Foundational fitness postings will continue tomorrow. Right now we need to take time to recognize last night's athletes.
Last night we met a new beast and it's no small thing to say that each of our athletes met it head on.
It seems simple. You've got ten minutes. You've got one task. You get to pick the load and the modality for that task, but you just can't stop. Keep moving. Keep pulling. Keep engaging your entire body to accomplish one thing. When that one movement is a clean, when that one demand is full body coordination, explosiveness, power...it takes its toll very quickly. But we're not done yet. This evolution is only halfway over. 
This is only the second time our athletes have met a Barbarian. Each has to depend on another to find success. Each has to depend on another in order to find their own way through to the end. The clock doesn't stop ticking. The "rest" is built in. It's funny how in some cases the rest makes you pray for the release found in the work.
Walking into a room with weights, machines, tools, various implements and loads to lift, push, pull and throw, we know how hard things can get. We have an idea of just how difficult the next few minutes of our lives can be. But what happens when we walk into an empty room, working only against our own body weight in space? Excuses are lost. We literally become our own challenge, our own barrier, our own obstacle.
The same rules apply. We lift, push, pull & throw. But this time, it's not the machine or the barbell that is too heavy or too hard. We succeed or we only have ourselves to blame. Hence more often than not...we succeed.
Awesome work everyone. For the first time an entire class has stepped up to the evening and unflinchingly completed the entire evolution. Every week your body and your determination changes. Every week you get stronger, faster and more efficient. You are evolving.
Keep it up.
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