Sometimes I get away to train outside of the DEUCE Campus to get some headspace. If you’ve trained at DEUCE or at a coach-led performance gym similar, you might resonate with this experience that doesn’t seize to amaze me everytime.
It’s weird to work hard in a regular gym.
I don’t mean that in an elitist way or a judgemental way, it’s just a cultural difference that feels as heavily contrasted as any pedestrian cultural difference if found traveling to other countries.
Regular gyms feel like libraries.
It makes it such that you’d be rude if you were to work hard and that guarantees that folks won’t. I view this strictly as a cultural norm issue separate from methods or training styles, too. It’s simply that the ice hasn’t been broken on near maximal efforts in fancy gyms like the one I’m talking about and it creates an interesting dynamic where the patrons all follow suit.
It’s from this perspective that I’m thankful for the noise and effort that is so normalized at 110 Lincoln.
Keep going.
9/4/26 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 5 rounds of the following:
6 Seated KB Strict Presses
6 Bottoms Up KB Scap Loads (ea)
10 Evil Wheels
AMRAP 15
Bull Run
6 SB Ground to Shoulder (150/120)
8 SB Squats
10 Jump Squats
DEUCE Garage GPP
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
6 Staggered Stance Back Squats (ea)
50′ Sled Drag + 50′ Rev Sled Drag
Then, complete 2 rounds for quality of:
15 GHD Hip Ext
12 Banded Lateral “Step Catch” – Left
12 Banded Lateral “Step Catch” – Right
Then, complete 3 rounds for time of:
400m Run
12 Pull Ups
15 DB Hang Power Clean & Jerks (45/25)