Doing two workouts in one day is never my preference but since I missed Monday’s (and it was a good one), I did two yesterday. Well, I strained my right leg because of it. And the result? A rest day today. I’m actually okay with that. The workout is not my favorite and I have a ton of stuff I need to get done this morning instead of going to the gym. The strength I can do by myself at a later time.
Lesson learned albeit I’m sure I’ll do it again!
I’m still on top.
I went to my early morning CrossFit class today. Yesterday, I had food poisoning so I missed class. I didn’t feel the best. My stomach was still upset. But I felt about 80% so I went.
It was a long met-con with double unders, wall balls, and sumo deadlift high-pulls. I took it easy right out of the gate and paced myself, not wanting to overdo anything. I still beat all the ladies and most of the guys in my class.
I tend to think of myself as good at CrossFit. But what I realized today is that I’m more than good. Admittedly, I’m not your average CrossFitter. I know that. But it’s hard to think of yourself as more than good when there’s so many above you who are better.
I CrossFit for many reasons. One of the primary reasons is to beat others. I’m a hard-core competitor and I don’t like to finish last (although sometimes I do and I’m okay with that because those are the moves I need to work on the most).
I left the box feeling much better physically than before. I was excited I beat a lot of others. And in a few days I’ll be back to my A-game. But most importantly, I learned just how good I am. Will it go to my head? No. I’ll always just be good in my mind. But occasionally I will be better than good. Like today. And on those days….
I relish it like a five-course meal…
Last night, I got food poisoning. I was up all night in the bathroom in violent outbursts. I haven’t been sick this bad in about 4 years. It’s funny how you forget how horrible it is.
Anyways, I missed my morning CrossFit class and am debating about going this evening. I know I shouldn’t. My workout will be crap. But all I’ve done is lay around in bed all day, drinking gatorade and eating crackers. My steps are under 2000. I feel like a complete bum.
I probably won’t go. But it’s such a good one it’s tempting. Instead, I’ll just do two in one day on Tuesday probably. Because I have problems. Severe problems….Anyone else like me?
I teach fitness classes. A few days ago, I visited my local Starbucks after teaching a class so I was in my workout gear without a jacket on. The barista said this to me. My response: “Lots of hours in the gym. Lots.”
It made my day. As a woman, I sometimes feel as if muscles aren’t that attractive to others. When I went on job interviews last summer, I purposely wore clothes that would cover my arms because of my muscles. Especially to men. My husband (who is biased) loves my body and my muscles. But to others I never know. My kids’ friends’ notice and remark “Your mom is muscular” and I don’t know how to take that.
This comment vindicated all my work. It’s nice to hear. Because it is hours and hours in the gym. Lots of sweat.
Results are nice. Very, very nice.
The Open exposes all of our weaknesses across the board. There is no escaping this fact. It reveals our complacencies, our strengths, and our total inadequacies.
For me, I couldn’t be happier. I met all of my goals in the workouts (except for the bar muscle up in 17.2). I PR’ed my snatch at 95 lbs. I crushed 17.5 as it played to my strengths. I got off the rower in 17.4 and got one Handstand push-up. I finished 126th in my region for my age group and finished 56th in my state for my age group. I am SUPER excited about this!
However, the most important lesson I have taken away is my renewed desire to improve all of my weaknesses, to get stronger, to be the best, to crush all the Open Workouts in 2018.
What I wish I would have done: I got complacent in my double unders. I have them but they are not consistent. I stopped practicing them months ago and it showed in 17.5. I could have shaved 2 minutes off my time if I hadn’t of stumbled in the double unders. They are so taxing and I get so winded. I haven’t learned to breathe through them and they definitely aren’t consistent. It bothers me.
Same with my muscle-up. I knew it was coming back in September. But I got so frustrated that I couldn’t do them that I stopped doing them all together until the Open was almost upon us and then it was too late. I would rip trying to get one and then be done for a week waiting for my hands to heal. Again, I got frustrated with it. Because I have the strength. It’s the technique.
Same with chest-to-bar. I got so frustrated kipping them that I only stricted them. So in the Open, I stricted all of them and lost time.
So, I have set new goals for the entire year to improve upon. I want to increase strength so 155 lb deadlift is not heavy for me and a 95 lb snatch is not a PR. I want to increase skill so double unders and pull ups are second nature and I don’t have to think so hard about them. Keep up my cardio so I can still kick butt. And push myself beyond my limits and my mindset to achieve what I haven’t been able to.
Summary: The Open exposes our weaknesses like no other. But it shows us areas to be stronger. Be better. And succeed. Both in CrossFit and in life.
Hey all!
Welcome to my site!
I have a confession to make: I’m addicted to CrossFit. It’s better than drugs (not that I’ve tried any) or any other artificial substance.
I’ve been doing CrossFit for almost a year and a half. My Journey (which will become this blog) is as haphazard as all of yours. My goal is to create a community here where we can go to vent, encourage, and regenerate when you’re in a funk. It’s a place to grow and maintain accountability because it’s all to easy to be complacent in areas (like I just discovered in the Open).
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