A few nut jobs got up early for a sample of the mud run shenanigans that many of us will be fooling around with come October…

We commenced in the usual fashion and then did The Thang:
WARM UP: Active warm up on the way to the cul-de-sac
– Knee pull to chest
– Windmill walkers
– Frankensteins
– SSH x 25
– IW x 25
– Leg raise Merkins x 10
– CDD x 10
– Mosey up the street for a low crawl under the strings then around the big island and then back under the strings again
Jog to bottom of walls
– 10 burpees then up the walls, 1 squat at the top and around the Hardee’s (1/4 mi loop)
– 9 burpees then up the walls, 2 squats at the top and around the Hardee’s
– 8 burpees then up the walls, 3 squats at the top and around the Hardee’s
We were on our way down to one burpee, but only made it to 5 burpees at the bottom because of time.

So… how does every good mud run end? With a Partner Carry of course!
We moseyed over to the long lot and carried partners back and forth. Because, you know… It’s what you do at 5 something in the morning…

Mosey back to the grassy spot by the VSF and then spend a little time giving a few guys who have never led before a chance to count an exercise. Good stuff… t-claps to all those guys.

NMM:
First, ballroom needs a shovel flag. Like for real. Second… gentlemen, the Fall is upon us… it was evidenced in the weather that morning. The air is cooler, crisper… less humid… EH season is NOW. This isn’t a workout group. It is a group that works out as a means to foster male community leadership. Like it or not, we are in a war, friends. That war is against everything that we hold dear. It may sound extreme or dramatic or something, but it’s the truth. A couple weeks ago, one of our brothers shared about his personal struggle with the demons of addiction. A few weeks before that, someone shared about how he finally confronted his Dad on how terrible their relationship has been in the past and how he wanted to try and go forward making it better. Another brother shared with me a little while ago about how he feels tired… like the kind of tired sleep can’t fix… tired from burning the candle at both ends and in the middle.
We can help. We can make a difference. We can lift each other. Iron doesn’t sharpen iron from simply being in the same room together. It requires heat, pressure, and a LOT of impact. Let’s get after it…

Helmet out…