Han

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Warm up/Mobility:

OH Band distraction
Active Bar Hang
30 Second Plank Hold or Handstand Hold

Classic Gymnastic Strength:

1a) Perfect Push up 5 x 15
1b)  Xiaopeng Forward 5 x 5 w/ 2.5/5

Advanced Gymnastic Strength:

1a)  Deficit Handstand Push up, Strict 5 x 5, increase deficit each set
1b)  Hollow Hold 5 x 30 seconds

Conditioning:

21-15-9 reps for time of:
Handstand Push ups (or push ups)
Pull ups

-10 minute cap –

     Notes: The standards or scales for the Conditioning today should be much easier then those used in the strength portion, allowing for movement in the 5 – 10 minute range.

Cool down:

German hang, 1 minute cumulative
10 Wall Extensions
1 minute bottom of squat

Eric Han.

I don’t remember exactly when Eric Han joined the gym.  I only remember him always being here.  Han and Sto and Badger and CR and Rico and K-Ron and a bunch of other old timers who have come and gone were clustered in my head as part of the same old school crowd ( if I forgot to mention any other old timer, it’s not on purpose and this is Han’s post.)  My most powerful memory of you is when we just got the MDR gym and you told me you thought it was great we were expanding and getting members, but from a selfish standpoint you just wanted the members we had now to stay the same.  You were afraid of the gym getting too big, with too many people, and therefore we would be at risk of losing our sense of community.  Do you remember saying that to me brother?  I told you that a box’s clientele is only a reflection of the subconscious beliefs of the staff, and as long as Diso stays the same and I stay the same, nothing will change.

Looking back, that was one of the stupidest, most naive, most foolish things I’ve ever said.  In my heart I silently agreed with you.  I didn’t want to meet any more new people, didn’t want to move to any bigger space, didn’t want any more new friends.  I was so screaming, beaming, puppy dog happy with the way things were.  It IS selfish to want nothing to change.  I am selfish.  I silently agreed with you and wanted the same thing.  I hated it because if we took our selfishness to it’s logical end, Greg Glassman should never have loosed CrossFit upon the world, and neither you nor I nor anybody would know it or have our lives forever changed.

But I tried Han.  With every class I teach, every blog I write, every group of friends I see that forms in either gym, I try.  I try to protect that thing that was so precious to you and me.  And now we both know I can’t do it.  Because PCF did grow.  We did get a lot of new members.  Diso grew.  I grew.  And growth means change, and you’re growing too.  We watched you become a dad (congratulations btw!), and now we have to watch you leave.  I’m sorry for the sappy post, only because you were sorry for the sappy email:

Hey PCF coaches,