PAX: @Clipart, @Redfish, @Soul Glo
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Q: @Soul Glo
Count: 3
Three men were brave enough to face the challenge of the proving grounds today.
Warmarama
SSH
BACS
BACBACS
Michael Phelps
Good mornings
Willie Mays Hayes
Low slow squats
Mosey to the creek, cross the creek, go to the track.
The Thang:
4 stations around the track, PAX completed one set of max reps at each station, alternating exercises each round.
The stations
Squats / deadlifts with logs
Dips / horizonal rows
Merkins / tricep dips
Pullups / knees to elbow
Total of 5 rounds completed before time.
Mosey back to creek, mosey back to start.
Time
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Moleskin:
This was the first use of the term “proving grounds” in the English language that YHC could find:
On the esplanade in front of the barracks they are made to perform their evolutions with light field-pieces; on the proving ground they are taught to fire with precision; and lastly, in the grounds of the repository, they are practised in the performance of manœuvres of strength and exertion for every occasion which can arise.
Charles Dupin, translated by “An Officer”, (1822) View of the history and actual state of the military force of Great Britain, vol ii, London: John Murray. p. 110.
“proving ground” originated from the French “champ d’épreuve” (“field for testing”).
“on the proving ground they are taught to fire with precision” reminded YHC of two passages from scripture:
Isaiah 49:1-3
The Lord called me from the womb,
from the body of my mother he named my name.
He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
in his quiver he hid me away.
And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
Psalm 127:3-5
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children of one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.