CLASS OF 2023 I.L. / I.A. / I.MC. / M.S. / X. RH / C.C. / O.AM / A.G. / C.V. / A.T-R / M.R-S / J.O. / S.B.  CLASS OF 2024 J.R. / A.P. / E.R. CLASS OF 2025 V.VL / J.H. / I.M. / A.C. / R.G. / A.V. / M.C. / D.L. / M.M. / A.R. / C.D. / J.C.  CLASS OF 2026 V.LC / E.N. / A.RR / A.S. / A.C. / L.G. / A.G. / M.D. / A.V. / Sh.Gl. / St.Gu. / K.S. CLASS OF 2027 A.W. CLASS OF 2028 JDS CLASS OF 2029 R.D. HONORARY MEMBERS J.C. / C.C. / B.T. / S.G. / S.S. / J.S. / J.S. / S.S/ M.G. / T.M. Membership confers with it a responsibility to continue to aid and assist others and, upon graduation, promotion, change of location, etc, to continue to demonstrate personal responsibility and integrity in all aspects of one's life. Strength is meant to be shared. It's meant to be developed in service of a greater purpose than aesthetics or performance in the weight room. Physical strength increases our capacity to help others by allowing us to endure more on their behalf.  2023: Isela Lopez, Isabel Aya...

 Membership in the Grey Castle Strength Chamber is based on work ethic and citizenship. Requirements include: a demonstrated willingness to assist others; a consistent and meaningful effort put toward self-improvement; and a lack of ego in weightlifting and in academics that translates to the ability to continually grow and learn. The motto of the chamber is: Chop Wood, Carry Water.   CHOP WOOD The ability to harness fire makes us human. ( LINK ) But fire requires work. Early humans - "Cavers" and every subsequent generation that followed - had to work extremely hard day in and day out to chop the wood that became life-giving for others. It is not glamorous work, but difficult physical labor can help us appreciate the luxuries we now enjoy, and it can harden us to be able to endure life's challenges as well. CARRY WATER Carrying water is a symbol of citizenship. Like chopping wood, it is a strenuous physical task. Water sloshes in buckets and pails, making it feel even he...

The novice says to the master, ‘What does one do before enlightenment?’ ‘Chop wood, and carry water,’ replies the master. The novice asks, ‘What, then, does one do after enlightenment?’ ‘Chop wood. Carry water.' “We all need small sparks, small accomplishments in our lives to fuel the big ones. Think of your small accomplishments as kindling. When you want a bonfire, you don’t start by lighting a big log. You collect a small pile of hay or some dry, dead grass. You light that, and then add small sticks and bigger sticks before you feed your tree stump into the blaze. Because it’s the small sparks, which start small fires, that eventually build enough heat to burn the whole f------ forest down.” -David Goggins  “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you ...