Strength: Every 45 seconds for 6 minutes (8 total sets) complete 1 Power Clean + 1 Hang Squat Clean
*Followed by 5 minutes to build up to a heavy single squat clean
Metcon – For Time:
21 Squat Cleans (115/75)
9 Toes to Bar
15 Squat Cleans (115/75)
15 Toes to Bar
9 Squat Cleans (115/75)
21 Toes to Bar
*15 Minute Cap
One of the best featutes of doing CrossFit as a group is the comradarie that is forged in each class. Today was no exception.
With over 20 kids in attendence, we had to run several heats to make sure the ratio of instructor/athlete was not out of whack. The experienced SC athletes always go in the first heat to set the tone and to show the inexperienced kids how it is done.
Jacob was the last guy left in his heat as he worked to finish his last set of toes the bar. Out of breath and sweating like a champ, he got stuck on his last few reps. Despite every effort, he just couldn't get the momentum to get his feet to the bar.
Within seconds every kid in the gym came over to support and root Jacob on. It was like a huge ball of energy lifted towards the center of the room to help Jacob finish the workout. Music was loud. Kids were screaming and Jacob was doing his damn best to not let himself or the 25 other people in the room down.
It was a great experience to be a part of and I couldn't be any more lucky as a coach to get the opportunity to witness this type of support and encouragement take place at Steve's Club.
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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