“August 18th, 2025…”

ALRIGHT… HERE WE GO!!!

Strength…

You Will Have 12 Mins To Establish Your Heaviest 4 Lift Complex + 1 Snatch of: 

1 Hang Snatch + 1 OverHead Squat + 1 Behind The Neck “Press” + 1 OverHead Squat… Drop It… Take Your Time… 1 Snatch…

MetCon…

For Time…

(Rx’d: M&F: Empty BarBell..)

400 Meter Run

20 Hang Muscle Snatches

10 Burpees Over BarBell

30 Double Unders

16 Hang Power Snatches

8 Burpees Over BarBell

24 Double Unders

12 OverHead Squats

6 Burpees Over BarBell

18 Double Unders

8 Hang Snatches

4 Burpees Over BarBell

12 Double Unders

1 Hang Muscle Snatch + 1 Hang Power Snatch + 1 OverHead Squat + 1 Hang Snatch

2 Burpees Over BarBell

6 Double Unders

400 Meter Run…TIME!!!

(I AM NOT ASKING YOU DO THIS!!! I Get It… Everyone Has Their Own Lives… It Has Just Been Brought To My Attention As Why I Started Doing This…)

Meditation… 

Daily Calm: Be Present…

I Know People Follow The RainCross Strength & Conditioning Programming That Aren’t “Actual RainCross Athletes (Members)… Let Me Take That Back… That Are Not “Paying” RainCross Athletes ( Members)… Which Is Fine… I’m Flattered!!! Just Be Safe In What You’re Doing In Your Home Gym Or At Our Globo Gym… But…

FOR EVERYBODY… Lately We Have Been Finishing Our Sessions With A Little Bit A Meditation… I Started This Last Year & I’ve Found It To Be The Best For… Just… I Don’t Know… You Had A Stressful Day… RainCross Strength & Conditioning Is Your “Outlet”… But Then You Just Got Your A$$ Kicked By The Programming…

Just Anything In General That “Pokes” At You… Take 10 Mins… That Is It… Whether You’re Sitting Up Right With Your Legs Crossed… Lying On Your Back… Sitting In A Chair… 

I Feel This Is A Great Way To Just… Relax… De-Stress… NOT Focus On Everything That Maybe Kinda Made You Get Upset Or Irritable… Shit!!! I’ve Got A Lot Of Things That Gets My Nerves Tingling & My Mind Wandering… 

But I Really Do Find Meditating… Or Just Being Calm & Still… Helps You…

Your Mind… Your Soul… YOUR HEALTH…

And… Side Note… You Go Home To Your Family Happy… Feeling Strong… Confident… Ready To Take & Fight (In A Calm Way…) Whatever The Rest Of The Day/Afternoon/Evening Has To Throw At You… You’re Ready… Because Your Mind Is Clear…

I Have 2 Big Interviews Coming Up In The Next 2 Weeks… I Am Going To Work Out In The Morning… And Meditate… I Am Going To The VA… And Play Meditation Music On The Way Home… I Am Going To Eat & Then As I Drive To Either Pick Up Ryker Or Go To RainCoss…I Am Going To Play Meditation Music… Once I Get To The Gym… I’ll Mop Up While Listening To Wu-Tang… (Can’t Get Too Soft!!! But If Your Listen To Their Lyrics… Especially Method Man… Mind Blown!!!)

And Then… I’m Going To Coach…

NOT YELL!!! 

Coach…

I Get It… I See It… I Hear It…

All Of You… No Matter What Your Background Is… You Have A Lot On Your Plate…

You Walk Into RainCross Strength & Conditioning… F#@K!!! It’s Pretty Freakin’ Scary!!!

S#!T… I’ll Be The First To Say… 

“We Ain’t Fancy… This Was An Old Gas Station That Has Been Shut Down For Years… And Myself… My Wife, Danielley… And A Bunch Of RainCross ATHLETES Turned This “Old Gas Station” Into “The Smallest/Biggest Gym” In Riverside County…

You Come In For The WOD… The WorkOut of the Day… That’s Expected… That’s What You Signed Up For…

What You Did Not Realize When You Signed Up…

Is You’re Going To Gain Friends… Family… Who… Yes… Will Jump/Clap/Cheer/Scream… When You Get The “PR”… When You Get That 1st “Whatever”…

But You’re Also Gonna Get People… Who Become Friends… Who Become Family…

Who.. Just Care About You…

My Name Is Armando Vicente Macias…

AKA… Mando

I Am The Owner & Head Coach of RainCross Strength & Conditioning…

Previous Co-Owner & Head Coach of RC CrossFit…

Before That… Previous Partner Owner & Head Coach of CrossFit Riverside…

Before That… Head Personal Trainer @ L.A. Fitness…

Before That But Still & Always… A United States Marine…

That’s A Lot Of Hats To Wear… But I Embrace It…

All Were Tough… All Were Scary… All… I Accomplished & Finish The Mission @ Hand…

But Honestly… I Couldn’t Do It Without Taking A Little Bit Of Time For Myself… 

Just For ME…

Whether You Think It’s BS Or Not…

Just Take Some Time For Yourself…

Working Out With Me… Working Out By Yourself… GREAT!!!

But Just Sit Down… Lay Down…

Think About Not Life…

Think…

About YOUR Life…

Pause… Reflect… Be Grateful…

3…2…1…GO!!!

Mando