Happy fathers Day to all our amazing CFD dads!

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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

“Sweaty Sunday”

[RUN]
10 Sets:
200 Meters at Fast Pace
200 Meters Recovery Jog

No Rest Between Reps or Sets

[ROW]
10 Sets:
250 Meters at Fast Pace
250 Meters Recovery Row

No Rest Between Reps or Sets

[BIKE]
10 Sets:
500 Meters at Fast Pace
500 Meters Recovery Bike

No Rest Between Reps or Sets

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DAILY MINDSET

“Well done is better than well said.”

~Benjamin Franklin

Talk is cheap.
Anyone can talk.
Only the few, choose to do.

There will be a point today where we will feel compelled to express our thoughts to someone. Maybe it’s how something could be done better.

Press pause in that moment. “Ductus Exemplo” is a Latin phrase that translates to: “Lead by Example”. Actions will always speak louder than any words.

WD > WS.

Who’s ready to run?!

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WOD

Part 1: Strict Pull-Ups

2 Sets For Max Reps

*Score = Total Reps

Part 2: “Mind Games”

For Time [25 Minute Cap]:
2,000 Meter Run

Directly Into…

70 Power Cleans (135/95)
70 Bar-Facing Burpees 🙂

*Score = Time it takes to complete the workout
*Partition Cleans & Burpees However
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DAILY MINDSET

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”

~Bill Watterson

“Satisfied” feels like a dangerous word.

As competitors, we’re always striving for betterment. Through an everlasting hunger to improve, we wake each day looking to press forward. Although a phenomenal quality, this can be a double-edged sword.

We can fall into the trap of telling ourselves, “I’ll be happy when”. I’ll be happy when I make this PR, get that job, or buy that home. Yet, the finish line always moves. As soon as we do reach that PR, we’re immediately turning to thinking about the next.

The call to action is to appreciate where we are today. To reflect not just on the “to improves”, but to reflect on the positives. The accomplishments. To be proud of where we’ve come from, and where we’re about to go.

Gabe is getting after it during “Helen” on Tuesday!

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WOD

Part 1: Back Squats

5 Sets of 4

*Score = Lowest weight used for a set

PART 2: “Jumping Jackie”

For Time:
1,000/800 Meter Row
50 Thrusters (45/35)
150 Double Unders
50 Thrusters (45/35)
1,000/800 Meter Row

*Score = Time it takes to complete the workout
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DAILY MINDSET

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fate puts opportunity in front of us.
Destiny is the result of what we choose to do with it.

In turn, destiny is a choice. Not some predetermined thing of fairy tales and lore. We can sit and allow destiny to happen to us, or we can choose to have destiny happen for us.

Don’t wait to be chosen… instead choose.
Decisions = Destiny.

Happy 75th Birthday Becky!

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WOD

“Pit Stop”

5 Rounds For Reps [35 Minute Time Cap]:
1,000/800 Meter Bike
Max Unbroken Toes to Bar
1,000/800 Meter Bike
Max Unbroken Dumbbell Bench Press (50’s/35’s)

*Score = Total Reps of Toes to Bar + Total Reps of Bench Press

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DAILY MINDSET

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.”

~Abraham Lincoln

The desire to seek immediate gratification can be our mortal enemy. It drives us towards the comfortable choice. The safer option, or the compromise.

What we lack in those weak moments is discipline. Discipline is the willingness to stick to goals we set out to do. Emotions and conditions can tempt to sway us, where our discipline can see the temptations for what they are, and make the right decision.

This skill, as it truly is one that we can practice, has been linked many times over to being a critical component of success.

What our emotions drive us towards today, may very well be directly against what we want in the long run. So we must question them. Stacked side by side, here we need to choose. Which one do we want more? There can only be one.

Cam is crushing her Front Rack Lunges!

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WOD

“Moneyball”

21-15-9:
Wallballs (20/14)
Box Jumps (24″/20″)

200 Meter Farmers Carry (50/35’s)

21-15-9:
Wallballs (20/14)
Box Jumps (24″/20″)

200 Meter Farmers Carry (50/35’s)

21-15-9:
Wallballs (20/14)
Box Jumps (24″/20″)

*Score = Time it takes to complete the workout

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DAILY MINDSET

“Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.”

~Epictetus

When something goes right, we’re relatively quick to point to actions we took to get there. But when something goes wrong, it’s all too easy for us to do the opposite. To play the “blame game”, where we’re using external events as excuses.

A core tenant of Mental Toughness is responsibility. To accept that we played a role. But the purpose is not to blame ourselves or throw a pity party. The purpose is that it gives us options.

When we take responsibility and look within, we now are in control. We can now focus on the moves to make to put ourselves into better position. It opens our eyes to the path forward. If we do the opposite however, and blame the externals, we have surrendered control. We won’t have any control, as the story we’re telling ourselves is that outside events determine my path.

Responsibility is a weapon. And it only comes from within.

Sara and Julie are crushing the Push-Ups during Mondays “Body Shop”! 

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WOD

“Helen” 
3 Rounds For Time:
400 Meter Run
21 Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
12 Pull-ups

*Score = Time it takes to complete the workout
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DAILY MINDSET

“Champions don’t blame the tools they’ve been given. Champions sharpen them.”

Abraham Lincoln once wrote that if he had six hours to cut down a tree, he would spend the first four sharpening the axe.

It doesn’t matter where you started, or even where you’ve been. All that matters is two questions. Where do you want to go, and how hard are you willing to work to get there. We have what we need. Everyone does. The separation comes down to who is willing to do the work.

Never whine.
Never complain.
Never make excuses.

Jamal is working through his Push Jerks!

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WOD

Part 1: Strict Press

5 Sets of 4

*Score = Lowest weight used for a set

Part 2: “Body Shop”

On the 3:00 x 10 Rounds:
500/400 Meter Row
Max Bodyweight Reps

Odd Rounds: Push-ups
Even Rounds: Sit-ups

*Score = Total Reps of Sit-ups + Push-Ups
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DAILY MINDSET

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” 

~Scott Adams

How does an echo start?

With a tiny sound. One that in and of itself, might not even be noticeable. But shortly thereafter that soft sound, comes it’s echo. Still maybe nothing to turn heads. Yet, this echo builds upon its previous. And again. And then again. Before we know it, it’s impossible to ignore.

It’s called the “changing of the echos”, and it starts with a single tiny noise. Will we start one today?

Don’t forget to be like Gabe this weekend and work on your mobility!

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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

“SWEATY SUNDAY” [CHOOSE ONE]

[RUN OPTION]
5 Sets:
500 Meters at Easy Pace
400 Meters at Moderate Pace
300 Meters at Fast Pace

3 Minutes Rest Between Sets

[ROW OPTION]
5 Sets:
625 Meters at Easy Pace
500 Meters at Moderate Pace
375 Meters at Fast Pace

3 Minutes Rest Between Sets

[BIKE OPTION]
5 Sets:
1,250 Meters at Easy Pace
1,000 Meters at Moderate Pace
750 Meters at Fast Pace

3 Minutes Rest Between Sets
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DAILY MINDSET

“Pain versus Discomfort”

There is a common misconception about pain.
Pain is not what we feel inside of a conditioning workout, or the tail end of a heavy squat set.

Real pain is different.
Pain is when we are walking through the garage and step on a nail.
Pain is when we lose a limb.
Real pain, is when we loose a loved one.

What we feel inside conditioning sets is not pain… it’s discomfort.
Training isn’t painful. It’s uncomfortable at times, but – it’s not pain.
Let’s use this as a perspective change as we enter today’s training.
Today, let’s get uncomfortable.

The 6am are flying through their Farmers Carry during Thursdays grinder!

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WOD

PART 1: Push Press

5 Sets of 5

*Score = Sum Total Load of All 5 Sets

PART 2: “The Great Outdoors”

For Time:
10 Push Press
10 Front Squats
100 Meter Run
9 Push Press
9 Front Squats
100 Meter Run
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1 Push Press
1 Front Squat
100 Meter Run

Barbell: (95/65)

*Score=Time it takes to complete the workout

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DAILY MINDSET

“Life is like sailing. You can use any wind to go in any direction.”

~Robert Brault

Are we sailing North on purpose, or is it because the wind is taking us that way?

Life will throw its curveballs. It’s unseen illnesses, injuries, and schedule conflicts. But it is a choice to allow those to change our cardinal direction. There is always a way to continue in the direction we want.

When the challenge strikes, we don’t adjust the goal. We adjust the sails.

Mark has been working on his Overhead Squats, and they have come so far!

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WOD

“Doce”

3 Rounds x AMRAP 4:
27/21 Calorie Row
21 Power Cleans
15 Burpee Box Jumps(24″/20″)

Rest 4 Minutes Between Rounds

Round 1: (135/95)
Round 2: (115/85)
Round 3: (95/65)

*Score=Sum Total of Reps
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DAILY MINDSET

“There is a difference between listening, and waiting for your turn to speak.”

~Simon Sinek

Listening is a skill.
To not “hear” the words of another, but to truly be in the moment. To listen sincerely.

Most listen with the intent to reply. That is, as the other is speaking, they’re already formulating what to say next. In these moments, they are no longer listening. We’ve shifted towards “hearing”.

In our conversations today, pay close attention to our thoughts as the other is speaking.

The intention is this:
Listen with the intent to understand.
Not to reply.