Are You Strong?

"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong." --Abraham Lincoln

I came across this quote the other day and it really hit home with the thoughts I have been having lately about our nation, state, and education system.  It seems as if every time I turn around there is another instance of someone in a position of power or a group of people in positions of power that decide the best way to solve a problem is to make it harder for the group that is strong or achieving and give resources or assistance to the weak or those falling behind.  The takeaway that I get from Abe is that if you empower the strong (or sometimes just stay out of their way), the strong in your organization or society will pull the weak along with them until they are strong enough to help pull.

To go along with this thought, I came across another blog post about being strong that I really enjoyed -The Difference Of Being Strong, And Acting Strong...  As it relates to what we do at the gym, I really appreciate the last one - "Acting strong has no weakness, being strong is weakness overcome time and time again."  Lets identify weaknesses and continue to overcome them!

Workout
Warm-up x 1
Clean and Jerk (Do a full squat clean on the clean portion of the lift)
4-4-4-4
In between sets, do 5 High Box jumps.  (Go as high as you can with a jump and a step down - High is relative to your ability to jump)

Then...
4 sets of the following:
In 3 minutes complete
12 Sandbag Cleans
10 Lunges
8  Burpees
Rest for the remainder of the 3 minutes