If you asked 8th century Chinese Buddhist layman, Layman Pang, what his super power was, you’d recognize his response as potentially the most iconic statement in Buddhist history. His response?
Chop wood, carry water.
Somehow it is in the performance of the mundane daily human experience that we can find the highest expression of mortal living… if we choose to do so. The “chop wood, carry water” reminder packs all the obvious punches, but there’s one more.
It’s an audit.
Think of the reverse. Take what you’ve done today or this week and ask yourself this: if I did this and only this everyday for the rest of my life, who would I become?
That question might inspire you to change what you do, but what if instead you only changed how you did it to achieve enlightenment?
8/1/25 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 4 rounds of the following:
8 Wide Grip Supinated Lat Pull Downs
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
10 Renegade Rows
40 yard OH SB Carry
:30 Starfish Hold
AMRAP 10
6 SB G-2-SH(150/120)
5 Burpees
15 Double Unders
DEUCE Garage GPP
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Front Squat @ 80%
10-8-5
Bulgarian Split Squat (ea) @ RPE 9
Then, AMRAP 9
3 Devil’s Presses (60/55)
50 Double Unders