Monday “Victoria” 14DEC20
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Beast River Fitness – WOD
Open Gym Only
DAILY MINDSET
“You can’t build on top of success you don’t acknowledge.” – Dallas Travers
There’s a dark side to being so driven.
We can be so focused on constantly improving that we can forget to look back, acknowledging the success we’ve had. I bet we can all relate to a time where we landed a PR lift, or a raise at work… where we were psyched… but only for mere seconds. Before we knew it, we were already thinking, “what’s next?” The finish line moved yet again.
It’s not wrong to be passionately driven.
That’s not where the harm comes from.
The harm comes when we don’t celebrate our victories.
We aim to live in a state of true “blissful disassifaction”. Grateful for every experience that comes our way, all the while in a fiery pursuit of the next best version of ourselves. Think of it less as a “pat on the back”, and more of a foundation that we build on. As the quote above teaches us, we can’t build on top of success we don’t acknowledge.
Warm-up
0: Warm-up (No Measure)
Suggested timeline for today’s suggested workout 🙂 :
0-15 Warm-Up
15-45: “Victoria”
PVC Warmup
3 Rounds:
30 Seconds PVC Pass Throughs
30 Seconds PVC Overhead Squats
2 Rounds, 30 seconds each:
-PVC Thrusters
-Active Spiderman Lunges, Alternating
-Jumping Air Squats
-Inchworm to push-up
Strength
Metcon
1: Metcon (Time)
“Victoria”
5 Rounds for Time:
10 Thrusters (95/65 lb)
14 Box Jumps (24/20 in)
12 Sumo-Deadlift High-Pulls (95/65 lb)
12 Burpees
27 Kettlebell Swings (1.5/1 pood)
Victoria Soto was one of the teachers killed while attempting to shield her students in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting (Newtown, CT, USA) on December 14, 2012. She was a CrossFitter.
The significance of the reps: She was a teacher for 5 years; the tragedy happened in room 10 on 12/14/12; and her life got cut short at the age of 27.
The workout was initially posted on Facebook by MyBoxLive with a call to athletes to do the workout in her memory on December 29, 2012 at their local boxes. The event creator posted the WOD with this comment: “I’m a teacher myself, and I felt helpless when I was sitting in my own classroom hearing the news that children and teachers were murdered. I looked at my students and couldn’t help but think what if…I can only hope that I would have the courage to do what Victoria did.”
