Madness 19

This one hurt.

THE EVOLUTION:
Front squat
(5 reps at 80% on the minute for ten minutes)
then
COMBO SPRINT
5Clean n jerk from floor+
5Burpee/pullup combo+
4Clean n jerk from floor+
4Burpee/pullup combo+
3Clean n jerk from floor+
3Burpee/pullup combo
then
“this’ll suck”
1-10 wallball
1-10Burpee
1-10Box jump
1-10Clean n press
1-10Ball slam
(all breathing ladders)

madness 18

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, the eighteenth midnight madness has been canceled. We'll see all you crazy f***ers next thursday.

madness 17

Newcomers, old friends, and fixtures. A trudging fight, an explosive sprint, a long bloody crawl, and yet another internal struggle filled the evenings mad exploits.

I recall the story of Geronimo taking his small band of 100 Chiricahua Apache off of the reservation and into the land where the aged medicine man and military leader felt was home. The group could cover 25 miles a day on foot as though they were walking to the grocery store, and Geronimo evaded capture for about 30 years. An unknown Apache is known to have said, " There is a fierceness in the Apache that cannot be explained. I don't know why it is there... but I accept it."

The evolution is not for everybody. Some, however, hear the call and feel the longing. They understand what it means to test and overcome. They may not know why they are here, but they accept it.

If we accept the struggle (internal or external) as our true nature, can we still call it struggle?

THE EVOLUTION:
Front squat
(10 sets of 5 reps at 80% of 1rm ten minute limit)
then
5,4,3 each 0f
Clean n jerk from floor
Burpee/pullup combo
then
Traveling
KB swing
KB 180s
KB clean/squat jump combo
5 rounds

PAST PHOTOS!! #16

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THE EVOLUTION:
dumbbell clean-n-jerk
(50 HEAVY alternating singles)
then
hanging pwr clean/ burpee ladder to 10
then
“Nowhere Fast”
walking OH lunge + bear crawl + traveling squat jump + 20 seated kb snatch
(10 rounds)