Tuesday, January 24, 2012
That's a famous quote from "Meet the Fockers" where super competitive Robert Diniro, upon seeing future son-in-law Gregs childhood 7th, 8th and 9th place ribbons for various athletic events, finds out that Gregs parents don't care a hoot about winning...that what they value is everybody be rewarded for just making having fun and showing up.
It reminds me of CrossFit, and life in general, for that matter. What's most important...winning the WOD (substitute: the girl, the job promotion, the accolades from peers, etc), constant improvement, never giving up, facing down fears and insecurities or just simply showing up,?
There's arguments to be made on both sides: blasting through obstacles and creating a life and legacy to be proud of or just simply going through life always taking the path of least resistance and just being happy in the moment and okay with whatever life throws your way.
The catch, though, is that we get to make that choice...not someone else, and certainly not the government. Keep that in mind when you read the following article, and then come election time...choose wisely.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. It could not be any simpler than that. Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.
These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.
No big deal...I just thought you'd want to know... ; )
WOD
Turkish Delight
Warmup
PVC Rotaters and Halos
200 Rope
Wendler
Bench Press
3-3-3+ @ 70% - 80% - 90%
Assistance Work
5 sets of 10 each - 1 min rest between each set
Turkish Get-ups w/ KB or DB - heavy as poss /
Ring Dips or Ring Pushups
Incline Bench - weight should be 1/2 of 3 rep max
Comments(0)
Tags:
crossfit |
ring dips |
wendler |
turkish get-up |
obama