Warm up
SSH – 10 IC
Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
Arm Circles -10 IC
Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
Overhead claps
Self love
Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
High Brow workout at the Renaissance this morning exploring Beethoven’s grit and genus.
The 9
Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies in his lifetime. These are know as “The 9″… along with the 1927 Yankees.
Work:
9 burpees every minute for 9 minutes
The Fate Symphony — #5
“These notes depict the hand of fate knocking on my door.” In it’s entirety the piece represents a battle between death and despair vs hope and life.
Work:
Dora
Run / merkins – 100
Run / lunges -200 1/1
Run / American hammer – 300 2/1
Dips / Rising merkins up the NOMA steps – accumulating count
Dips / Scuba diver merkins down the NOMA steps – accumulating count
Allies in WWII used Symphony #5 it as a Victory call, V in mores code is ( . . . — ) mimicking the first 4 notes of this piece. Ironically as Beethoven was German
Work:
Sunday Mornings x5
….I’m going to end with a quote that people attribute to Calvin Coolidge, but it’s really by Ray Kroc, one of the founders of McDonald’s: “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent….”
