Practice With Intention

Practice With Intention

Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by corresponding actions: the habit of walking by walking, the habit of running by running. If you wish to be a reader, read; if a writer, write. In the same way, if you wish to be temperate, practice temperance; if you wish to be brave, practice bravery.

— Epictetus, Discourses 2.18.1-2

Think about the movements you perform daily in the gym: the snatch, the pull-up, the burpee. Each repetition, each set, isn't just about moving weight or getting tired. It's about deliberately building a habit, forging a faculty, making your body and mind more capable.

This isn't just for the gym. Every choice, every action, reinforces who you are becoming. If you want to be resilient, practice resilience when things get tough. If you want to be disciplined, act with discipline in all areas of your life. You are literally training yourself with every decision.

Today's challenge: Today, pick one skill or habit you want to improve, inside or outside the gym, and perform a deliberate, focused action towards it.

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Workout of the Day

Warmup

@5:00 GENERAL WARMUP -400m Wall Ball Run w/ Parnter (Switch wb as needed)

2 Rounds - Teams of 3 -30s Rev. Snow Angels -20s/side Floating Heel Split Squat ISO Hold -C2 Bike

@12:00. SPECIFIC WARMUP 2 Rounds: -30s Wallsit w/ WB Squeeze -30s Sandbag Hold + 100' Carry

3 Rounds - Teams of 3: -20s Bike Sprint 40s Rest

@24:00 LORD FARQUAAD

@45:00

ACCESSORY

LORD FARQUAAD

Score: Time

5 sets each in groups of 3, waterfall style:

-12/10 Cal Standing C2 Bike Sprint

-Wallsit hold until biker is finished

-Rest until biker is finished

L1= 10/8 Cal

L2= as written

L3= 15/12 Cal

Looking for 30-45s bike sprint. Biker can't start until parter is in a wallsit. Yes, that means you go from a bike sprint into a wallsit. Push your partner to go fast so you can rest! If a team has 2 people, each teammate will wallsit the amount of time it took them to bike, and will rest until their partner finishes their wallsit. If over 15 people, use assault bike.

ACCESSORY

Score: Load

In 13:00...

-400m Unbroken Sandbag Bear Hug Carry at 50% normal sandbag workout weight (record)

Then, 2 sets of:

-20 Reverse Snow Angels, weighted if possible

-30s/side Floating Heel Split Squat Iso Hold