Warm-o-rama:
SSH, Michael Phelps, hillbilly climers, etc.

The Thang: Run, Fight, Run
Mosey to the “fights” (ie the exercise stations)
AMRAP three exercises for 1:30 each
(3 punch combo, Merkins, dips, Balboas ie punching big boys, Derkins, teeps, burpees, knee strikes i.e. imperial walkers, Nolan Ryans, step up knee strike, etc.)

Count-o-Rama, Name-o-Rama

Circle of Trust:
I went on a retreat a few weeks ago, and during part of it you receive letters from family and friends.
For most of the guys, the letters are a huge emotional boost. It’s an emotional high point of the retreat.
But my takeaway from the letters was a more sober lesson: you don’t know when you are going to be called upon to say something pivotal in someone else’s life. Several people shared with me something impactful I had said to them that changed their life trajectory or kept them off a bad path.
I suppose this could have made me feel proud, but what it mostly did was scare me, because in those cases I had not realized the importance of the moment. I had been clueless about how much was riding on my words.
So the lesson I learned was about readiness. Compared to other men we may not be anything special, but there are moments in life in which we are all someone else has got. We say the hard truth someone else to hear, or it does not get said at all.
The only solution to this problem to stay sharp. We have to be ready to speak the truth with love on a moment’s notice, because we just cannot predict when that moment is going to come.

Moleskin:
Pax in general agreement that burpee fights should be avoided.

Announcements:
Service opportunity on Saturday, June 18 at Faithworks. More details forthcoming.