09/08/2022 - Black Diamond - Pain is where faith is born

AO: Black Diamond

When: 09/08/2022

PAX:

Number of Pax: 6

Pax Names:

DR Names:

Number of FNGS: 0

FNG Names:

QIC: Bush Push


Introduction

Preblast – BD – 9/8 at Two Wolves 5 AM

Tomorrow’s Theme = The pain is where faith is born

The 3 thangs we will be doing are built to challenge anyone who wants to come to their first BD or if this is your 100th+ BD. Everyone will get a full body burn.  No one will be left behind.

Come endure 60 minutes of pain to leave with more faith in your abilities.

Warm-O-Rama

No WAR

The Thang

Station 1 – Coupon Work (OYO)

25 Coupon Curls

20 Chest Press

15 Thrusters

25 Big Boys

Rifle Carry to sidewalk and back (roughly 40 yard carry)

Repeat this for 15 minutes AMRAP

Transition to next station

4 minute hard run on path around back of hill and down stair.

Do as many loops as you can

Station 2 – Body Weight work on the Turf (OYO)

25 Hand Release Merkins

15 Burpees

5 Pull Ups

50 Flutter kicks

Run to 40 yard dash area.  Bear Crawl 40 yards

Repeat this for 15 minutes AMRAP

Transition to next station

4 minute hard run on same path but reverse direction.  Go up the stairs and down the path around back of the hill

Do as many loops as you can

Station 3 – Legs (OYO)

50 Step Ups (each leg is 1)

25 Hindu Squats

25 Bobby Hurleys

25 Giulsies (an ab exercise my 12 year old taught me from her gymnastics training – her name is Giuliana but we call her Giulsy so names exercise after her)

Run up and down stairs

Repeat this for 15 minutes AMRAP

Final Transition

Suicide sprints in the parking lot.  Island to Island for 4 minutes.

Finished with a 30 second plank hold

Circle of Trust

Pain is where faith is born is a line from a Macklemore song that I heard for the first time when I took my family to the Imagine Dragons concert a few weeks ago.  That line really stuck with me.  Made me think about how my faith in myself and my spiritual faith has been born and grown stronger through the pain I have faced in my life.  We can’t escape pain in life.  No matter how hard we try.  Plenty out there to try and numb us from our pain.  Instead of trying to run from pain or numb pain why don’t we embrace the pain.  So important for us as men to be examples of facing pain instead of running from it.  Showing how we become stronger and more faithful because we embrace what pain is teaching us.  Our wives,  our kids, our partners, our families, our friends need this example right now.

Naked Man Moleskin

Forgot to tell guys to bring coupons to station one.  Cost us about 1 minute of time.  Pre-blast could have said coupons and vests but plan was still coming together yesterday.  Got positive feedback that signs at stations were good minus my terrible handwriting.  Overall I think the WO pushed everyone that attended.

Lightfoot is officially a BD regular now.

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