How to deal with your birthday sh$t

How to deal with your birthday sh$t

QIC

Deliverance

AO

The Combine

PAX

• Abe Froman
• Buttermaker
• Deliverance
• Fixed Gear
• Lord Of The Dance
• Malört
• Rossy
• Shiplap
• Time Machine
• Tron
• Smokey

Workout

11 men showed up at 0530 on my 48th birthday at the north end of the Forest Park Bank lot, including a special guest, my son Smokey

warmup

20 Side Straddle Hops
20 Abe Vigodas (one leg)
20 Goofballs
Rossi Stretch
Old Man Stretch

Then we moseyed north to the church parking lot.

The thang was a partner relay. One partner completed a burpee broad jump across the parking lot and back while the other worked through the list:

10 Merkins (Archer, hand release, or clap)
10 Plank Jacks
10 Crab Cakes
10 Mountain Climbers
10 Squats
10 American Hammers
10 Monkey Humpers

Switch on return and keep it moving.

We rotated through movements:
Burpee Broad Jump
Lunge Walk
Bear Crawl
Sprint Ladder

Mary:
25 Flutter Kicks
25 LBCs

COT

We talk a lot out here about accountability, showing up for each other, pushing through hard things. And that matters. It’s changed a lot of our lives.

Today I brought my son Griffin, Smokey. He didn’t want to get up this morning. It was early, it’s cold, he could have stayed in bed. But he showed up.

And it got me thinking about what we’re really modeling for our kids.

The reading this week talked about a different kind of accountability. Not just showing up out here, but how we show up at home. Especially in the moments that are hard.

Our kids don’t need us to control everything. They need us to be able to handle what they feel. To stay steady when they’re not. To respond instead of react.

And that’s harder than anything we’re doing in this workout.

Because when your kid is frustrated, or pushing back, or says something that hits a nerve, there’s no warmup. It just starts. And whatever is inside of us comes out.

So the question I’ve been sitting with is this
When those moments hit, who do I want to be

Not perfect. But steady. Connected. Someone they feel safe with even when we’re at odds.

Smokey showed up this morning even when he didn’t want to. That’s accountability.

Now the work for me is showing up for him the same way, especially when it’s not easy.

Because we don’t control who our kids become
But we do control how we show up for them along the way

Grateful for this group of men who keep showing up and doing the work.

What are we going to do today
Show up for each other