History: How Days Past Blazed Your Future Path, Not Stole Your Blessing....

    Alicia...

Vicki...

"Not all sermons are preached in words."

I am well aware the greatness before me. Today there is faintly a sentence not formulated. Rarely a thought not demonstrated. Sparsely an invention not sold. Yet I don't stop. In fact, since I have all the knowledge of yesterday, whatever I create today, should be better tomorrow.

Take a look back. I'm sure you have various figureheads from the past you can immediately think of who have accomplished amazing things. When you think back to what great men and women have created. What they achieved. What they stood for. Do you try to outdo them? Or do you think too much has already been done, and nothing is left for you?

Envy Is Ignorance:

Bah you say. "I could care less who has done what before me. I'm still going to do what I think is best, regardless". Maybe, but how many times have we envied someone or something? How many times has that seemingly meaningless sin crept its way into your outlook? There is a reason envy is a sin...it prevents blessings. It creates paralyzation. 

If you find yourself spending time in utter admiration bordering on envy, you are not creating something new today.  How could you? You're far too focused on what others have. Creating today means utilizing the tools of the past, not fretting over the scraps you may view as left to create with. Yes, the Sistine Chapel is already painted, but before Michelangelo had a go at it, it was just a church ceiling, and the last time I checked there are plenty of others churches in need of a good paint job.

Imitation is Suicide:

Yeah. One dude did a thruster...then another...then somebody did a pull-up...then a guy called it "Fran". Let's not wrap our heads around the inevitable imitation we will always recognize daily, and let's not leave out the beauty of simply following some of the most beautiful things we have today. 

But let us never become content to simply parrot back the opinion of others, or trod through their already marked-up path. It is more than acceptable, even recommended, to follow greatness.  It is pure and utter suicide as a race to continue on behind, never stepping beside, never getting in front. 

CrossFit would suck ass if we simply thought that 95lb thruster was all we needed, regardless of whether or not it's all we want. The day someone added five pounds it got better. This is the only way last year's one rep max becomes today's Met-con RXD.

I can't write Romeo and Juliet. I cant give the last lecture, or the Gettysburg Address. I can't star in Fight Club. Awesome. That means those cool-ass prequels were there just to fill me up. To provide me with the necessary sustenance to do now, be more, and achieve even greater concepts than those before me. I am blessed to have everything I have, everything they have already taken off the table, and everything yet to be signed in as fresh, never-before-seen talent awaiting applause, boos, or God willing assignation. After all, the best of us are always gunned down anyway.

 Strength:

-Hang Power Clean

12x2 @ 70% 1RM

-30 Second Recovery-

For Time:

-Run

800/400/200 Meters

-Dips

8/12/16

-Hang Cleans 65/95

16/12/8

Post weight moved and time to comments.

Comments

[holly_paige]

15:14m

[Physical Therapy Supplies]

This is so good inform and knowledge. I am so happy know and reach this nice post.

[Angela]

push press 65 lbs (intead of hang power cleans-my prosthetic is in the shop getting a tune up :)
15:45(m)

[jen w]

14:49 m for dips

[Franchise]

13: 27 I think. Day 2 of paleo and it is no fun

[holly]

now joe i heard you in the kids easter basket last night ...come on! j/k j/k calm down, maybe in some weird way in Francheezy world a reese's cup is paleo but this my dear could be a whole other post! j/k j/k again :)

[aNGelA]

Haha! LMAO! U got busted franchise!

[jb]

Holly...Paleo Police

[Min]

You waited til the end of sectionals to go paleo???

[Sammy]

Funny Min. Good work Joe. Get rid of the poison bro.

[Francheezy]

Mindy, Franchise is focused on the Warrior Dash not regionals. Didnt wanna peak to soon lol

[holly]

Mindy he already qualified for the games remember thats what he said when Chas did that video of him!O my little frncheezy chive

[JN]

Does anyone else hate when you go out of town and forget your roller :(

[Lori]

15:30(m)--dips

[Dana]

16:46 (m) for 55# hang cleans and dips on ring on the floor

[Mindy]

12:59 (m)
lite wt bar for hangs
pushups for dips

[jb]

JN..roll on one of those metal water bottles....awesome

[Tyler W]

13:47

[gout cure]

Imagine going to the grocery store and returning with a few ingredients to cure your gout in 2 hours.