Offshore brought us coffee (Arabica) for after the workout. Thanx! ¡Gracias! Danke! Merci!
Warmup
- SSHs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Don Quixote, plank stretch, arms stretch.
Walk over to the covered walkway for a Burpee countdown
- 20 Swings/5 Burpees;
- 20 Curls/5 Burpees,
- 20 Upright Rows/5 Burpees,
- 20 Triceps/5 Burpees,
- 20 Sit & Press/5 Burpees,
- 20 Press/5 Burpees,
- 20 Goblet Squats,
- Run around island:
11s. We walked back and forth across the covered walkway area between two cones.
- Renegade Rows, Rifle carry both directions, American Hammers
- Run around island
11s. We walked back and forth across the covered walkway area between the school and the curb.
- Thrusters (goblet Squat followed by an overhead press), Waiter’s carry both directions. Overhead pulls. We didn’t quite finish this.
Numberama, namearama
Announcements:
September 10, Tuesday noon: 2nd F at Firehouse Subs on Tuesday (in 5 days) (However, I will not be there.)
September 20-21: Ten-year anniversary of F3 in Richmond. Convergence at Dogpile on Saturday. For more details, go the F3RVA website. https://backblasts.f3rva.org/2024/08/20/f3rva-10-year-anniversary/
COT:
“In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
From Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, specifically in Chapter 13, titled “Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery.” In this chapter, Hobbes discusses what life would be like in a state of nature, a hypothetical condition where there is no government or social contract to enforce order and laws. He argues that in such a state, there would be constant fear and danger of violent death due to the lack of authority to prevent conflict. (Chat GPT)
The point I want to dwell on is the part you may have heard before;” the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” This was written at the end of the English Civil War (1642-1651), a horrific period in English history; a large loss of life, destruction of property and the execution of King Charles I.
When we see the murder of hostages in Gaza, we are not far from Hobbes’ “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” observation.
And we are a long way from Matthew 5:43-44: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.”
We should be grateful that we live in the USA where, even though people don’t like each other over their politics, we’re not killing each other.
