02/08/2022 - The Complex - WINTER OLYMPICS 2022: Cross Country Skiing and “Again”

AO: The Complex

When: 02/08/2022

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Number of Pax: 4

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QIC: Blues Clues


Introduction

Oh how the psychological and physical mind games proceeded this Black Diamond beatdown with the mention of “snow” or “coupon” or “weight vest” or whatever in the preblast.

Salute to Serena, Big Gong, and Putt-Putt who came out and got after it today. Cross Country style.

Warm-O-Rama

SSH x20

Tie Fighters x7 each side

Tappy Taps

Mosey Lap (hit snow drifts)

Curls “Again” 3×10 sets don’t drop the coupon

Mosey to Woods

The Thang

Thang #1 Cross

  • Weighted vest run through woods with stops for:
    • 10 Burpees OYO
    • 10 Burpees + 10 Merkins OYO
    • 10 Burpees + 10 Merkins + 10 Mountain Climbers OYO

Thang #2 Country

  • Hit open prairie in middle of woods with a modified series of snow suicides between cones shaped in a diamond
    • 60 yard snow sprint, repeat to beat time
    • 60 yard snow sprint x 2, repeat to beat time
    • 20 yard snow sprint (triangle shape), repeat x2
    • 80 yard snow sprint full diamond, repeat x2

Thang #3 Skiing

  • Weighted vest run mostly on ice path with some mix into the snow with stops for:
    • 10 Burpees OYO
    • 10 Burpees + 10 Merkins OYO
    • 10 Burpees + 10 Merkins + 10 Mountain Climbers OYO

AYG quarter mile+ weighted vest run from baseball fields back to flags

BONUS: Coupon Work at Flags

  • Curls “Again” 3×10 sets don’t drop the coupon
  • Isolators AKA Curls where one PAX is isolated using the giant paint bucket I found in my basement last night for 10 curls while everyone else uses coupons. Rotate around, 30 reps x 10 isolator reps
    • Drift Run – Mosey’d down parking lot and marched back through 2ft high snow drift in parking lot
  • Depth Charge Chest Press – 25 Chest Press Up, Hold til Q’s call, then slowly decline coupon down to chest with 10 second count. Repeat up to 100 reps.

Mary

 

Circle of Trust

I’m going to share these lyrics from a song…

“Every time when I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
And it went by, like dusk to dawn
Isn’t that the way?
Everybody’s got their dues in life to pay
Yeah, I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it’s everybody’s sin
You got to lose to know how to win”
This is from Dream On by Aerosmith. It’s also in the movie Miracle which is about the 1980 United States Hockey team that upset the highly favorited Russian team and went on to eventually win the gold.
There’s a scene in the movie many of us know very well. It’s the scene where USA’s coach, Herb Brooks, keeps having his team do wind sprints on the ice passed the puking stage. It’s also one of my favorite quotes of all time and it reads as this:
“Again” -Herb Brooks
His players had almost nothing left yet they kept moving. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again…
We all know if you want to get better at something, if you want to accelerate and achieve something, especially anything that you see as a miracle, you need to work at it…Again, and Again, and Again.
We all know this and that’s what I leave you with today gentlemen. That reminder that we might have to “lose” something to “win” something greater and to accomplish that, we just need to keep doing it over and over and over “again”.
Keep going…
Prayers.

Naked Man Moleskin

Putt Putt, you got a super hi-def camera on that phone brother!

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