Seven tribesmen made their presence known on this moderately cold morning at the Tomahawk. High 30’s, no wind, good company… what more could you ask for!

Warm Up:
SSH: 30
Mountain Climbers: 15
SSH: 20
Squats: 15
SSH: 10
Merkins: 10

Mosey to the street.
Bear-crawl
Forward Lunge
Backward Lunge

Mosey around the school.
Bear-Crawl
Forward Lunge
Backward Lunge

Mosey around parking loop COP stations at every light.
Tuck Jumps: 12
Jump Lunges: 10
Curb-Side River Dance: 25 each leg (50 total)
Duck Walk: 20 yards
Partner Lateral Jumps: 2 sets X 15
Calf Jumps: 20

Mosey to the trail that leads to nowhere.

The Thang:
Each member of the PAX choose an exercise (before they know what they are going to do). Exercises were as followed:
Moroccan Night Club
Grave Diggers
Merkins
Mountain Climbers
Turkish Getup
LBC/Russian Twist

Split into 2 teams. Team 1 would run to the bottom of the train and back while Team 2 would perform the exercises above. Finish when each team rotates through all exercises.

Two minutes left after all said in done so finished with a little abs.
Freddy Mercuries: 10
Hello Dolley: 10
Rosalita: 10
6 inches hold for 30 seconds.

Mosey to COT.

Moleskin:
Couple announcements: Convergence Thanksgiving at the Ranch, Black Diamond 0455 @ WEP on Wednesday, Joe Davis Run 1/15/15, Pebbles buddy (certified trainer) will have a kettle bell session date will soon be announced, lastly bring your shoes!

Food for thought: As men, what do we do to improve in life? Whether that improvement is physically, to excel in our careers, being a better father or husband, spiritually etc… In my reflection, it all led down a path that “you put in what you get out”. For example, if you want to increase your strength, you must put forth effort to get stronger or if you want to pursue in your career, maybe that’s putting in more hours at the office or taking a certification class, getting your MBA. For many of us (including me), we take this same approach when it comes to our relationship with God, maybe if I pray more, give more, volunteer more I will be “good enough” for God. We tend to forget that we’ll NEVER be “good enough” for God, but by His Grace we are! Grace defies reason and logic!

Call it coincidence or God knowing I needed to hear this message, we spoke about that very thing in Church Sunday morning. Our Pastor read an interview by Bono that depicts what I was searching for perfectly.

Interview: (Bono Speaking)
“It’s a mind-blowing concept that the God who created the Universe might be looking for company, a real relationship with people, but the thing that keeps me on my knees is the difference between Grace and Karma…

You see, at the centre of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in physics – in physical laws – every action is met by an equal or opposite one.  Its clear to me that Karma is at the very heart of the universe.  I’m absolutely sure of it.

And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all that “As you reap, so will you sow” stuff.  Grace defies reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed, because I’ve done a lot of stupid stuff.

That’s between me and God. But I’d be in big trouble if Karma was going to finally be my judge. I’d be in deep S@!#. It doesn’t excuse my mistakes, but I’m holding out for Grace. I’m holding out that Jesus took my sins onto the Cross because I know who I am, and I hope I don’t have to depend on my own religiosity.”

The rest of the interview can be read here.