When I took the photo above, I felt like I was on top of the world. Remarkable people (like the ones in the photo) would pilgrimage to the gym as a validating symbol that we created something special.
This was ten years ago.
We’d been in the game for several years at this point. I was traveling the world teaching strongman, had my own supplement company that sponsored the finest woman on the planet, and life was clicking.
When I look at the photo now, none of the people pictured are here anymore, I’m not teaching the seminar anymore, and I closed my supplement brand. The impermanence lessons are big and bold here for me.
But, not everything has been in flux.
DEUCE Gym has endured through eras of people and taken on complexity and size. But, it’s a through-line that has grounded me in purpose. It doesn’t have to be the gym for you, but I can only bet that your life looked a lot different ten years ago. If there’s an anchor you can hold on to that endures for you, you’re a lucky one (just like me).
Embrace that.
8/3/25 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 5 rounds of the following:
3 Power Cleans
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
15 Db Kickbacks
8 Lateral KB Front Rack Lunges(each)
4 Rounds For Time:
6 SB Squats(180/135)
8 Burpees
7th Street Corner Run
DEUCE Garage GPP
1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Clean and Jerk
4-4-4-4-4-4
Front Squat
Then, complete the following for time:
75 Goblet Squats AHAP