:
10 Alternating Dumbbell Power Snatches
10 Single Dumbbell Box Step-ups
100′ Single Dumbbell Famers Carry

Cash-Out: 60/45 Calorie Assault Bike

Dumbbell: 50/35
Box: 24/20
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DAILY MINDSET

“What you resist, persists”.

What would you think about if I told you to not think of a pink giraffe?

The same effect takes place if I tell you “don’t slow down” as you start your final 400 meter run in a workout. Our minds don’t operate well when we focus on what “not to do”. Instead of focusing on what not to do, let’s focus on what to do.

Let’s turn “don’t slow down” on that last 400m run into “I can hold this pace”. Transition “don’t eat those cookies” to “let’s go snack on some celery”.

If our thoughts become words, and those words become actions, we’re going to get what we focus on. So let’s choose wisely.

Casey and Sara are crushing the Burpees and Double-Unders during Mondays WOD!
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WOD

“Steel Toe”
Teams of 3
For Time (30 Minute Cap):
3 Rounds:
1,000 Meter Row
30 Toes to Bar

Into…

21 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24/20)
21 Clean and Jerks (135/95)
21 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24/20)
21 Clean and Jerks (155/105)
21 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24/20)
21 Clean and Jerks (185/135)
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DAILY MINDSET

“Hope and despair are both self-fulfilling prophecies.”

~Ernest Hemingway

If you are in the market for a blue Honda, all you see on the road are blue Hondas. It’s as if they are seemingly everywhere. In every intersection, passing us on the highway, and at the gas station.

Yet, they were there the whole time. We as humans have what’s called the “Reticular Activation System”, which helps us see more of what we’re actively thinking about.

It’s actually a survival mechanism. If we needed to look for food because we were about to starve, we prime our senses to find it. Or if danger was close by in the form of a man-eating predator, we’d prioritize our senses to be very aware of where the threat was, or where it could be hiding. It’s an incredible level of focus that we don’t realize we’re using, bringing what is on our subconscious mind into the conscious world.

Are we focused on what might go wrong?
Or are we focused on what will make it go right?

Who says you can’t do crazy cool things while you’re pregnant?! Alia didn’t get that memo!
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WOD

“Stranger Things”
Teams of 2
AMRAP 25:
3 Wallballs (20/14)
3 Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
3 Calorie Assault Bike
6 Wallballs (20/14)
6 Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
6 Calorie Assault Bike
9 Wallballs (20/14)
9 Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
9 Calorie Assault Bike
…
Climb By 3’s Each Round

*Athletes Switch After Completing Full Rounds
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DAILY MINDSET

“I would rather die of passion than boredom.”

~Vincent Van Gogh

There are times in our lives, whether it be during training, at work, or at home, where we question the choices we’ve made. They arrive shortly after we make an important decision. A form of “buyers remorse”, where we wonder if we’re on the right path. As humans, that’s what is safe to us, and we seek it out… knowing with certainty, in uncertain times, that we’re on the best path forward.

But… do we really?
Think back to a moment of uncertainty. Think of the first day we first talked to our significant other. The first time we went on a roller coaster ride. The first time we walked into a CrossFit gym.

Uncertainty makes us feel alive. Those moments are etched into us forever, and are some of our fondest memories. If everything was known, expected, and pre-determined, life would be so horribly boring. It wouldn’t be a life at all. Where others may run from uncertainty, let’s embrace it for what it is, and create the life of memories we’ll look back on with pride.

Monica and Leonor are showing how strong their Push-Up game is with max sets during Tuesdays Gymnastics Conditioning!
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WOD

Option 1:
Strength:
Muscle Snatch
Build to Moderate Set of 3

Conditioning:
“Four Square”
On the 4:00 x 5 Rounds:
300/250 Meter Row
20 AbMat Sit-ups
3 Power Snatches

Option 2:
OPEN GYM
Make up a WOD that you missed, or a WOD that you have really been wanting to try, work on skills, etc!

*You must still come to one of the regularly scheduled WOD times.
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DAILY MINDSET

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”

~George Lorimer

“Win the morning, win the day” is something we’ve all heard once or twice before.

It’s less however about winning the morning, and more about establishing the right habits. The most successful people routinely draw back to a core staple of set daily habits.

Write a short list of healthy habits you believe could push you forward. It could be reading, journaling, “no phone hours”, or anything in between. Where consistency is king, discipline is freedom.