“I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it's folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It's important to focus on the things in the here and now, I think. In a month, the flower will be shriveled and you will miss its beauty if you don't make the effort to do it now. Your life, eventually, is the same way.”
― Dan Buettner, Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
Wednesday I had crossfit and I was really tired before I had even arrived for my class. We started off by reviewing some air squats, dead lifts, and medicine ball cleans, and I did fine during all of it and felt great. Heres were things start to change,...The WODwas a 15 minute AMRAP ( as many rounds as possible) that consisted of 5 deadlifts, 10 medicine ball cleans, and 20 sit ups. During the WOD my hamstrings started to tighten up and it was pulling down on my hips making it uncomfortable to bend down. I completed 4 2/3 rounds, and started to get down in myself because I knew I could have pushed myself 10x harder if my back didn't start to tense up.
As soon as that thought entered my head, I decided I was going to look at the situation differently. Why was I going to sit here and beat myself up because my muscles were tight? I wanted to be proud and feel accomplished because I have continually engage myself in crossfit and I didn't give up. I hardened up and I pushed through the WOD. Instead of ruining my night I appreciated my effort and hard work. It felt good to not let such a simple thing get in the way of my success and happiness. It isn't easy, especially when you are use to getting down on yourself, but it is possible to change your thoughts.
I had crossfit again this morning at 10:30 and it was honestly the hardest WOD to date. The warm up was 20 burpees and 30 air squat, then we worked on pull ups and reviewed power cleans. Then came the WOD...
WOD -6 RFT ( rounds for time)
7 power cleans (65 lbs)
10 pull-ups (with bands)
20 over head lunges (10 lbs)
Time : 21:49
I finished first out of our class, (that is not what is important because it is not a race between you and the other people, it's a challenge between you and yourself, which is part of the reason I love crossfit ) and it made me very proud of myself. I do not know what came over me, but I turned it into high gear. My trainer and one of the guys who was helping with class today made comments about how strong I am. I use to be so self concours about my strength, especially my thighs, but at crossfit my strength is my weapon. My thighs are welcomed, encouraged... Not shunned. I feel comfortable being myself at crossfit. I can't believe its been three weeks already since I started this journey. So much positivity has happened in my life since, I am excited to see where the next month takes me.
Today I am grateful for my bed. I am so exhausted after today's WOD that my bed has never felt more comfortable. I am perfectly content watching movies and hanging out on this Saturday night. It's well deserved and I love some me time :)
Hope everyone had an inspiring week!
xxx,
Hippie_Roots
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