Wednesday, August 19, 2009
August 18th, 2009
Motha!!!
Make-up day.
If you want to do Fight Gone Bad realize that there will only be one station set up and it will be first come first serve.
If you did Tuesday’s workout, your options are:
a. Fight Gone Bad (first come first serve basis)
b. Something Coach B thinks up for you (endurance-based)
Post reflections to comments on training as self-discovery versus training as self-improvement. How do you approach your training?
Categories: Make Up Day
dibs on fight gone bad
Scored 182 on “fight gone bad” RX’d…. not great, me and rowing machines don’t get along, it took me 20 seconds to get the bloody thing working, and well I suck at rowing too, ah well its a start
Let me be first to go out on the limb here…
Training as self-improvement: “Doing these 20 rep squats will increase my strength endurance”
Training as self-discovery: “Doing these 20 rep squats will test my will power, and when I complete them successfully, I’m going to prove that I have power over those self-defeating thoughts that tend to creep up in my head”
Which type of conversation takes place most often in your head on a training day? Or do most of yours sound like:
“This is going to suck”
“This is also going to suck”
“That really sucked”
Nothing wrong with the first (“self-improvement”). Nothing wrong with the second (“self discovery”). Nothing wrong with the third…. but you might find your training takes off a lot faster, and you might even have more fun in the gym, when you more regularly consciously adopt either the first or second.
If you’ve no “philosophies” on this stuff, consider sharing a story.
I’m not sure what goes through my mind on training days. I’ll admit that sometimes “this is going to suck” does occur to me! I know I am getting better at thinking more positively. I have gone from “I can’t do that” to “I can’t do that yet but I will!” And sometimes, thanks to some great coaching and a push now and then, I have discovered that I actually can.
I don’t think my thoughts run along the line of “this is going to suck” but more along the lines of “crap, he’s really going to make me do that!!”
this is pretty deep ..
Personally I don’t really care what my times are .. I get alot of satisfaction from just completing these workouts .. everyone knows how hard they are.
I’ve learned alot along the way about my stregnths and weaknesses, and honestly the best times at the gym ARE the one’s where I will be crap scared of doing something and do it anyway.
I’ve never honestly felt like a workout is going to “suck” … there has been maybe two times I have been at the gym in a bad mood .. and left thinking .. “that sucked” a day when I should have probably taken a rest day. I think xfitters are maybe harder on ourselves?? When people ask me about my workout .. they just stare at me like I’m nuts .. yet .. we are continually pushing ourselves to the next level.
Cheryl, I agree – time isn’t the priority for me. I want to do my best, well almost my best. At my age I call it injury prevention.
Self improvement reflections: Crossfitting has improved my fitness, health, strenght and confidence.
Self discovery reflections: When I wake up, I jump out of bed and choose not to have negative thoughts such as, “Why am I getting up so early? why not sleep in today? is this making a difference? I’ll go tomorrow”. Instead I choose to quiet my mind and make it to the gym because I know it is good for me. This process has made a huge difference in choosing positive thoughts during the day. The endorphins help too!
Not sure why but I decided to do Fight Gone Bad again….got 34 more reps than Monday so that was a good thing, almost broke 300……got 297 as rx’d