Happy Birthday Madi!

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It’s Benchmark Friday!

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Benchmark WOD

“The Ghost”
Compare to 7/19/19
6 rounds for reps of:
1 minute of rowing (Calories)
1 minute of Burpees 🙂
1 minute of Double-Unders
1 minute rest

*Try for as many reps as possible of EACH exercise, don’t “game” it and get all your reps on Double-Unders. With that being said, your score is total reps.
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DAILY MINDSET

“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”

~Mother Theresa

Imagine we’re moving. And we have two friends, who both extend an offer to help.

The first friend writes us a check for 1,000 dollars to help with the moving expenses. Incredibly generous. The second friend doesn’t offer a dime, but instead comes to our old place, helps us pack up every box, drives with us to the new house, and unpacks everything with us into the early hours in the morning.

Fast forward two weeks later. Both friends call you to ask for a favor. Which friend are we more likely to help?

We would choose the second friend. But why? If we were to try to explain, we collectively would flow to the same, natural response… “Because they would have done it for me.”

Money has relative value. But time is an absolute.
If we want to make a “perishable donation”, give money.
If we want to make an everlasting impact, give time.

Preston and James are working through the Chest to Bar Pull-Ups and Overhead Squats during Wednesdays WOD!
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WOD

“Aftertaste”

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1:
Strict Presses (95/65)

After Each Set:
400 Meter Assault Bike
15 AbMat Sit-Ups

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DAILY MINDSET

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I’ll remember. Involve me, and I’ll learn.”

~Benjamin Franklin

The musician doesn’t learn by listening. The musician learns, by playing. It’s how the mind, in its ever plastic state, adapts. It responds to application.

In the “Cone of Learning” (Edgar Dale), we learn:
10% of what we read.
20% of what we hear.
30% of what we see.
50% of what we hear and see.
70% of what we say and write.
90% of what we actually participate in.

Information without application, is knowledge.
Information with application, is wisdom.

Madi is looking strong as she works through the Clean and Jerks during Fridays WOD!
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Happy Birthday Christian and Coop!

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WOD

Overhead Squat

Build to a Heavy Set of 3

“The Fray”

For Time:
800 Meter Run
30 Chest to Bar Pull-ups
30 Overhead Squats (115/85)
400 Meter Run
15 Chest to Bar Pull-ups
15 Overhead Squats (115/85)

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DAILY MINDSET

“The past is not predictive of the future.”

A short story to share.

Mike is an 18 year old high school student, who has struggled throughout his entire academic career… specifically, with taking tests. But he’s making his way by, just barely, until he reaches the biggest academic test of his life – his SAT’s.

Out of a near 1600, he scores 1480.

Mike returns home to his mother, and with all the love a mother has, questions quietly: how? How on Earth? Are you sure you didn’t cheat? They have dinner together, and celebrate his incredible scores as they talk about college.

From that point forward, Mike decides he is smart after all. After years of consistent skipping, he decides to go to class. He starts consistently scoring A’s, and doesn’t see a C for the remainder of his high school career. He goes onto the Ivy League, and starts a very successful magazine company. Mike grows a multi-million dollar business.

And six years later, he then receives a letter in the mail from the SAT board.
There was a mistake.
The letter reads that the scores were mixed up between him and another student.
As it turned out, Mike actually scored a 740.

People think his own life changed when he got the 1480. It didn’t.
Mike changed his life when he changed his behavior.
The past is indeed real. But the only time it becomes predictive of the future, is if it changes how we act… today.

The 6am is starting their Monday off right with some pre WOD mobility!
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WOD

“Jumpsuit”

30-20-10:
Deadlifts (185/135)
Box Jumps (24″/20″)

Directly Into…

10-20-30:
Kettlebell Swings (53/35)
Row Calories

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DAILY MINDSET

“Your actions speak so loudly that I can’t hear what you’re saying.”

It’s not about what we talk about, but what we tolerate.

When we think of our greatest role models, those we truly look up to in life, there’s a consistent commonality we’ll notice… their action under adversity. They achieved something great, under incredibly hard circumstances. They overcame a specific challenge in their darkest hour. And for that, we remember them.

Our identity isn’t shaped by the good times… but the challenging ones. In those moments, it’ll never be about what we say, but what we do.

Tanya is working on her Hang Power Snatches!
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WOD

“Rush Hour”

On the 4:00 x 5 Rounds:
20/15 Calorie Assault Bike
10 Lateral Barbell Burpees
5 Power Snatches (135/95)

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DAILY MINDSET

“Intention drives behavior.”

If we were to walk into the grocery store with a list of eight items to purchase, we’re in there for 10 minutes.

If we were to walk into the grocery store without a list, we end up walking the isles for 30 minutes, and find ourselves staring at a box of Twinkies in the dessert isle.

Our behavior is what is going to define our success. And it is no different than the grocery list in our pocket. Line items of decisions and principles that we choose.

Intention is everything.

Lauren is looking strong and demonstrating great form as she works through the Push-Ups during Thursdays WOD!

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Reminder: Shayan will be running Open Gym today from 8:00am to 10:00am, Don’t forget about the time change. Come get your weekend WOD on!
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WOD

“Slipknot”

AMRAP 20:
2 Rope Climbs
20/15 Calorie Row
40 AbMat Sit-ups

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DAILY MINDSET

“If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all.”

~Michelangelo

Written by someone recognized as one of the greatest artists of time.

“Natural born talent” is a myth. Movies portray it, sports news glamorizes… the “uncontrollable factor” that leads to such heights of achievement. Yet here he is, Michelangelo himself, expressing his backbone to success.

It’s easy to believe that we can’t control tomorrow. To believe that it is by chance. It’s far harder, to believe that it is within our capabilities. That there is another level of true grit and unrelenting effort we can choose to go. It’s realizing that the great Michaelangelo simply worked his ass off… and that we can too.

Greatness is never by chance. It is always by choice. The choice to do the work.

We can’t wait to see everyones costumes at the WOD today, don’t forget to dress up!
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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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HALLOWEEN WOD

“Broomstick Mile”
Compare to 10/31/19
(All movements are performed with a 45/35lb bar for advanced and a pvc pipe for beginners.)
25 Back Squats
25 Front Squats
25 Overhead Squat
run 400 meters
25 Strict Presses
25 Push Presses
25 Push Jerks
run 400 meters
50 Hang Squat Cleans
run 400 meters
50 Hang Power Snatches
run 400 meters

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“It’s said that All Hallows’ Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin – and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.”

~Erin Morgenstern

Don’t forget to wear your best Halloween costumes to the WOD this Saturday!

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WOD

Power Clean and Jerk

Build to a Heavy Single

“Jumpin’, Jumpin'”

15-12-9:
Burpee Box Jumps (24″/20″)
Power Clean and Jerks (135/95)

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DAILY MINDSET

“It doesn’t matter when we start. It doesn’t matter where we start. All that matters is that we start.”

If you’re human, you’ve felt the burn of waiting too long.
Felt the pain of a missed opportunity, not due to action, but mis-action.

It is wise of us to recognize that it is a human condition to await the better setup. It is our nature to be risk-averse. We want safety, and guaranteed results. Yet the unfortunate guarantee there is that we’ll wake tomorrow in the same place we are today… if not worse.

Just start.
Whatever it is, you’re not too old. You’re not too young. You’re not too busy, too poor, too unprepared. You’re not too tired, too uneducated, and you’re not too weak. You’re ready. The perfect time is now.

Stoner is getting set for his Deadlifts during Wednesdays WOD!
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WOD

“Time After Time”

AMRAP 5:
5 Strict Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Air Squats

Rest 1 Minute

AMRAP 5:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Air Squats

Rest 1 Minute

AMRAP 5:
5 Chest to Bar Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Air Squats

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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.

A little pre WOD mobility!
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WOD

“Paul Bunyan”

AMRAP 15:
60 Double Unders
20/15 Calorie Assault Bike
15 Deadlifts (225/155)

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DAILY MINDSET

“Choices reveal our intentions.”

Every choice we make today is a vote in a certain direction.

If we choose to hit the snooze button today, we are more likely to hit it again tomorrow.
If we choose to have the snack we shouldn’t be having today, we’re more likely to have the same tomorrow.

If we choose to allow negative thoughts to take hold in our mind, we’re more likely to let additional ones consume the rest of our lives.

We realize that the choices we make ultimately will result in the person we become.
Accountable to our thoughts, responsible to our actions.