Saturday, March 13, 2010

WOD:
3 rounds
40 Air Squats
15 Hang Power Snatch
10 Heaving Snatch Balance

Rest 5-10 Min

2 Mile Run
Here is the revised design with the Navy and Fire Department emblems. I'm still working on the dungeon theme design.

We are going to try and meet at "The Shed" between 0900 and 1000 to work on building an Olympic platform. If you have some time to stop by and help out it would be greatly appreciated.

On a more serious note, I know we are all striving for excellence, but failure will occur every now and again and we will fall short of our goals. Failure is a necessary evil, our response to our shortcomings will define us as people. Vice Admiral James Stockdale wrote:

"People destined to be successful must have the emotional stability to handle failure."

After spending 7 years in a Vietnam POW camp (4 of them in solitude), he was routinely tortured for information. When he gave in the torture, he looked at himself as a failure. But he endured, he survived and returned home with honor.
I know we are not in a POW camp, but we are all fighting to become better athletes, friends, husbands, sons, fathers, and people...we are going to mess up every now and again. Just remember to learn from your failures and endure...and by doing so you will continue to grow and adapt. I can tell each and every one of us is destined for success, and together in "The Shed" we will push each other and help each other when we fall down, to come out stronger and more resilient than before.


4 comments:

  1. Damn Eric that shit almost made me cry....

    But on a real note.. Good words bro!! See you at 0900.

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  2. On a real note...I was on the Gym Jones website and heard some stuff that kinda relates to our 'Shed'...You become what you do, you hangout with the people who have the same objectives as you do, you hang out with people who are willing to work hard. Hence to conception of 'The Shed'

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