4 rounds for time:

25 ski squats M/H
25 V-ups
25 squat box jumps
25 power cleans 65/95
250 m row

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Today's 2 mi challenge:

75 reverse burpees 15/20
200 mountain climbers (R+L=1)

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(Re-posting by request.)

Back in the early 1960's, JFK (before his White House bid) noticed there were "an increasingly large number of young Americans who are neglecting their bodies."

Imagine that.

Before hundreds of channels of cable T.V., ... before computers, ... before video games, ... before microwave ovens, ... he noticed that young Americans were "getting soft."

Wonder what he'd think/say now? Wonder why more of our leaders aren't saying more?

Your thoughts?

The Soft American - 1960

" ... But the harsh fact of the matter is that there is also an increasingly large number of young Americans who are neglecting their bodies—whose physical fitness is not what it should be—who are getting soft. And such softness on the part of individual citizens can help to strip and destroy the vitality of a nation ... "

The Vigor We All Need - 1962

“ ... For physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound bodies ... ”

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity:

"Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

Perfect Rocky. Feet stacked; legs straight; head aligned & hips elevated above shoulders = MAX benefits!

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