HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2013

 

Feasting, Football Games, And Of Course, Black Friday

Sales Often Bury The True Meaning Of Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Causes You To Regain An Enthusiasm

For Life. If You're Anything Like Me It's Easy To

Get Grumpy, And Complain About The Way Things

Are, Or How Some People Treat You. Here's The

Problem: When You Constantly You Live With Less

Than Others, And That Nothing Ever Works Right For

You, You Blind Your Eyes To All The Blessings You

Really Do Have. Here Is A Suggestion That Will Bring

You Out Of Your Gloom And Return Some Enthusiasm

In Your Life: Give Thanks For The Small Things.

Be Thankful You Have A Pillow To Sleep On. I

Wonder How Many People In The World Go To Bed

Every Night And Don't Have A Pillow To Sleep On,

But You Do! Find Someone To Thank This

Thanksgiving, And Most Important, Take Time To

Thank God For All The Blessings He Has

Graciously Bestowed Up On You.

Happy Thanksgiving 2013

 

TRAINING:

"Filthy Fifty"

50x Box Jump

50x Jumping Pull Ups

50x KB Swings

50x Walking Lunges

50x K2E

50x Push Press

50x Supermans

50x Wall Balls

50x Burpee

 

-I AM LEGEND

THANK YOU BITTERNESS



Every Once In A While You Meet Someone Who Is

Harboring An Incredible Amount Of Bitter Energy. Their

Face Usually Wrinkles Pre Maturely, And Kind Words

Are Few & Far Between. The Bruises That Bitterness

Leaves Behind Can Become So Nasty That It May Seem

Next To Impossible To Heal Them. You See, Bitterness

Sucks The Life Right Out Of You - Not The Person You

Are Actually Bitter With. People Become Bitter For Many

Reasons - Usually Because They Feel Someone Has Wronged

Them. What Can A Bruised Ego Or Ill Feelings Do To You?

It Can Discourage You From Appropriate Behavior, It Can

Lead To Unnecessary Conflicts, And It Can Deplete You

Of Energy & Emotion. Worse Case Scenario, It Can Rob

You Of Relationships And Moving Forward In Your Life.

There Is A Vicious Cycle When It Comes To This Topic.

If Asked The Question: "Have You Ever Been Bitter?"

I Would Be Guilty Of Raising My Hands, Answering Yes.

Bitterness, Resentment, And Anger Do Not Equal A Good

Time, Let Alone A Good Life. Forgiveness Is What We Need.

Not To Say What Happened Was Acceptable, But That

You Forgive The Other Person, Allowing Yourself To

Release The Hold That Your Painful Feelings Have

On You. Bruises Eventually Heal, But It Takes Action

And Time To Heal From Bitterness Which Has Settled

In Your Heart. Just As We Are Thankful When Times

Seem Next To Perfect, We Also Need To Be Thankful

When Times Seem Cruel & Bitter.

 

TRAINING

Establish 3rm Bench Press

10-8-5-3..3..3

 

TRAINING

12 Minute AMRAP

10x Single Arm DB Snatch *Each Arm

20x Ball Slams

250m Row

 

-I AM LEGEND 

GIVE TIME TIME

It's Interesting How Time Works. One Minute You're Up,

Next Minute You're Down. One Minute You're Sad, Next

Minute You're Mad, And A Few Minutes Later You're Ok

Again. What Happens With The Passing Of Time? Do We

Process Specific Things For Our Own Good, And Forget The

Rest, Or Do We Simply Just Accept What Is, And Move On?

I Recently Read In A Book "A Million Miles In A Thousand Years"

Written By Donald Miller, That A Person Forgets More Than

50% Of Their Life. How Can Someone Forget More Than

Half Of Their Life? I Believe Forgetting Is Not Only Natural,

But Very Important During Our Growth Of Becoming

Better Individuals. Someone Once Told Me I Was Weak

For Saying I Was Willing To Do Anything In Order To

Prevent Something. I Believe Weakness Is Shown In Many

Forms, But Caring Definitely Isn't One Of Them. All I

Could Think About Was How Could Someone Say That,

But Before I Was Able To Put Too Much Thought Into It,

Time Stepped In, And Took Control. Time Doesn't Slow Down,

Speed Up, Or Stop For Anyone. Time Is Simply Time. We

Have To Remember That All We Can Do Is Surrender To

The Now, Forget What Was, And Have Faith Of What's To Come.

 

TRAINING

Front Squat

5-5-5-5-5

Deadlift

5-5-5-5-5

 

WOD:

50x Hang Clean & Press

*Each Time Bar Is Dropped 5x Burpees*

 

-I AM LEGEND

GRATITUDE IS THE ATITUDE

We Are About To Celebrate A Holiday That's All About Giving

 Thanks For What We Have (Including Turkey & Football).

But If We Think About Gratitude Only Once A Year, We

Overlook The Immense Power Of Practicing It Daily. If You

Aren't Already A Believer In The Thank You Community, Just

Think About What It Can Mean In Your Day To Day Lives

If You Embrace The Power Of Gratitude. Knowing That

Gratitude Comes With So Many Benefits, Why Do We

Struggle To Express It? I Think We Often Assume We Do

More Than We Do, Or We Tell Ourselves That It's Not

Worth The Effort. I Will Tell You From Personal

Experiences That It Is ALWAYS Worth The Effort To

Express Gratitude To Those In Whom You Are

Thankful For. We Cannot Predict What Tomorrow

Brings, But We Can Show Our Gratitude For What

We Have Today. Take A Few Minutes After Reading

This Whether It Be A Phone Call, Text Message, Email,

Or Maybe Within Yourself, And Show Gratitude To

What Or Who Is In Your Life Today That You Are

Thankful For.

 

TRAINING

Hang Power Snatch

Establish A 1rm

 

WOD:

12 Minute Running Clock:

Every Minute On The Minute

10x KB Swings

10x Box Jumps

 

-I AM LEGEND

CHANGE IS CHANGE

Change Is Perpetual. We Often Have To Make Big Changes In Order

To Cope With Unwanted Circumstances That Continually Present

Themselves. This Is An Ongoing Lifelong Condition. There Is No

Way Out Or Around It. When Major Losses (Even Minor Ones)

Occur The Key To Dealing With Them Is Eventually To Accept

What Cannot Be Reversed And Begin The Task Of Adapting.

Not To Say What Was Can't Be What Is Again, But We 

Constantly Have To Adapt In Our Daily Lives. 

Since Grief Comes To Us In So Many Ways Throughout Life,

Loss Of A Home, Friend, Job, Cherished Possession, A Loved One,

And On And On, Let's Not Waste The Opportunity To Look For

Something In Loss To Help Us Grow. We Can't Sidestep Grief, 

But We Can Learn From It. All It Takes Is 100% 

Determination To Examine Ways To Adapt And Cope With

Unwanted Circumstances As Well As Normalize What 

Appears At First To Hold Little Meaning. This Takes 

Commitment But Is Well Worth The Effort As We Face The

Changes Yet To Come. 

TRAINING

Back Squat 

9x3 (10-8-5-3)

WOD:

15 Minute AMRAP

15x KB Squat Cleans

100m Run

5x Hand Release Burpee

-I AM LEGEND