7 Plus or Minus 2

7 Plus or Minus 2

Cold rain. Again. Even so, 9 dudes joined YHC. Brief disclaimer offered and quickly cut off by Lorax. He was ready to get moving. Nothing fun about standing around in cold rain.

Thang

Mosey across 51 and through some of the parking deck. Circle up on level 1.

COP: 8 or so exercises. Pax called exercise, YHC called cadence to 10.

Double Ascension

Level 1. Launch between stairwell 1 and 2. Run up a level using stairwell 2. 10 Merkin. Proceed to stairwell 1 and down to launch. 10 Heels to Heaven. Up to level 2. 20 Merkin. Down stairwell 1. 10 H2H. Up to 3 and back down. Plank-o-Mary. Round 2 called by Gravedancer. Launch was 10 burpees. 10-20-30 Parker Peters. Plank-o-Mary.

AYG to level 4 and back down stairwell 1. Wall sits with alternating foot raises.

Mosey back to launch lot at Amelies. Some more Plank-o-Mary with some Merkins for good measure.

COT 

Motorboat had to cancel his Q this morning. Was hoping that would not happen, as he was supposed to bring me the Lonesome Dove DVDs. Great book. Pulitzer Prize winner. Recommendation and book provided to YHC by Clover, who was noticeably absent.

Margo was getting after it this morning. P200 training was on display.

Lorax quickly dropped his rain coat. He don’t need no stinkin’ jacket.

This crew put in the work this morning. No complaining about the weather, or the burpees called by Gravedancer, for that matter. Well done, men. Big win is getting out of bed and posting.

On to the title. 7 +/- 2 is sometimes referred to as Miller’s Law. George A Miller was a Harvard psychologist who studied short-term memory capabilities in humans. His 1956 study is somewhat famous (i.e., one of the most cited papers in psychology). In it, Miller argues that the average human short-term memory can hold 7 plus or minus 2 items. I got 10 pax names today. 14 last week. While my case of OLD thrives relentlessly through my body, my mind appears to be morphing into a steel trap. Or something like that. Anyway, you have to take a win where you can.

Thanks to the 9 men who posted this morning. Gotta admit, the weather has been beating me down some. This is a tough time of year for many people. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a disorder with symptoms similar to (or including) depression. Fatigue, depression, social withdrawal are major symptoms. Given the current state of affairs with COVID, most people are experiencing forced social withdrawal already. The last 11 months have been hard on many folks. Check in on your friends and neighbors that you haven’t touched base with lately. Say hello to a stranger in your travels.

Thanks to Thunder Road for the takeout prayer.

Continue to pray for Jennings Palmer. For zero cancer cells in his body. For the chance to have another successful bone marrow transplant. For his parents and siblings.