WOD
For Time:
100 Dumbbell Burpee Box Step Overs 35/20 – 20″.
18 Minute Time Cap.
Tuesday Night Musings with Coach Ben.
Fine Specimens.
Hello everybody!
First off, I just want to applaud everybody that’s busting their a$$ in this year’s challenge. You guys are doing awesome and should be proud of the effort you have put in so far.
Second, I just want to say to everyone at the box from the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU! Thank you sooooo much for allowing me to be around such fine specimens all the time. I’m speaking to every single one of you. I’m serious, when was the last time you had to go out in public to do adulting? Have you seen everyone else? Ouch. While you guys and gals are in the box getting all swole and sexy, everyone else is slowly turning into a couch while they shovel candy in their mouth and Netflix and chill their life away.
Listening to people battle for air as they struggle to stand up from a booth at a restaurant makes me count my lucky stars that I get to watch you fitness freaks squat below parallel on a daily basis.
I know sometimes it’s easy to want to compare yourself to the thinnest, most jacked, or fittest person in whatever class you are at — don’t! I promise that you are an A+ in a world full of C’s. You don’t believe me? Go into any gas station, stand next to the soda machine and challenge every person that walks up with a refillable 32oz cup to a 400-meter race. I bet most of them would pass out with exhaustion from just the thought of running.
I don’t mean to be a dick, but come on. It’s crazy how hard people will work to do absolutely nothing. People will be like, “weightlifting is bad for you,” and then ten minutes later they sh!t out their spine picking up a 50 pound bag of dog food. The thought of you guys and gals chucking 100-pound sandbags over your shoulder as if they are only filled with feathers gets my temperature rising in all the right ways, dang.
Most people get to a flight of stairs and instantly start complaining, but when you guys and gals get there, all you can think about is how much weight you could put on your shoulders and how fast you could go up them, you freaking animals.
Most people are forced to sit and watch everyone turn into sludge at work, but not this guy. I get to watch you all mold yourself into gods and goddesses, and for that I will be forever in your debt.
Not only are you all great to look at, but you’re also freaking comedians. My favorite joke you tell is the one where you say you are so out of shape right after you finish 30 mins straight of grueling work in a WOD. LOL, so good.
So in all seriousness, and all joking aside, all I’m trying to say is the fact that you are showing up to the box means you are winning. It doesn’t matter if this is your first week at Helo or your 5th year as a member. The fact that you are coming and working on being a healthier version of yourself is what makes all the difference.
Thanks for reading.
Sincerely,
Coach Ben
Attention: First, we are excited to announce that our 2020 Helo Leap Year In-House Competition, to be held on Saturday, February 29th, 2020, will be a 2 person team competition (1 male/1 female). There will be 2 divisions, with a $20 dollar entry fee per person. Start finding your partners now as the sign-up will be posted starting Feb. 1st – there will be shirts and prizes! Second, please note that this weekend there will be no 7 a.m. class on Saturday.
