We hold these truths to be self evident

Since 2017 the Fighting Yank has honored the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Marking the 247th anniversary YHC wanted to emphasize the radical notion of free men having Natural Rights which are rights that come from “God and Nature’s God” (the Creator) as opposed to men and government (the creation). That’s a big deal if you look at history and where we are now in the arc of history. So with that in mind we got with things on a hot July 4th morning.

COP:

SSH burpees X 5

IWs X 20

Grass Pickers X 20

Tesla Stretches

Mtn. Climbers X 20

Up to the top of the field of dreams for a set of super pipes X 2

Up to the Corner of knowledge for a 4 corner run

Dips

Step ups

Dirkins

2nd corner:

squats

merkins

big boys

3rd corner:

Jump squats

Plank Jacks

CDDs

4th corner:

Star jacks

diamond merkins

LBCs

Run this set 2X. 10 reps, then 20 reps

Head over to the Field of Dreams:

Bear crawl slalom! A little history lesson here.

SSH X 10

Halfway back: drop, 5 HR merkins

End: Chop-chop X 5

Triple nickel on heartbreak hill:

Bottom: squats

Top: merkins

All this 5X

Done, move to the Yank for the reading and message.

After party: We had Dr. Richard Boyce give the message today. Dr. Boyce is one of my faith mentors and was one of Dr. Dan Rhoads stars at Davidson College, a place I really admire. They usually do it right there. Dr. Boyce was the mayor of Belmont for quite some time and has a long history of delivering this type of message.

With that he delivered a message of “Broad Spaces” and free discourse. This came from a perspective of having been a 100 miles from the Czech – Ukraine border a week before, a place where freedom is endangered. Very endangered. We need to appreciate what we have and build on the common ground we can all agree on which is that our freedom is precious, rare, and worth preserving.  Let us be about this work.

Tesla