Have you gotten your weekend Mobility in yet?!

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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-ROW-BIKE]
20 Rounds For Meters:
1 Minute On
30 Seconds Off
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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 tend to arrive shortly after we make an important decision. A form of “buyers remorse”, where we wonder if we’re on the right path.

It is a human condition to seek certainty. We simply want to know we’re clearly on the right path.

But… do we really?
Think back to a moment of uncertainty. 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 our lives, 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.

MK is leading the group through their Rowing!

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WOD

“Freedom Sauce”

AMRAP 3:
21 Overhead Squats (95/65)
21 Lateral Burpees Over Erg
Max Calorie Row

Rest 3 Minutes

AMRAP 3:
18 Overhead Squats (115/85)
18 Lateral Burpees Over Erg
Max Calorie Row

Rest 3 Minutes

AMRAP 3:
15 Overhead Squats (135/95)
15 Lateral Burpees Over Erg
Max Calorie Row

Rest 3 Minutes

AMRAP 3:
12 Overhead Squats (155/105)
12 Lateral Burpees Over Erg
Max Calorie Row

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DAILY MINDSET

“What you resist, persists”.

What would you think about if I told you to not to 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. We need to flip the script, and focus on what to do.

Turn “don’t slow down” into “I can hold this pace”.
Turn “don’t mess this up” into “focus on a clean jump shot”.

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

James is showing off his hops!

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WOD

“PARTI TIME”

For Time [30 Minute Cap]:
300 Double-Unders
2 Mile Run
100 Toes to Bar

Partition However You’d Like

*Score = Total time. If you get time capped, enter 1 second for every missed rep. Every 100m of running will equal 1 rep.
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DAILY MINDSET

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

~Reba McEntire

Three themes to take into our day.

To have a “wishbone”: Nothing is too great of a task. Nothing is out of reach. Faith (or doubt) are both self-fulling prophecies.

To have a “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.

To have a “funny bone”: 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.

The 6am bringing it!

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WOD

PART 1: Deadlift

Build to a Heavy Set of 15

*Score = Heaviest Load

PART 2: “Popeye”

For Time:
200 Meter Farmers Carry
60/40 Calorie Bike
20 Dumbbell Box Step Overs
60/40 Calorie Bike
20 Dumbbell Box Step Overs
60/40 Calorie Bike
200 Meter Farmers Carry

Dumbbells: (50’s/35’s)
Box: (24″/20″)

*Score = Time it takes to complete the workout
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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.

James is crushing the Rope Climbs from last week, while the rest of the group work through the Bike!

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Happy Birthday Lauri!

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WOD

“Me, Myself & I”

5 Rounds For Time [40 Minute Cap]:
50 Air Squats
400 Meter Run
30 Sit-Ups
20 Push-Ups
10 Strict Pull-Ups

*Score = Time it takes to complete the workout
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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 to greatness.
This is the championship mindset.

Ellen, Casey, and Coop are getting their beach body WOD on!

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WOD

PART 1: Strict Press

Build to a Heavy Single

*Score = Heaviest Load

PART 2: “The Sweet Escape”

For Time:
15 Unbroken Clean & Jerks
3,000/2,400 Meter Bike

Rest 3 Minutes

12 Unbroken Clean & Jerks
3,000/2,400 Meter Bike

Rest 3 Minutes

9 Unbroken Clean & Jerks
3,000/2,400 Meter Bike

[Every Break]:
500/400 Meter Penalty Lap

Barbell: (135/95)

*Score = Time it takes to complete the workout
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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 doctor’s appointment. Because in truth… it is.

Bob isn’t afraid of Burpees!

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WOD

“Home Plate”

AMRAP 6:
1,000/800 Meter Row
12 Front Squats (155/105)
Max Burpees Over the Bar

AMRAP 6:
1,000/800 Meter Row
12 Front Squats (155/105)
Max Burpee to a Target

AMRAP 6:
1,000/800 Meter Row
12 Front Squats (155/105)
Max Burpee Pull-Ups

AMRAP 6:
1,000/800 Meter Row
12 Front Squats (155/105)
Max Burpee Box Jumps (24″/20″)

*Score = Total Burpee Reps

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DAILY MINDSET

“Don’t tell me who you are. Tell me what you are.”

When we are asked “who” we are, we default to our past. We define ourselves by our resumes. Although our past may give us insight of where we’ve been, it cannot be what defines us… for it’s the past.

When the question however asks “what” we are, we tend to give a different answer. We describe who we really are. It’s one of character, values and beliefs.

Will we be defined by who we’ve been in the past, or by what we stand for today? Let character be our loudest statement.

Sara is staying focused as she works through her Rowing!

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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” [PICK ONE]

[RUN-ROW-BIKE]
Max Meters in 30 Minutes
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DAILY MINDSET

“Don’t look for the third thing.”

~Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius breaks down a good deed into two positive results:

You did good, and,

You helped another.

The first positive result is that you did good. Every good deed is a vote towards ourselves becoming better human beings. The second is that your actions helped another. Whether big or small, you’ve benefited another human being today.

There is a “third thing” that one can seek, and it was Marcus strongly speaks against: credit.

When one contributes with a good deed, doing right by oneself, and doing right by another, is enough. The desire to receive praise for such an action is the pitfall he warns against. To go around expecting thanks is what he deems as greedy, which can trickle into other areas of life.

Carson is jumping his way through “Kelly”!

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WOD

“Partner Jim”
TEAMS OF 2:
9 Rounds Each For Time:
[Partner 1]
24 Push-Ups
8 Deadlifts (215/135)

[Partner 2]
400 Meter Run

Switch Upon Completion of Both Stations
Time Cap: 38 Minutes
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DAILY MINDSET

“You make a living with what you get. You make a life with what you give.”

~Winston Churchill

Think back to a time in your life when you came in clutch for someone. One where your actions made a significant impact on someone’s life. Maybe it was a time where you showed up for a friend in a time of need. But you didn’t just show up… you went above and beyond. Not because of some expected return or alterior motive, but because you believed it was the right thing to do. You genuinely cared.

Think back to that day, and how that made you feel when you saw your impact. Think back to how it felt to know you made a difference. It felt good, didn’t it. Really, damn, good.

Science has shown us that one of the most powerful emotions we can feel, via serotonin, is released in mass at these moments. But what is even more interesting, is that it’s literally contagious. Think back to the last time you saw someone else doing something generous. Maybe it was as simple as holding the door open at the store for an elderly customer. Think back to that… How did you feel, witnessing that? Did it make you feel more generous?

If generosity is contagious, it just needs to be started.
Let it be us.
Be the change we want to see in this world.

Ian is staying focused as he works through his Overhead Squats!

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WOD

PART 1: Back Squat

Build to a Heavy Set of 5

*Score = Heaviest Load

PART 2: “Abomination”

AMRAP 15:
21 Sit-Ups
15/12 Calorie Row
9 Dumbbell Thrusters (50’s/35’s)

*Score = Rounds + Reps
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DAILY MINDSET

“Give more. Give what you didn’t get. Love more. Drop the old story.”

We often hold onto the past. And we all have felt ourselves do it. Sometimes they are worn as scars, sometimes like trophies. It’s not uncommon to use past events as a chip on your shoulder. “They didn’t believe in me”. All of those are potent motivators. But they only last so long, as they are fleeting and weaker forms of ammunition.

When we “fight against” something, such as something in the past, we will only go so far. When we “fight for” something, it’s different. Its purpose and meaning go beyond our singular life, transcending to something far bigger. This is where you can move mountains.

Do you hold onto something from the past? Can we reframe the mental dialogue?