Greatness in Silence

Posted by lando on Dec 16, 2013 in Workout Of The Day | 0 comments

This time of year is one of my favorite times of year to troll around the internet webs and see the very public thoughts, declarations, and experiences people are having. The development of social media has surely changed the way we live our lives in relation to the publicity of ourselves. 10 years ago spilling an entire venti iced coffee on yourself and the cute person next to you was shared by you, them, and the rest of the people in Starbucks. Now it lives on as “That moment” to everyone on Facebook, Twitter, group texts, Instagram, and whatever else Hootsuite connects to. Now the greatness of a PR is judged not only by how many #s it was over your past but also how many likes it gets. It’s just the world we live in and we all are in fact living in it.

But this time of year seems to put this into hyperdrive. The combination of stress, glee, sugar, peppermint + mocha, and poverty I think puts everyone into a frenzy that makes sharing an absolute must. This is cool when it is with your local store Salvation Army bucket, or secretly paying for the person behind you at Whole Foods. This isn’t cool when that sharing extends to Facebook to tell about how you shared earlier. Being generous and giving this time of year is awesome, even if it is just the time of year that make people feel so willing and giving. The only thing that would be better is if it happened without fanfare and the need for a million retweets, likes, and shares.

Greatness is greatest when it goes untold. In any part of life the people we all admire the most are the great ones who are also the most humble. The athletes who show their greatness and deflect praise after. The politicians and leaders who promote fairness and equality without promoting themselves. The every day people who give because giving is cool even if no one notices except the people who shared in on the experience.

A great friend of mine has something written on a sticky note taped onto his bathroom mirror that I think about all the time. It says simply “I’m going to show you how great I am”. Not only is this statement really badass but what I like so much about it is that he uses the verb show and not tell. Anyone, especially this day in age, can seem great because they say so. It takes true generosity of spirit, true greatness, to be considered great when all is said and done, while you were the one doing and not the one saying.

Decide to be great and go do it, only letting the world know as much once you have accomplished. They will know how great you are even if they don’t have Facebook.

TUESDAY

Strength: EMOM pull-ups/mus

Strength 2: Push Press
Find a 1rm

12m AMRAP
30 Double Unders
3 Push Jerk 185/120
10 TTB
7 HSPU

*225/135

Important for Today: Help on HSPU and TTB can be found here. Also, when scaling for HSPU keep in mind that this shoul dbe close to 7 reps unbroken for almost all the workout. If you cannot do that at the current scale you pick then scale more. Doing 2-3 rounds of this workout is not going to get your more fit. You want to be aiming for 5+ rounds no matter what your ability and scale.