Coop and Derek having their daily lunchtime bro sesh!
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WOD

“Doce”

AMRAP 4:
27/21 Calorie Row
21 Power Cleans (135/95)
15 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24″/20″)

Rest 4 Minutes

AMRAP 4:
27/21 Calorie Row
21 Power Cleans (115/85)
15 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24″/20″)

Rest 4 Minutes

AMRAP 4:
27/21 Calorie Row
21 Power Cleans (95/65)
15 Burpee Box Jump Overs (24″/20″)

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DAILY MINDSET

“Your obsessions become your possessions.”

~Ed Mylett

The word “obsessed” gets a bad rap.
And there’s indeed some merit to that.

But let’s try to define “to be obsessed” a little further. What it’s not defined by is “”hours put in””. That may be correlation, but not causality. One is truly obsessed with something when their passion and fire for “that thing” is so great, that their willpower will see them through even the harshest of storms. Where every other person quits… they push on. To one who is obsessed, failure is simply not an option.

Be obsessed with reaching our dreams.
Be obsessed with becoming a better husband. A better wife.
A better son, a better daughter. A better friend, a better neighbor.

Be obsessed with what we care about the most. Our fiercest willpower, pointed in the right direction, is the most powerful thing in the world.

Ary is making sure to keep a good position as she works through the Hang Cleans in Fridays WOD!
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WOD

“Shuffleboard”

For Time:
800 Meter Run
25 Thrusters (95/65)
25 Chest to Bar Pull-ups
800 Meter Run
25 Overhead Squats (95/65)
25 Toes to Bar
800 Meter Run
25 Front Squats (95/65)
25 Pull-ups

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DAILY MINDSET

“I want to see it, before I believe it.”

We are visually oriented people.
We seem to trust our eyes more than our other senses.

It’s why we call our ultimate direction our “vision”. It’s why in the middle of the night, if we think we hear something, we want to take a look before we feel safe enough to fall back asleep. We can hear news through the grapevine, but we doubt it until we see it.

Recognizing this, we can leverage it to our advantage. Many of us will agree that there is power to writing down our goals, and this is why. We begin to believe it that much more. It feels that much more real.

Write down our vision. Write down our goals. Write down anything that is important, not because it’s a mundane task… but because we need to see it, before we believe it.

Mike is working to get into a good front rack position as he prepares for the Front Squats during Wednesdays WOD!
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Happy Birthday Carson!

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Announcement: This year we will be running the “Utah Human Race” Thanksgiving 5K from the gym! They are doing it virtually this year so we will meet at the gym at 7:00am and run! You can still sign up and support the Food Bank by clicking here.
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WOD

“Drift Away”

AMRAP 15:
50/35 Calorie Assault Bike
50 Single Dumbbell Hang Clean and Jerks (50/35)
50 Single Dumbbell Reverse Lunges (50/35)
50 Deadlifts (205/145)

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DAILY MINDSET

“There will never be better you, than you.”

There is a lot to be said about authenticity.
The first definition inside Merriam-Webster reads, “worthy of acceptance or belief.”
If there’s one sure way to find failure in something, it’s through not being ourselves. It just doesn’t pan out in the long run. While we always remain a student, the harm lies when we blur the lines between emulating the traits of our mentors… with trying to actually be them.

Our mentors do not wish for us to follow in their footsteps.
Our mentors wish for us to go further. To blaze the path further than before.

We have incredible leaders to guide us. But it is now on us to push even further. And there’s no one suited better for that, than you.

Throwback to 2012 when John and Ellen were on top of their recovery!

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Announcement: This year we will be running the “Utah Human Race” Thanksgiving 5K from the gym! They are doing it virtually this year so we will meet at the gym at 7:00am and run! You can still sign up and support the Food Bank by clicking here.
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Reminder: Shayan will be running Open Gym today from 8:00am to 10:00am. Come get your weekend WOD on!

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WOD

Strict Press

Build to a Heavy Set of 5

“Touch the Sky”

AMRAP 15:
300 Meter Assault Bike
9 Burpees to Target (6″)

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DAILY MINDSET

“Vision is the bottleneck of effort.”

We talk a lot about effort.
It’s the gasoline that will drive us to our destination. And there is no substitute.
It’s often however not that effort is lacking when we aren’t reaching out goals… and instead, it’s a lack of direction.

There are many highly capable people in this world. They have the gasoline and the horsepower behind it. But where they direct that energy is the misstep. When they wanted to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast, they find themselves in the South. The largest pity is that all along, they had the right address in the GPS… but they failed to check back on it often enough to ensure they were on the correct route.

We pride ourselves in our horsepower. Your raw effort. We just need to get ourselves pointed in the right direction, and the rest will fall into place.

Ellen has been crushing it lately as she makes her comeback!
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Announcement: This year we will be running the “Utah Human Race” Thanksgiving 5K from the gym! They are doing it virtually this year so we will meet at the gym at 7:00am and run! You can still sign up and support the Food Bank by clicking here.
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Don’t forget to jump in on Heathers Zoom Yoga today at 9:15am!  Click here to join. We are now asking that you sign up on the Mindbody App for Saturday Yoga.

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WOD

“Ths is 40”

For Time:
400 Meter Run, 40 Wallballs (20/14)
400 Meter Run, 40 Power Snatches (65/45)
400 Meter Run, 40 Pull-ups
400 Meter Run, 40 Overhead Squats (65/45)
400 Meter Run, 40 Box Jumps (24″/20″)
400 Meter Run, 40 Thrusters (65/45)

*Sub running for either a 500 Meter Row or 25/18 calorie Bike

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DAILY MINDSET

“You can easily judge the character of a person by how they treat those who can do nothing for them.”

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cue, craving, response, reward.
In “Atomic Habits”, by James Clear, this is the loop process that determines many of our actions.

A large part of the above is the final piece – the reward. We can be reward oriented beings. It’s not a bad thing by itself, but we do find ourselves in trouble when it is the only thing.

The quote above gives us something to think about. Some time today, we’ll come across the individual who can offer us the least in return. As in, there won’t be a reward for whatever action we have the option of taking. We’ll know who it is when we see them.

How we act inside that moment is the reality of our character.

Leonor is doing a great job keeping the bar in the correct front rack position throughout her Presses!
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Announcement: This year we will be running the “Utah Human Race” Thanksgiving 5K from the gym! They are doing it virtually this year so we will meet at the gym at 7:00am and run! You can still sign up and support the Food Bank by clicking here.
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WOD

Push Jerk

On the Minute x 10:
2 Push Jerks

“The Landlord”

AMRAP 12:
35 Double Unders
9 Deadlifts
7 Hang Power Cleans
5 Push Jerks

Barbell: 155/105

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DAILY MINDSET

“Do not fear failure. But be terrified of regret.”

~Ashley Soughtley Spaulding

The reality of life is that we will hear more “no’s” than “yes’s”.
And we will fail.
A lot.

But despite the hundreds of doors closed on our phase, the hundreds of times we are told “no way”, they will never haunt us. What we will regret will be the instances where we gave up. Where we told *ourselves” no.

We don’t fear failure… we welcome it. It’s where the learning occurs. Where the real magic happens.

Sergey is making sure to get the most out of each pull throughout his Rowing!

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Announcement: This year we will be running the “Utah Human Race” Thanksgiving 5K from the gym! They are doing it virtually this year so we will meet at the gym at 7:00am and run! You can still sign up and support the Food Bank by clicking here.
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WOD

“Catch Fire”

3 Rounds For Time:
1,000 Meter Row
200 Meter Farmers Carry (50’s/35’s)
100′ Walking Lunge

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DAILY MINDSET

“The soul is like a bowl of water.”

~Epictetus

It’s ok to get ruffled sometimes.
We are indeed human, and we will get emotional too.

The analogy that Epictetus depicts for us is that even though we can be rocked, knocked around, shaken… through disciplined stillness, we can always find emotional stability. The visual is quite relatable: a bowl of water, disturbed from some event, has ripples running throughout it. It’s not at rest.

But with disciplined focus and effort, we can regain stillness. Often faster than we think.
In the moments where we are most shaken, remind ourselves of this visual. No matter how bad things get, everything is recoverable.

James isn’t worried about the right shoes to get a max Front Squat, he prefers barefoot!
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Announcement: This year we will be running the “Utah Human Race” Thanksgiving 5K from the gym! They are doing it virtually this year so we will meet at the gym at 7:00am and run! You can still sign up and support the Food Bank by clicking here.
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WOD

Front Squat

Build to a Heavy Single

“Satans Whiskers”

3 Rounds For Time:
10 Front Squats (165/115)
10 Chest to Bar Pull-ups
10 Burpees 🙂

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DAILY MINDSET

“What looks like talent is often careful preparation. What looks like skill is often persistent revision.”

~James Clear

We won’t be fooled by how easy it can look for some.
As Vince Lombardi once said, “The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there”.

Our greatest achievements in life will not happen by accident, but through disciplined effort.
Sometimes we’ll need action.
Sometimes we’ll need patience.
Sometimes we’ll need to go back to the drawing board, and sometimes we’ll need to throw the Hail Mary.
But everything we do – every rep – has a reason behind it.
We may not control the outcome, but the manifestation in front of us is dominantly controlled by two things:
Where do we want to go (focus), and how hard do we want to work for it (effort).

Estee and Alvin are pushing through the dreaded bike!
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Announcement: This year we will be running the “Utah Human Race” Thanksgiving 5K from the gym! They are doing it virtually this year so we will meet at the gym at 7:00am and run! You can still sign up and support the Food Bank by clicking here.
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WOD

“Wave Runner”

On the 5:00 x 6 Rounds:
500/400 Meter Assault Bike
350/300 Meter Row
200 Meter Run/15 Shuttle Runs [10 Meters]

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DAILY MINDSET

“True strength is the courage to admit weakness.”

Show me an athlete who is afraid to look bad, silly, or stupid… and I’ll show you back an athlete who will lose every time.

Vulnerability is a hot theme nowadays, and rightfully so.
It’s the first step, and arguably most challenging, in facing our fears. It’s an extension of the “awareness” phase, where we admit to ourselves (and potentially to others), that we have soft spots. And much like many other aspects in life, awareness is everything.

Gone are the days where “toughness” is summarized with gritted teeth and bad attitudes. Real mental toughness is facing the demons, the skeletons in the closet, the soft spots, and going on the attack.

Show me an athlete who is willing to look bad, silly, or stupid… and I’ll show you back a very powerful competitor.

Who’s excited for Wall Balls?!
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WOD

“Shot Caller”

5 Rounds:
21 Wallballs (20/14)
18 Alternating Dumbbell Power Snatches (50/35)
15 Box Jumps (24″/20″)
12 Toes to Bar

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DAILY MINDSET

“Build before you have to.”

~James Clear

We are creatures that respond very, very well to pressure situations.
If we are studying for a test, cramming the day before tends to nearly be “magical”. Under such external pressures, we create this urgency that drives results.

But – what if we don’t need that external pressure?
What if we can create it for ourselves, internally, for everyday use?
What a weapon that would be.

Build the skill set before you need to use it.
Build the knowledge before you need to know it.
Be ahead of the game. So that when it comes, we’re playing it, and not vice versa.
Create the urgency today through a commitment to ourselves. Always an eager student.