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On the 12th day of fitness , my

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coach gave to me day

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number 12 is here . This is the Buddy

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Run . Welcome back everybody to another episode

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of the Do Our Things podcast , and

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this is the 12th and final day

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of the fitness challenge . I'm just coming

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at you live for a minute just

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to kind of wrap this thing up . Let's

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just talk about the challenge and then we'll

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talk about the meaning of Christmas

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and I've got a final little festive holiday

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thing to leave you with a version

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of towards the night before Christmas

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fitness edition

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, all right . So all

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right , let's talk about day 12 . First

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and foremost , thank you so much for participating

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in this and I've enjoyed seeing

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all the photos of everyone getting after it

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and just making

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this holiday just

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a little bit more exciting . Right With working

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out and sharing and community , and that's

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what this is all about . So the Buddy

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Run what is the Buddy Run about ? All right , so you're

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going to grab a friend or a family member and

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you're going to hit the road or the trail together and

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you're going to run at least a mile , all right . So this isn't

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because we want you to encourage someone

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that maybe hasn't run with you before and

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you're going to do something short and if it

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needs to be a walk , that's cool too , all right , but

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the intent is to run minimum of a

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mile . And this is about sharing

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your fitness journey with someone

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else , your joy of running and maybe

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inspiring someone new in

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the process . Chances

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are . You're probably Christmas Eve

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, you're probably with family and friends and

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we just want you to encourage

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, to enjoy that moment with someone else . So it's

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pretty simple . If

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, during the run , you're just going to snap a photo

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of both of you together or maybe record

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a quick video and just share

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with us using the hashtag 12 days of fitness

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, dht , we just want to see

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the smiling faces and hear about today's

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Buddy experience . And

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how did they find the run ? What was it like

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sharing that moment with them ? What was

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that conversation like ? And that's

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it ? Just a simple , easy way to

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cap out this challenge that the hard

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part might actually be finding a Buddy that's willing to go with

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you . Maybe not , I don't know , but that's it

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. That's it . If you want to go

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further , by all means . You want to do 5K , you want to do

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10K ? Cool , even better . But

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at a minimum , today's requirement is simply

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a run with a

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Buddy , family member or friend

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, and

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it's all about togetherness . It's all about togetherness

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and community . On your fitness journey , oftentimes

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it's hard to get up some days to

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work out by yourself , but if you have

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a community , that's so incredibly

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powerful . We as humans need community

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, we need tribe and

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having these experiences with someone else , it

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not only maybe pushes you

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but it also encourages them and

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you have that sense of camaraderie and companionship

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and shared achievement . And

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that's it . And while you're

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running with them , I just want you to reflect on the

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journey that you've undertaken , the strides

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that you've made , and maybe

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share with them why this lifestyle

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is important to you , and

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that's it . As you finish up the run , you're going

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to take a photo and share , and

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that's it . I

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also just want to say that you know

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the essence of

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Christmas and holidays right . It's

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a time . It's more

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than just the gifts and the food and

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all of the other

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activities , but it's a time of reflection and

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celebration of your life . It's

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the season of giving and

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it's when we come together and it's a time

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that we can put aside our differences and

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really connect with

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other people . So use

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it as an opportunity to contribute

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and to give and to make a difference , and

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I know there's been a lot of stress . I

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know , just , even

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in our household , just trying to get all the gifts and try

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to make all the—it can be stressful

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. Right , you've got to get all the

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things together , you've got to be at the right places at the

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right time . And the financial

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aspect and is—are those

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parts going to like the gift or not ? You know there's all

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of that that's happening . But

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just remember the true reason for the season

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, whatever that is for you , and

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you know it's all about the connection . It

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doesn't have to be perfect . It's

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about you know whatever it means for you

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and if you're religious , you know your connection

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with the birth of Christ and the celebration

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of the Holy Spirit and the birth

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, and it's—the

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season's been kind of hijacked with

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commercialism a little bit . So just detach yourself

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from that just a little bit and

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find an opportunity to

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give , if you're able to , and

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maybe do something kind for someone that you don't

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know , and I think that's where some of the magic

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of Christmas is for me . So

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that's it . As you

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wrap up the 2023 year

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, it takes some time to reflect

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. 2024 is right

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around the corner and

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yeah , that's it , that's it

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, and I just want to say one final thing about the Buddy

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Run the

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power of community is incredibly important and that's what

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we're trying to create here with the—that's

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what we're trying to do . What we're doing , we're

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creating a community , a lifestyle

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around the do hard things mindset . What does that

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mean ? Well , do means take action

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. It's

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about not thinking

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about things but actually taking action

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, massive action toward your

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goals . Hard actually has

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a framework . It's the four lines of effort of your life your

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health and wellness , affluence

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and wealth , your relationships , your

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development . If you're not growing , you're dying . Those are the four

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lines of effort in your life . And

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then things are focusing on the things that matter

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. And then it's about living a life

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on offense versus defense . So many people

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are living in autopilot and

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they're reacting to everything . And the do hard things mindset

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is about living a life leaning into

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things , being a leader , being a role

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model , and that's why

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oftentimes we share we share publicly

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kind of what we're doing . We encourage

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other people , and it's finding

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opportunities to lead and

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extend influence in a positive way

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. And that's what the do hard things mindset's all about

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, and that's why these little challenges , like taking someone

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else on a run with you , they're important , they're

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incredibly important . So

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, yeah , that's it . I have appreciated

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all of you participating in this challenge

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. I appreciate the support for the Do Hard Things Nation

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and

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we're excited about 2024 . Although this

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challenge is coming to an end , keep

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an eye out , because 2024 is January , 2024

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is right around the corner and

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our plan is to have a challenge

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of the month every month

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for the month of 2024 . So keep

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an eye out on that . If you want to learn more about that

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, go to DoHardThingsNationcom . You

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can sign up for the newsletter . If you're not already on there , join

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the Facebook community , and

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2024 is going to be amazing . We've got

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a lot of great things planned , so we're looking forward

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to that . So , all right , I

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found this poem , so

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we're going to end this with a

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poem written by Trey

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Tompkins at least his version of it and

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it was "'Twas the night before Christmas at

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the gym'" . Okay

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, so I'll read this to you and then we'll call it

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a day , all right . "'twas

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the night before Christmas went all through

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the gym . Not a creature was stirring'"

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, not even grown up ugly

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men . The stockings

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were hung by the squat rack with care , in

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hopes that st Arnold would soon be there . The

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members were nestled all snug in their

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beds with visions of sweat

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droplets steamed down their forehead , and

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the trainer with his

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frown , and I by his

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flank . He just set our minds

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to a 30 second plank when

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out of the parking lot arose such

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a clatter . I sprang

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from my stance to see what was the matter . A Way

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to the window . I hurried and jumped tore

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open my t-shirt to show off being pumped

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. The moon on

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the breast of a new fallen snow

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Gave the luster

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of midday . Objectives below , when

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, what to delay my goal should appear

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, but a weightlifting sleigh and

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eight chiseled reindeer with

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a massive old driver , a broad

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intimidator . I knew in a moment

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it must be the terminator , more

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rapid than CrossFit , his

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courses . They came and

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he whistled and shouted and they

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all , it called them by name now

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Dasher , now dancer , prancer

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and Vixen On

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Comet , on Cupid

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, on Donner and Blitzen , to

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the top of the roof , to the top of the obstacle

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wall . Now , flux away , flux away

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, flux away . All as Runners

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that after the gun of a 5k

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, when they meet with a roadblock , briskly

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jump away . So up to the rooftop

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, the courses they knew , with

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the sleigh full of kettle , bells and St

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Arnold to , and Then

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, in an interval , I heard on the roof , the

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prancing and pong of each vene hoof

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. As I drew in my head and

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was Turning around Down

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the climbing rope , st Arnold came

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with a bound . He was dressed on

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sweats from his toes to his

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cusps and his clothes were all sweaty

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from squats and push-ups . A Bundle

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of iron he had flung on his back and

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he looked like a giant , just opening

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his pack . His forearms

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, how they bulged his pecs , how scary

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his chin was like ski steel

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. His stance made

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me wary . His calves

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flex hard like a bodybuilding show

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, and the intensity of his aura . You

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may never know the weight of his bag

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he held tight in his grip , but with

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such savvy , strength it just wouldn't

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rip . He had broad shoulders

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and abs and with such envy the

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veins popped out when he flexed , like

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a Hollywood movie . He was shredded

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and jacked , a muscular old man . I

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flinched when I saw him , in spite of my workout

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plan . A wink of his eye

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and a twist of his head . Soon gave

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me no , I had nothing to dread

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. He spoke not a word , but

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went straight to his work and filled

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up the barbell and cleaned with a jerk , then

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flexing his bicep with a firm grip

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he chose and giving a nod

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. Back up to the climbing rope , he rose . He

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sprang to a sleigh and

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to his team , gave command and away . They

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all flew like cheetahs on dry land , but

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I heard him exclaim ear . He

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yelled with a shout Merry

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Christmas to all and to all

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, a good workout . All

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right , that's it . That's the end . That was the

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twight . That was the night before

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Christmas gym edition , and appreciate

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you guys all for being a part of this and Wish

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you a Merry Christmas , safe travels , happy

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holidays and we look forward to seeing

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you in the new year . Do hard

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things .