37º didn’t slow down 12 PAX from getting the heart rate up on a Monday.   Let’s get to it.

WM:

20 Windmill (IC)
15 SSH (IC)
10 Slow Merkins

The Thang:

We ran a warm up lap in the parking lot and we diverted to pick up 2 bricks each for the duration of the workout.

Lucky 7s : 7 rounds of 7 reps of 7 exercises

Burpees
Thrusters
Kettle Bell Swings
Merkins
Mountain Climbers
SSH
Lunges

Run a 100yd after each round.

* After some healthy chatter I appeased the chirps and we did 8 reps on final round to make it a solid 50 reps of each exercise.

Surprisingly we had some time for some Mary.

25 Bicycles
25 Bows and toes Leg lifts (don’t remember the names) (IC)
25 Chilly Willy’s – side heel taps AND after LBCs (IC)
25 WW2
25 American Hammers

Message:
Swallow the frog.  Do the hard thing first. Avoiding it can ruin your day and attacking difficulty early and often will build the momentum you need to mentally win your day.  Stacking good days on good days over time, doing the hard thing early and often will help us all win.

Obviously, we are in an election wk and I opted to avoid any references to it cause its just so complicated and messy.   So I successfully just did not swallow the frog there.  You are welcome.   But here is what I wanted to say.   I think it is possible to disagree with someone and still love them, respect them and treat them with dignity.  We can improve on that as a society.  There is a lot of tension and so many are facing so many layers of difficulty we’ve never seen.  A single person, policy, or program isn’t going to fix everything.  But I think single strands of honest interactions, good questions over time in a relationship can weave together a tapestry.   A deeper commitment to love our neighbor despite differences is a gift.  And we need to see that modeled in all our callings.  That is a foundation that a culture can build something on.