Six men showed for a energetic start to the day. Gecko had to leave early and beach talk was abounding.Warm up15 SSH14 Mountain climbers13 Tony Hawks12 Fast windmills11 Toy soldiers10 MerkinsWith the descension complete it was time to go get a block and begin the ascension back at the AO.Here’s how it went down. Do each of the following exercises and when the first person gets to the number they yell GO and everyone sprints to the top of the lot (gathering-like). Each round adds 5 reps to each exercise Round 1 – 5 reps of each:Man-maker block burpees, then sprintMerkins, then sprintSquat thrusters, then sprint Trifectas, them sprintKickstand deadlifts (each leg), then sprintRound 2 – as above but 10 reps eachRound 3 – as above but 15 reps eachRound 4 – as above but 20 reps eachRound 5 – yes, we got to round 5 and it was 25 reps each… rough!!Returned blocks and called it a day!MoleskinThis was harder than I thought and really targeted front delta. Thanks to all of you for pushing through and pushing me!Dandelion powers through a muscle pull…impressiveShredder drives all the way up from Lake Wylie!Great to see Gecko, even if abbreviatedSalty cranked on the final set of thrusters…thank goodness!!Shirley cranked on the Merkins! ReflectionThe second great commandment, to love others as yourself, might be more of an indictment on how we treat ourselves than how we treat others. We often treat others better than ourselves. We see them at their best and might assume that is how they always are. In fact, you brothers often seem near perfect to me. If you made a mistake, I would forgive you quickly and probably rally around you to help you repent and move forward. But I usually beat myself senseless for my mistakes. I hold on to them and refuse to let go.Jordan Peterson talks about this and how we can work to make ourselves better. How we need a goal (being like Christ) and how to get there incrementally. We must compare ourselves primarily to who we were yesterday and make small, incremental changes. You can listen to his 10 minute talk at https://youtu.be/5iQL1IfKTN4Let’s be kind to ourselves. Let’s use that to uplift others and to be a little better each day.God bless! Thanks for the chance to lead. (I am writing this late as we drove all day and my hamstrings are wrecked!)Anvil