Sunday, March 9, 2014

Monday 3-10-14

For time
100 burpee box jump overs (24"/20")
   * emom 3 squat cleans (185#/105#)
   * you DO NOT need to open hip at top of box

Don’t worry be happy
I was talking to a friend the other day, and I was telling her that every time I walk into the gym, it feels like someone PR’s on something new, whether it be achieving a D.U. for the first time, or finding out a new max on a certain lift. As a coach, there is no more of a gratifying feeling then when an athlete works really hard for a goal that they wrote down and actually ends up accomplishing that goal. I was telling my friend that yes it feels great when we write down something and do it, but what happens when we set a goal for ourselves and struggle and just have the most difficult time achieving that goal? This is what this article is about, is how to work hard mentally as well as physically when achieving our goals at the gym.
As an athlete myself, I know how frustrating it can be to persistently try something over and over again and not being able to do it. Often times we as athletes just give up out of frustration and maybe turn to another goal, or lose so much confidence in ourselves that we often just never try anything new ever again, out of fear of failure or disappointment. I know that every athlete is different as far as their physical capabilities go, and that allows certain athletes to achieve something faster than most, but every athlete has the capability of thinking in a positive manner. As cliché as this sounds, there is nothing that the body can’t achieve when we maintain a positive attitude, “negative talk and self-pity is not going to produce optimum performance, but if you speak in positive terms and maintain the right frame of mind, many great things are possible” Greg Amundson’s The crossfit goal setting course.
Let us maintain a positive state of mind, and also not forget how far we’ve come since we’ve entered the gym. Many of us couldn’t run 400 M, couldn’t do an air squat, or even imagine the possibility of lifting something over our heads. Now I see people running miles, doing god squats, and doing ground to overhead movements like it isn’t a big deal anymore. Being happy and maintaining a positive attitude will allow us to think differently in the way we set our goals, for we will have fun striving for our goals, and not having to feel pressured or disappointed when we don’t achieve something we set. Why do we need to stress ourselves anymore anyway? I mean isn’t life stressful enough? Let the gym be a place where you can escape from whatever you have going on in your life, and just simply have fun and not worry and stress about maintaining a certain body image or lifting more weight, or whatever it might be. For if we are having fun when are doing things, the results will follow immediately. So if we are the ones who constantly stress or worry about getting results in the gym, let’s try a new method of perception, a positive way of thinking, and I promise that whatever you set your goals to be you will be able to accomplish them J Saying that we “can’t” do something is already anattempt to failure, but knowing and believing that we can do something, even if it takes years to achieve has already made you successful. So be happy and fun in everything that you do J

            Junior, CRCF coach

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