Last weekend, I attended a competitor camp hosted by Koda CrossFit Iron View in Lafayette, Colorado.
It exceeded my expectations. We did a lot of testing to discover our strengths and our weaknesses, got a lot of great information on competing, nutrition, sleep, and so much more.
And, Justin Bergh, the General Manager of The CrossFit Games, stopped by as a guest speaker. It was really, really cool.
I’ve been thinking about my whys for training for the CrossFit Games:
REASONS I WANT TO TRAIN FOR THE CROSSFIT GAMES
I have a dream. I have to do something about it.
This can help me with my goal to be a professional vlogger.
I could make a difference in others’ lives.
I crave excitement
I crave something different
I crave having a goal in life
I want to escape my computer
I want to have a better self-body image
I want to do something others don’t
It’s my chance to do something “big”
It gets me through my monotonous days
Ultimately, it gives me a why. I need a why in my life or I can sink into depression. Whether I make it or not is important, but not the end all. It’s the training and the striving that I need.
The eye-opener for me was 22.3 of the CrossFit Open. I was so angry because that workout should have been in my wheelhouse. All of the Open 2022 sucked for me. I should have done much better.
That’s when I decided to quite sucking at CrossFit and get serious again.
However, last week when I was practicing chest-to-bar pull ups in my garage gym and failing and failing, I realized that I can no longer do this alone.
I wish I had realized this sooner in my CrossFit career. I wish I had had someone suggest this. Admittedly, COVID-19 did not help. I entered a period of severe depression, and the only thing I could do in CrossFit was maintain.
Now, I’m shooting for the Games and soliciting a coach. We’ll see how this goes!
I did Murph last week, and something changed. The way I felt afterwards; euphoria doesn’t even begin to describe it.
I made a video and could not stop watching it. There was something about it that I still can’t describe.
Doing Murph made me think of my friend, Justin Thompson. He’s a veteran, and Murph is big with him. I haven’t seen him since COVID-19, so he was on my mind.
Then, a few days later, I was working out early in the morning at my home gym and the thought occurred to me, “I want to go to the CrossFit Games.”
I didn’t think it ridiculous at all; in fact, now that I’m a masters athlete, I think I have a good chance (of course, I could be delusional).
But I would need a trainer. There’s no earthly way I could do it by myself.
That’s where Justin comes in. He’s a CrossFit Level 3 trainer. I’ve trained with him before. If anyone could help me achieve my dream, it would be him.