Read Rob’s (CrossFit Dad) blog post first
The Most Important Words I Heard This Week
“Do Not Hang Your Head”
I’m sure almost everyone out there who has done a WOD has at some point thought “I give up” or “Not today” or even worse “I quit”. When that thought creeps in what did you do? Did you tell it to shut the F up? Go harder or ignore it? Maybe you resigned yourself to suffer through until it was over? Probably yes to all of them. Did you hang your head? I hope not.
If you get to that point at some WOD in the future don’t do it. Don’t hang your head. Dig deep, push hard, and fight. Fight like Hell. Who cares if someone ELSE beats you. Just don’t quit and beat yourself. Believe and be proud of giving it all you got, and if you didn’t get the outcome you desired then chalk it up to something that you need to work on and get better at.
Rob realized this in the Open WOD 11.4, and he quickly stopped hanging his head and fought hard. As a result he put up a bunch of overhead squats (that were very close to his 1 rep max) and stayed in the running for another week. He also inspired a bunch of us watching, including his family. Well done.
CrossFit Lisbeth “Expectations“
Bar Burpees with Justin and Andrea from The Compound:
CF Games Update:
CrossFit Games Leaderboard BETA test Looks like they are getting closer to fixing all the issues out there like displaying correct rankings and submitted scores.
“Taking on the CrossFit Open Part 3“, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]