Tue 11-17-09
Sorry about missing the posts for the last few days but the website was not being friendly to me:(
Here is an awesome post from CrossFit Watertown
The Bar Tells The Truth
Some lifts don’t come up. This one didn’t. Not in yesterday’s Total.
The CrossFit Total can be one of the most frustrating things when we’re not able to exceed the numbers we’ve pulled in the past. Back Squat, Press, Deadlift. How hard can that be? That’s what we think.
And, yet, pulling the same numbers again — or greater — doesn’t always happen. It might be conditioning, it might be sleep, it might be nutrition or hydration, it might be your back acting up again.
But one thing’s for certain. The bar doesn’t lie. You either pull it or you don’t. The bar tells the truth.
And, here’s the really funny thing: It tells the truth when you walk away too. How you leave a failed lift tells more about you than you might ever imagine.
If you pout, we learned about you. If you listen to the coach for what to concentrate on next time, we learned about you. If you’re sad, we learned about you. And if you kick the trashcan, we learned about you.
Think about that the next time you fail, at anything. What are you teaching others about yourself?
Homework WOD:
“Chelsea”
5 Pull-Ups
10 Push-Ups
15 Squats
Complete 1 round each minute on the minute for up to 30 minutes
You are “out” of Chelsea when you can no longer complete the required number of reps within the minute.
Quote of the Day:
“I will die on this mat if I have to.”
- James “OPT” Fitzgerald