AMRuckPalooza

THE SCENE:

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x20
Imperial Walkers IC x15
Daisy Pickers IC x15
Little Arm Circles IC x10 (each direction)

Ruck up.

THA-THANG:
Bodybuilders w/ruck – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/4 mile
Overhead Ruck Squats – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/4 mile
Merkins w/ruck – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/4 mile
Ruck V-ups – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/2 mile
Bodybuilders w/ruck – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/2 mile
Overhead Ruck Squats – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/2 mile
Merkins w/ruck – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/2 mile
Ruck V-ups – 1 minute AMRAP
Ruck 1/4 mile

Total miles: 3
Total reps: lots

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
3:  Choker (QIC), Hitch, Soybean

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
If you were tuned in to social media or political “news” shows this weekend, you probably heard about the events in DC.  Initial reports and video purported to show a group of students of one ethnicity harassing a group of demonstrators of a different ethnicity.  My Facebook feed was immediately filled with condemnation and  virtue signalling.

It took me all of 45 seconds on Google to discover the rest of the video, which told a very different story.  I then spent the next hour composing and deleting, and rewriting replies to the Facebook posts of friends and family that were spreading the false narrative.  But each time I came close to hitting the “save” button, I stopped and thought about what this would accomplish.  I wasn’t at the event; maybe my interpretation was also wrong and there’s another video showing things in a different light.  Maybe my response would have been technically right, but is arguing about something strangers did on the other side of the country (over a public forum and without the benefit of nonverbal communication clues) something that is going to strengthen my relationships with those family members?  Is my tone going to help or hurt my witness to others?  It was a struggle, but I resisted the urge to wade into the muck.  I have not always been successful at this – this is one of my many Jesters.

There are some good things about social media.  I don’t know if they outweigh the bad.  But I do know that you’re not going to change someone’s mind about political issues in that kind of forum.  You’re just going to hurt feelings and break relationships.  Resist the urge.

MOLESKIN:
Rucking is best when it incorporates all 3 Fs.  That happened today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
QSource lunch, Fridays at East Memphis Whole Foods.