I was recently brought back to the profound teachings of George Gurdjieff in a conversation with a friend. The experience I had following some of his group-based movement sequences has much of the truths that our training has:
You can’t do it and be somewhere else.
The Gurdjieff movements were sort of like marching band meets rubbing your stomach and tapping your head. It was a mental puzzle that built on itself towards complexity that forced your attention to the moment to keep up.
You had to be here and now.
That simple, but profound truth doesn’t seem like much. Buddhists would argue differently. After all, is there another place to be than here and now?
8/23/24 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
4 Rounds
10 Back Squats
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
8 DB FFE Split Squats (ea)
10-12 Copenhagen Planks (ea)
10 KB Side Bends (ea)
EMOM 12
Minute 1: 12 Double KB Swings
Minute 2: :30 Max Athletic Burpees
Minute 3: :40 Max Double Unders
DEUCE Garage GPP
3-3-3-3
High Bar Back Squat
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
20 Alt. DB Death Marches
:30 Copenhagen Plank ea.
Then, with one partner working at a time, complete the following for reps,
AMRAP 12:
12 Athletic Burpees
200m Run