01/02/2021 - the-grind - A Murph for a New Year
AO: The Grind
When: 01/02/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 8
Pax Names:
Mayhem, Big Mac, Fender Bender, Boucher, Spooner, Snowflake, Tri-Doc, Mr. Pink
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names: N/A
QIC: Mr. Pink
Introduction
YHC has been thinking about the DRP Q-Source article and the opportunity we have starting a new year to be intentional and put this into practice.
What better training ground than a surprise Murph?!
Warm-O-Rama
Mountain Man Poopers x 11
Little Baby Arm Circles OYO
Michael Phelps OYO
Done while giving a pep talk on the challenge ahead of us, taking that time to get our minds right: how will you respond when it gets challenging? Push yourself, keep your form, and don’t ease up at the first signs of discomfort. Don’t let yourself regret anything by the time we make it back to the COT.
The Thang
Murph broken up into 10 rounds:
10 Pull-ups / BW Rows mod
20 Merkins
30 Squats
400m Run (for a little over the normal 2 mile total)
Rinse and Repeat 💪🏻
The usual suspects finished all 10 rounds, the rest of us completed roughly 8 rounds, and Snowflake & Tri-Doc ran circles around us as we suffered.
Circle of Trust
Discussed the intention of this beatdown and what we each achieved individually – did you wake up thinking you’d do 160 push-ups or more?!
Our bodies are capable of remarkable things, and yet we all have that voice in our head that tells us to quit. Use the experience from this beatdown to your advantage to push yourself that much harder next time. Use this as your training ground for life. Be prepared for the challenges that will come. Don’t wait.
Praise for Fender Bender’s car!
Naked Man Moleskin
We had a pretty intense warm-o-rama and COT time, not to mention the beatdown itself. YHC is to blame for that – it felt like a sober reminder to start out the new year.
Still no one blacked out (although we had a close call at the end there) and I can confidently say that each man left stronger than he came 👊🏻.
(Now let’s just hope they all come back)