Strength: Back Squat 2-2-2
*After final set: EMOM For 3 Minutes Complete Two 1 1/4 Squats @ 75% of final double for the day.
Metcon – AMRAP 12 Minutes:
100m Run
3 Renegade Rows (45/25 – 3 Each Side)
6 DB Push Press (45/25)
10 Walking Lunge Steps (45/25 – Total Steps)
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead
Pedro understands the value of hard work. It is not unusual to see Pedro in the gym 20 minutes before class working on his weaknesses and honing his skills. As such it is no wonder Pedro has the best times on the workouts on most days. Pedro also applies his work ethic to his books and does very well in school. Pedro is very well liked by everyone and has introduced many of his buddies to Steve's Club who look up to Pedro as a friend and role model.
Despite all the negativism that frequently surrounds Camden, NJ, kids like Pedro gives the city a tremendous amount of hope for a brighter future. While, there are not enough Pedro's in Camden, he is certainly one of the thoughtful, committed citizen (as Margaret Meads speaks about in the above quote) with the potential to lead the changes Camden needs for a better tomorrow.
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."