11 Redwoods descended upon RVA’s most versatile AO for to celebrate YHC most recent trek around the sun. As Upchuck rucked away at the top of the hour the balance followed YHC for a themed birthday workout.
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Mosey to and circle up in front of the Carillon
misc. warm up exercises with compounding burpees in between
1 – 2 -3 -4 -5, running total 15
quick and easy mosey down and back across the Carillon field to warm up the engineers
6 burpees, running total 21
misc stretching and some broga… mosey to the cage
Mind: YHC hasn’t been able to do a proper pull up since his ‘ball playing days. That changes in this next year’s cycle.
5 sets of your best pull up variation for each PAX member. pull ups, dead arm hangs, jerkins, assisted pull ups, declines all apply
Body: As the PAX mosey to the Amphitheater, Hitch asked what YHC’s goals were for this next trip around the sun, a simple goal that YHC had for a while…. have YHC weight start with a “23” so to drop another 35-40 lbs. that progress will be made and achieved in gloom, gym, trails and most importantly, in the kitchen.
partner up for a triple check
burpee buy each round =>then pace car runs the perimeter of the amphitheater (5-5-6, running total 37)
other exercises were people’s chair and any ab variation of your choosing… more ab exercises for the six
Accountability: 37 will be the year YHC keeps his personal, professional and communal finances, commitments and engagements in check. Sometimes it’s as simple as counting correctly.
50 incline merkins and 50 jump squats before getting out of the amphitheaters. break up as you choose, but get em’ done. algore for the six. mosey back to the field
Spirit: A continuous commitment to keep the spirit alive, to continuously push to improve and to “leave it all on the field…” something fell out of habit too often in the last several years
2 – 25% gassers across the field… continuously building up
2 – 50% gassers across the field….building up more
light mosey back across the field….
All out gasser back to the Carillon… leave it all on the field
3 minutes of mary BTTF
merkin ring of fire to close things out.
Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out
Please lift up those continuously in our prayers.
The Bridge needs a new local leader and Breaking Bread needs May covered
The last few months of Thirty-six taught YHC that the body keeps the receipts. For me it was the drink not taken, The rep not skipped, The hard conversation not dodged. All of it gets logged somewhere in the marrow, and when YHC showed up yesterday to lead, surrounded by men who push him, those receipts cashed in.
The mind quits first. Before the legs, before the lungs, before the hands. So you train it like a muscle — reps, discomfort, showing up on the days you’d rather not. Fatherhood has taught YHC that. The ruck and the bar keep reminding him.
The body is the temple. Accountability is the foundation underneath it. You can pray in a temple with cracked walls, but it won’t hold a storm. Accountability is the daily concrete — to the M, to the 2.0s, to the PAX, to the future version of yourself who’s already counting on you. It’s saying you’ll be there and being there. It’s writing the check your mouth wrote.
The spirit is what’s left when the noise quiets down. It’s why we drag ourselves out of warm beds before the sun with people we love. It’s the part of you that knows the difference between being alive and actually living.
Thirty-six was the proof of concept. Thirty-seven is the scale-up.
To the PAX who posted yesterday — thank you. If you’re reading this somewhere in your own fight, rebuilding the body or rebuilding the family — YHC sees you.
Keep posting. Onward. Wojo out.
