Whether you’ve heard the story or not, you surely know the moral. The story was first told in the second century. Greek poet, Bianor, describes a crow’s precarious situation. The thirsty crow happens upon a pitcher with just enough water in the bottom to where its beak cannot reach it to drink.
The young crow pushes and pushes on the pitcher in an effort to tip it over for a rewarding drink, but struggles. After failing over and over again to tip the pitcher, the crow switches strategies. One by one the thirsty crow places pebbles into the pitcher until the water is high enough to drink.
After a brief round of applause for our thirsty crow, we ought to heed the lesson here. Precarious times reward ingenuity. Brute force works except when it doesn’t.
Are you struggling to solve a challenge with a singular solution? Maybe get smarter before you get tougher.
NOTES:
Daily at Home GPP Coaching Video
6/16/20 WOD
DIGITAL GPP AT HOME TRAINING
Shoulder Health Series:
Complete 3 rounds for quality:
22 Prone I-Raises
22 Prone Y-Raises
22 Prone Windmills
22 Scap Push Ups
22 Cuban Presses
Stability:
Accumulate 10 Minutes in the bottom of a Squat
Conditioning for a score:
Complete the following for time:
10 Burpees
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10 Burpees
25 Push Up
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10 Burpee
25 Push Up
50 Lunges
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10 Burpee
25 Push Up
50 Lunges
100 Sit up
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10 Burpee
25 Push Up
50 Lunges
100 Sit Up
150 Air Squats
DEUCE BACKLOT GPP
3-3-3-3-3
Tempo Back Squat
Then, EMOM 21
Minute 1: 12 Push Press 115/75
Minute 2:12/10 Calories Row
Minute 3: 20 Lateral Barbell Jumps
DEUCE ATHLETICS GPP
7-7-7
Barbell Strict Press
Then, complete 3 rounds for quality of:
12 Banded Kettlebell Swings
10 Superman Arches
Then, EMOM 15
Minute 1: 7th Street Corner Sprint
Minute 2: 5 Man Makers (40/20)
Minute 3: :30 Max Overhead Plate Reverse Lunges (45/25)
DEUCE GARAGE GPP
Complete 4 rounds for quality of:
8-12 Strict Pull Ups
2 TGU (ea)
Then, complete the following for time:
21-15-9 Deadlifts (135/95)
21-15-9 Hand Release Push Ups
400m Run