Strength: Weighted Pullup 1-1-1-1-1
Metcon – 3 Rounds For Time:
50 Double Unders
10 DB Push Press (#45)
20 Reverse Lunges
Danny is 14 yrs old, weighs 130 lbs, has been doing CrossFit for just over 1 year! (video below)
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch"
Even if something appears to be free there is always a cost to the person or society as a whole even though that cost may be hidden or distributed. For example, a bar offering a free lunch to patrons will likely charge more for its drinks. Individual or a groups can also get a free lunch from a public good (i.e. national defense, welfare), but of course we know someone has to pay the cost of producing these benefits.
In other words, if somone gets something at no cost, somebody else ends up paying for it. If there appears to be no direct cost to any single individual, a cost always comes to society.
I have a major issue when someone exploits chances to get something for free. This bothers me a great deal. Another name for this person is a free loader, a mooch or a free rider. These people have no problem living off of other people's lives, rarely pay for stuff and never pay people back. They expect things for free and think they should get everything on a silver platter without earning it. Anyone who falls into this class by taking advantage of people or systems are lazy, worthless bums in my opinion.
The only time something is truly free is when it has no value.
"More government is not what is needed to fix what is wrong with the inner-cities and urban plight. Through action of individuals with the heart and fortitude to bring change to a handful of people, entire neighborhoods can be transformed. This goes to the heart of the matter. Teach the individuals in that community how to succeed and give them a hand up, not a hand out. Start with the youth and they will lead the masses. With the youth of Camden, NJ., Steve is doing just that. CrossFit is the perfect tool. Smoke your Brain, Heart and Body... come out stronger." Joey Powell, CrossFitter
The greatest discovery any outsider could make about Camden is it's overriding response to failure: If it didn’t work last year, do it AGAIN this year (and if possible do it MORE).
Every year they pass more laws, hire more police, build more prisons, and sentence more offenders for longer periods-all without moving one inch closer to “ending” crime. If it didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they spend more money on schools, hoping to “fix” whatever’s wrong with them, and every year the schools remain stubbornly unfixed. Spending money didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they try to make the criminals go away, and every year they remain with us. We couldn’t shoehorn these criminals back into the “the mainstream” last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Maybe its time to TRY something DIFFERENT.
Afterall, IF Camden is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.
Much of my inspiration comes from Daniel Quinn in "Ishmael."
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