One of the coolest parts about the Open is watching athletes push themselves out of their comfort zone and achieve things they’ve never done before. Here Mark is getting his first Bar Muscle-Up during last weeks Friday Night Lights!
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IT’S OPEN FRIDAY!

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Announcement: We are so excited because this week is the last week of the Open, and you know what that means, the end of the Open party! We are happy to welcome back Britton’s Food Truck starting at 5:00pm tonight, be sure to get your food voucher good for a FREE cheeseburger! Other items are available for a little extra. So grab your family, friends, and your best game. Lets workout hard so we can celebrate!
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OPEN WORKOUT 19.5

33-27-21-15-9 Reps For time Of:
95/65-lb. Thrusters
Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups

Time cap: 20 minutes

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DAILY MINDSET

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

~Edmund Burke

We are emotional beings.
And we can only be rational, after we’ve been emotional.

When we see someone who is composed under adversity, it’s not that they aren’t an emotional person. Those feelings are there. What is different, in comparison to the explosive nature of a “hot head” is the closing of a certain gap. That of between an emotional reaction, and the subsequent replacement of rational thought.

Abraham Lincoln exercised this understanding through what is known as “hot letters”.

When he became fuming mad, overcome with emotion, he forced himself to complete a task before taking his wrath directly to the individual. He wrote a letter to the offender, outlining all the wrongs and misdoings that have been committed. He held nothing back. Then he would fold it up, place the letter in his desk drawer, and never send it.

Think through the last time we lost our cool on someone. Was it worth it? Emotions will cool. And we can proceed in a more reasonable fashion that we won’t regret. We just need to acknowledge that gap, and work ourselves there through patience”