Friday, April 10, 2009

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

3 comments:

Jt Netterville said...

EFC tribal names
Steve: Chief Makin'em Squat
Justin: Pushes Manta Puke

Strength 70# db
Power...don't remember time
Endurance: 20 min with 45# plate and 30#kb

Steve said...

i love it bro

justin said...

haha. good stuff jt.