03/13/2023 - Iron Lion - Iron Lion 3.13.23 – One Day or Day One?
AO: Iron Lion
When: 03/13/2023
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Number of Pax: 7
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Number of FNGS: 0
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QIC: Sulley
Introduction
It was a time to celebrate my 500th post, the vast majority at the Iron Lion.
I had a little pavement tour of the AO planned, but a night of rain / snow that turned to ice made everything very slick and unsafe. We had to adjust to the pavilion.
We had a cold day for mid-March, but YHC knew we’d get moving and get warm!
Warm-O-Rama
We did some stretchy things that got us going. There were motivators from 4 (simple because of what was coming), some bendy things, some arm things, and some leg stretch / balance things.
Then we tried something new with Imperial Walkers –
Hold up, WAIT – Imperial Walkers to the beat of The Next Episode by Dr. Dre. I think it worked surprisingly well. Give it a shot sometime. I think I might do this one again in the future.
The Thang
We did a pyramid scheme, but downward style. Start with 10 reps, do a 10 count to catch your breath, then 9 reps, 9 count, all the way down to 1.
We did overhead press, curls, and squats. Then we did some jump rope for a minute.
Then we did another batch of 3 with bent over rows and a side oblique bend. Jump Rope
Then we did some big boys and single arms curls. That took us right into 6AM.
Circle of Trust
Today marked the 3 year anniversary of the world shutting down. When you’re asked about where do you want to be in 5 years, that’s an impossible question to answer because you legit never know what is going to happen. However, one thing you can control is you can either look at a situation as I’ll get to it “one day” or I will get to it and make today “day one”.
By having goals and desires, you have to either get to it now, or have a plan of when you’re going to start. Otherwise it’s just not going to happen.
Pick those things you want to start and make today “Day One”!
Naked Man Moleskin
Huge thank you to all of the guys that came out to celebrate with me. The weather was not ideal and we were dealing with the time change so it was extra dark and cold. It would be easy to stay in bed, but those guys didn’t and I appreciate that!
Today was a day that was all about modifying. What I had planned would have been unsafe so we had to change it up and move to a dry spot under the pavilion. Big shout out to Baywatch for turning on the lights under the pavilion. I don’t think we’ve ever had the lights on there before and maybe the box was unlocked accidentally or something, but either way, it was great. Best part is he turned them on during “All of the Lights” by Kanye, so it was more than fitting. Hopefully the workout got different parts of the body working. Sometimes we don’t always get what we want but we get what we need.