Consideration and Double Barbell

JT Scott | 09/10/2017 | 3

Today we’ve got a double-barbell workout which I’ll talk about in a second, but it also gives me a good reason to talk about another thing that we care about a lot here: Consideration.

Taking our fellow humans into consideration means thinking about how our actions impact them. When we get angry and honk in traffic, are we scaring someone or waking a baby or just making life more unpleasant for someone else? Our words and actions have consequences. I think the world is a hard enough place already; I don’t need to make it any harder on anyone else.

That’s why our membership policies are so flexible. It’s why our scheduling policies are so flexible. It’s why we bend over backwards to meet you where you are each day. The world is a hard place, and while we’re in the business of making you stronger and more capable of dealing with it (and changing it for the better!) we don’t want to make it harder for you to do so.

It’s also why we really ask you to have consideration for us and your fellow gym members – because let’s face it, being coaches and even (maybe especially?) the gym owner ain’t easy. That’s why we ask that you leave the chalk in the bucket; it’s more considerate because it spares the next class from the mess and spares us from having to clean up the mess. That’s why we ask that you keep paper towels out of the toilet, because we want those toilets to work tomorrow and I, personally, would like to not be covered in poop because I had to fix them.

We also ask that you control your barbells during workouts. Yes, those bouncy plates protect the bar from breaking when it lands, but a bouncing barbell is a hazard to those around you. If you drop that bar – especially from overhead – we strongly ask you to control it to the ground and catch it rather than letting it bounce away.

That will be especially important today, as each athlete will have two barbells to use in this workout: one for overhead work, and one for deadlifts. After the bar reps, you’ll be down on the ground for burpees, and I hope I don’t have to elaborate a graphic example of the hazard a flying barbell can pose for someone doing burpees. The Golden Rule applies in spades today – you don’t want to dodge barbells, so please don’t let yours bounce either.

So get ready to control your environment, control your barbells, and practice your consideration while we dig into the rare double-barbell workout! This one is an absolute blast and I look forward to seeing you in the morning!

STRENGTH:
Push Jerk
3-3-3-3-3

WOD:
5 Rounds
10 Shoulder-to-Overhead (95/65)
10 Deadlifts (185/135)
10 Burpees