Mexican Frankenstein bursts through the doors every morning – AND I MEAN EVERY MORNING – in a full-blown sprint, back pack bouncing up and down, arms flailing, and joins the circle with a heartrate of 180 beats per minute.

In fact, Mexican Frankenstein (his given name is actually Jordan) is always running. Sometimes, he does Tabata sprint intervals in the middle of the night and has been stopped by cops on more than one occasion because all of a sudden a giant, apparently suspicious-looking Mexican Frankenstein, goes from walking to a full sprint on the street at 2 am. True story.

When I first met him, I thought he never understood my questions so he always answered obscurely, always with one-word answers that were difficult to understand, partially due to being out of breathe, and partially because of his Spanish accent.

But it turns out, he has always understood my questions. It has just taken a while to get to know his sense of humour.

One day I asked the circle, “What sport should we eliminate from the Winter Olympics?”

He responded, “Winter Olympics.”

“Yes, what sport?” I reiterated.

“No. Entire Winter Olympics. Eliminate,” he said with no sign of expression in his face.

On top of showing up nearly every single day, Mexican Frankenstein is more than just our winner of the Attendance of the Year Award. He’s also a top dog entrepreneur.

Although we love having him in class, one thing I can’t get him to do is take a day off.

“Jordan, take a day off. Go for a light swim if you need to do something,” I told him one day.

His response: “Swimming makes you wet.”

Thanks for being a part of our community, Jordan!

Warmup: 6 min AMRAP

30 dowel dislocates

12 alt T-spine bridges

30 sec’s holding a goblet squat

30 sec’s handstand hold

Workout:  O-H-S (10×10)

This is the 4th Tuesday and I hope you all have improved on the (10×10) overhead squat.  As an incremental progression this week I suggest doing your 10 rep/10set max.