This morning 15 men looked out into the 35-degree rain and gloom and chose the harder thing, get out of bed and go out and get a workout. As the Cougar turned two today (she’s a year older but still as sexy as ever) we started at 5:30 to spend some extra time and give her some extra love.
Warmup
(Adolphus – Called in service at the last minute)
Parking lot lap
SSH
Seal Jacks
Good Mornings
WMH
Merkins
Mountain Climber/Peter Parker/Parker Peter
The Thang
Head to the school. Half the men in people’s chair the other half run to the other side of the parking lot, 5 burpees and return. Switch. Half the men BTTW the other half run to the other side of the parking lot and back. Switch. Half the men in people’s chair the other half run to the other side of the parking lot, 10 merkins (perfect form) and run back. Switch.
DOI then split the men into three teams of 5. The men were given the option on this wet morning. Stay on the pavement or move to the football field. The men opted for the pavement. They chose the harder thing. Mosey to the top of the entrance to Culbreth. The men were given four movements, bear crawl, crawl bear, traveling burpees and lunge walk. Each man in the group was to perform one of these movements with the fifth choosing whichever one they wanted. They could switch as much as they wanted and there was no penalty for doing so. With movements provided they went down the entrance to the main road, down Culbreth road to the other entrance, up the other entrance and back to the start. Needless to say this took a while. Everyone bear crawled the end picking up the six.
Marky Mark kept the teams intact as one group was on AMRAP pull-ups, one crabwalked the hill and one ran a lap on the track (one group was particularly slow and apparently took “fellowship lap” to a whole nother level). Only time for one rotation.
Mary
Peter Parker
Parker Peter
Wet/Cold/Miserable WWIIs
COT
Boyardee organizing an event at the Ronald McDonald house where we cook for the residents. Check 3rdF channel for details.
Adolphus collecting $$$ for a teacher and student at CHS who were involved in a recent apartment fire near the school.
Today the men chose the harder thing. Staying in a warm bed when it’s cold and raining out is easy, getting up to go outside and workout is the harder thing. Knowing that people are hungry is easy, helping to feed them is the harder thing. Knowing that people have suffered through losing their homes is easy, helping them get back on their feet is the harder thing. Arguing with people online about issues is easy, taking action in your community and getting others to help is the harder thing. Always choose the harder thing. #CTHT