Santafit

It is awesome to have read and heard about improved mile times. Good job to all of you that laced up and threw it all out there. Well Done!

Here are some more for this week:

1.
6 RFT
30 Superman-Banana
30 Leg Levers
30 Mountain Climbers

2.
10 RFT
10m alt Walking Lunge/ Broad Jump
Same number of burpees as steps/jumps.

*Measure out 10 meter and move between the end-zones. If you took 6 lunges to get across to the other side, then you do 6 burpees before making the return trip.

Note: Looks like we are going to have a coupe of weeks off. Great time for feats of strength. Impress your loved ones with your hard-earned strengths. Wear your badges of courage (scars for some) with pride. Lead from the front!

There will always be doubters and naysayers, or as they are now called "haters" by the kids on the streets. They have no bearing on your course. People will tell you that your way is wrong and theirs is better. That you should eat this and not that, and do more of those and less of these. At the end of the day, each and every one of us must take responsibility for ourselves and our "fitness". We are all products of our own creation, at this point.

I constantly hear people telling me, "you're so lucky because you're fit.." Or "you're so fortunate that you don't have these health problems." Or the always-pleasant "god forbid you have to deal with this or that.." It is not a matter of luck or fortune, it is a matter of motivation. For those of you that follow poker: Is it surprising that the same handful of people always win the big games? Even gambling is exempt from luck. And as Louis Pasteur said: "Luck favors the prepared mind." If you strive to succeed, you improve your "chances" greatly. If you don't want to succeed and would rather be a victim of your own demise, then you may even succeed at that too. Your well-being is directly related to your motivation for success, whatever that success may be. Wellness is one of the few things in life that one cannot outsource or buy or steal; we can only dull misery with drugs. We work for wellness.

So, again, stand up for what you worked for and celebrate it. Flaunt it. Walk the walk and you won't have to talk. And of someone gets in your way, exhibit your strength for them appropriately.

Enjoy this warm week and keep thinking up workouts to do over break. Email each other. Post questions in comments or email them. Get creative.