Every Day’s a Holiday

JT Scott | 04/19/2020 | 6

Y’all have heard me say it plenty of times: “Every Day’s a Holiday“. Sometimes you’ll get the long version:
“Every day’s a holiday,
Every meal’s a banquet,
Every paycheck a fortune,
Every traffic jam a parade!”

Now some of y’all will have recognized a repurposed version of the old USMC saw (also paraphrased by SGT Apone in Aliens, if you like movies). And there’s definitely wisdom in having a positive outlook. But here in this new “work from home” reality, the question of what constitutes a “Holiday” (or god forbid a “Vacation”) when we’re not going anywhere and we’re still sitting in our “offices” all day can get a bit fuzzy.

I’m here to tell you that it’s still important to take those holidays and vacations! Turn off the email for a day. Make time for your families and yourself. It’s hard to do, I know – I’m going to struggle with it myself – but everyone needs a Rest Day from their jobs now and again.

For the coaches here at CFSV, it’s always been important to me that they get the same days off that everyone else should have. Holidays serve quite a few important purposes, and it’s good that folks should have a few days during the year to reflect and just take a load off.

Today is our hyper-local-to-Boston “Patriots Day” holiday, and while normally the gym would be closed today we’re still putting out a workout that we can all do at home today… because while you can (hopefully) take a day off from your job today, you may instead use some of that time to make a little space to take care of yourself physically and spiritually.

I know for some of you this has been Marathon Monday whether you were running, spectating, or just enjoying a 11am game at Fenway Park. None of that is happening this year, but that is just another reason to reflect on what we’ve had and what we’re working towards getting back to with as little human cost as possible. 

The workout today is one I’m really excited to do at home! Y’all know I love handstand day, and I’ve long extolled the benefits of getting upside down. But one thing I’ve really noticed during this “stay-at-home” time of not coaching at the gym is that I have NOT been getting upside down nearly enough! Even though I have walls in my house now (a distinct improvement over, say, how it’s been the last two years), I haven’t been clearing off space to kick up into handstands.

All that changes today! I already have a spot picked out to do some wall climbs – best to go in sock-feet – and it’ll be fun to break out the jump rope that I grabbed from the gym for the dubs.

WOD:
EMOM 20 – alternate each minute between:
Minute 1) 2-5 HSPU – or – 3 wall walks – or – 30 sec handstand hold
Minute 2) Max Effort Double Unders (for 45 seconds)
* You will end up doing 10 rounds of each
* Post total # of dubs for score
* Scale for Dubs is Jumping Jacks if you don’t have a rope at home