6 men came out to work this AM. Not talk… Work.
No FNG’s, short disclaimer, time to work.
The Thang:

Mosey to cul-de-sac by ball field at Springfield Middle.

WARM UP

• 50 SSH (ludicrous speed)
• 30 CDD
• 15 Merkins
• 20 IW
• 50 Mountain Climbers
• 15 Burpees in cadence

Mosey to stairs

Down the 1st set of stairs, 10 plyo merkins and partner up

• Partner carry up the stairs (it’s about 25 stairs with landings every 6 stairs or so)
• 20 jump tucks
• Run down
• Other Partner carry up the stairs
• 50 LBCs
• Run down
• Wheelbarrow up the stairs
• 20 flying squirrels
• Run down
• Wheelbarrow up the stairs
• Run down
• Backward Bear Crawl up stairs

Mosey to the lot in front of middle school (1/4 mi. loop)

Partner up. Pax 1 does exercise while Pax 2 runs lap. Swap out and continue the exercise until each amount of reps are complete. The exercises and reps are: 50- Burpees / 100- Overhead Claps / 150- Merkins / 200- Big Boy Sit-ups / 250- Squats

Partner carry lap (switch as needed over the full 1/4 mile)

Mosey back for a little Mary. 20 or so a piece of Flutters, LBCs, Hello Dollies

COT

Announcements: CAH event Friday (7/3) @ 7pm – still need help there – contact Chicken Hawk or Decibel or Cake Boss / Gladiator Games on 8/8 then go to Applebee’s in Rock Hill for “World’s Largest Coffeeteria” raising money for the Colombia Mission Trip.
Prayers for Decibel and his new venture, for Spiderman’s Father-in-law, for all other PAX in need.

Moleskin:
Nobody reads this stuff anyway, so whatever… 🙂 BUT!
This is NOT a call-out. This is a general observation from one PAX (this guy), so don’t go getting #butthurt anybody…

I’ve noticed that lately there has been a fair amount of smack talk. Ok, maybe a LOT of smack talk amongst a lot of PAX. Now look, I enjoy a good ribbing as much as the next guy. Heck, my mouth is one of the bigger ones out there. I love the back and forth. I love the friendly competition. It’s when it turns into some high-school machismo bullsh*t, that it gets old. Fast. Hey, I get it. We’re all like little boys sometimes, out there pushing ourselves and our limits, testing to see how far is too far. But, and don’t get offended, if you are out there for that alone, then I fear you may be missing the point.

See, the 1st F, the fitness, is only the spark. It’s the magnet that gets a #SadClown out and away from his #Mascot life and on his way to becoming a #HIM. It’s the rest of the stuff that makes the real difference. Progressing to 2nd F stuff, and on to 3rd F stuff, not religious stuff necessarily (though it could be that), but the desire, the NEED, to look outside yourself and lift another. THAT’S what we’re ultimately here for. To be a beacon of hope and support to another guy who needs our help. Not just some friendly encouragement when he’s the 6 at a workout, but some REAL, in the dirt, lift with your legs, encouragement when he’s the 6 in his life. When his marriage is in the toilet. When he loses his job. When he isn’t able to relate to his kids anymore. When he finds himself struggling with addiction to whatever it may be. The rest is nice, but it’s not what it’s about. Our body one day will not be able (unless you’re Senator Tressel) to sustain this level of activity… So what will you have then? If you only came to prove you were some kind of badass at the 1st F stuff, then it isn’t going to be much. I promise. I 100% guarantee that the time will come in your life (if it hasn’t already) when you will need that help. You will be that guy.

All I’m saying is, how much more could we be? What if? What if we remembered that we were all on the same team, that yes, we should try and work harder than the guy next to us, but NOT because we need to prove we are better than him, but because we are trying to become a #HIM. What if we got real about ourselves and quit trying to pretend like our lives are perfect and we don’t need anyone because we are too afraid to let our guard down? What if we breathed twice as much encouragement as we did badassery? What if we dug deep to our core and stepped out of our mental and emotional cage and let loose with care for our fellow PAX in a way they weren’t expecting. Well… I think then we will have tapped into a whole new level of awesome… That’s what if…

Helmet out…