Making ourselves better is in many ways a critical first step towards making a positive impact on our friends, families and communities. This simple statement is a core tenant and one of the things YHC loves most about F3. Making ourselves better requires discipline and hard work. No one can make you better except for yourself. You must answer the call of duty if you want to project positive force in the world. Teddy Roosevelt had this figured out. He observed “the things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and the get rich quick theory of life.” Amen.
In this spirit, five patriots gathered under The Gipper’s gaze to celebrate their 4th of July with some hard work. Mosey to the St. Tammany Parish Justice Center for a warmup of SSHs, Windmills, Seal Jacks, and Overhead Hand Claps, all IC 10 to 15 reps with trips up and down the Justice Center stairs between exercises. Then it was off to the animal races with:
30 yard Ostrich walk, 70 yard strides, and repeat in the opposite direction. Rinse and repeat with Crabwalks, Bear Crawls, Lizard Walks, and Duck Walks.
Mosey to the Veterans Memorial at the front of the Justice Center for 30 seconds each of front to back jumps and lateral jumps with a short pause to reflect that we as Americans may be blessed with freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but the duty is ours to manifest and maximize those gifts through our actions and words.
Mosey to the top of the Parking Garage where we performed a 7 minute AMRAP of sprints down the ramp, climbs up the stairs, and short run back to the starting point complete the loop.
Mosey to the back of the Justice Center for 30 seconds each of lateral box jumps.
Then back to The Gipper for our ISI challenge of the day (30 rower situps IC), countorama, nameorama, and prayer.
Thanks for letting me lead guys.
God Bless America!
