Spotless, Used, Dirty: Signs That Tell You More Than You Know....

   Troy...

Lori...

 "You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past." 

Wow, that's clean. I found myself thinking after taking a look around every nuke and cranny of a rather prestigious office I happened to be in a short time ago. A little too clean.

Can we gauge the success, or lack therein, based strictly off the first impression of clean, worn, or dirty? Can such rational decisions be made just by looking at your surroundings?

Now, I dig organization, and a certain level of cleanliness. It seems most of us define their level for each to their own liking, and then make their style somewhat of an issue for the ones around them most. For instance, someone who picks up all the shit on the counter, cleans well underneath it, then puts the clutter back. To me that's not clean, to another cluttered can equal clean, dirt cannot.

But as there is a very definable difference in most of our versions of "clean" so to is our opinion of how the places we most frequently visit should look. It they should look worn in, spotless, dirty, or new. In a world where first impressions can mean the difference of success and failure, properly defining what is acceptable and where it is acceptable at may provide a template for first impression compliance.

New:

Lets get this one out of the way fast. If a frequented hang out of yours is rather new, I imagine it will be pretty damn spotless. Of course I'm mainly taking about businesses, but its safe to safe to say new means clean. 

But one thing to look for in a new place is old stuff. Items new business owners may have brought with them. Tattered pictures on a wall, pieces of a prior place they traveled from. Hell even items of clothing they may have simply transferred. But even if all that fails newness can still be granted a little leeway...just pay attention to how quick that newness wears off.

Dirty:

Our founder Coach Glassman tossed a video up some time ago entitled "clean your bathrooms". The goal wasn't just to tell folks housekeeping matters, even at gyms. But also as a metaphor that if you don't care enough to keep things up as best as possible for those you care for, you will fail in the areas where it really counts.

It doesn't mean bathroom floors you can eat on, it means attention to details while people WOD and while they don't. In items like this the carry over is substantial. Upon entering any fine dining restaurant only to be greeted with a bathroom that was cleaned late last week may be enough to ruin your appetite, and eventually their reputation...simply because if they don't care, why should you?

Used/Spotless:

Here is where the true examples are set. Upon a Doctors visit I damn sure don't want bloody rags just hanging in a trash can, or used syringes on the table like a heroin addicts best wet dream. But I don't want shiny bullshit perfection at every turn either, with a Doctor leading the helm who never looks like he misses an hour of sleep.

I want a Doctor that looks like a damn Doctor should. Happy, energetic, but just a tad stressed that he is not doing enough for me or his patients. I can damn well make the biggest promise in the world to everyone I have ever worked with right now. No matter how many compliments, or thanks, or good testimonials I have ever gotten, I always feel like I never give enough for others, and I always want to do more. Once we believe were doing enough...progress stops.

That same Doctors office may have just purchased new table for half their rooms...and those table should stand out like a sore thumb compared to the rubbed clean edges of the counter tops, the floor that is all foot printed up, and the dog eared book edges of the mounds of research material our good friend leaves behind that he studies all the time.

A used encounter seems to parley much more confidence than a dirty one no doubt. But the same can be said for a spotless one also. Arriving to a picture perfect facility that lacks a little dirt in the corner, foot prints from client after client, or chalk colored matts from tons of pull-ups may very well be a clear sign of just how much the place your attending cares about providing that worn in used proven service we should hold so dear.

The next time your out and about at your normal haunts that keep calling your name, or the new ones, check to see the signs of wear along the surface. Look for the new items they keep adding that make the used ones stand out much more. Keep an eye out for the ones that are not so new, but all too ridiculously spotless. And for your own sake, make a quick left turn if where your at inspires hand sanitizer more than hand shaking....damn that's clever.

Strength:

Rest

Partner Up

"Opposing ladders"

-Swings 35/55

-Hand Stand Push ups

-Burpees

-Wall-Ball

10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1

*One athlete begins on rep ten, the other rep one. Then nine, and two and so forth until the entire event is completed by both athletes. Then athletes switch stations.

Post teammate and score to comments.

Comments

[jb]

darin and I...21:21

[runmelrun]

30:57++
Mo and Mitchell
Fun workout!

[k]

Chas/Kara
Time: no idea but it was over 30mins. Used 45#KB and we should get a star for workin so hard on strict hspus...

Skills class...you're better for stayin. I know ya'll were tired but you should feel really good about your efforts. And thanks to those who "volunteered" to serve as examples to us all. ;)

A fluid clean is a tough movement and you put in a great effort. Improving during class is one thing, though. The real test comes with the next WOD that calls for any of the variations we worked on today. Can you apply the ah-ha's you had today to achieve new wins? I'm hopin' to fitness a few of 'em.

[k]

crap...that would be "...Witness a few..."

meant to say congrats to Meghan for her first WOD w us. sure mitchell will drag you back for more.

[NP]

28:xx with Ken.

[Mo]

thanks for the skill class Kara!!
thanks Mitchell for being an awesome partner!!
have to admit I'm looking forward to a day of rest tomorrow

[Dana]

T and Dana
29:05 (m) for push-ups

Kara - awesome skill class today (even with the crink in my neck...). Thank you!!

[Dana]

Forgot the +s for kettle bell swings (T Russian @ 45#, and Dana American @ 35#)