A couple training videos from the last week or so. Snatches are starting to feel pretty decent again. A little slow under the bar still and my OHD strength isn't probably where it needs to be but for June, I will take it.
Lots of people in a hurry to "start training for 2015". These guys will learn that your 2015 chances don't start now. They started about 18 months ago. If they are just starting now, what they need to say is, "training for 2017 starts now". That is another great thing about this Sport, it rewards those that stay consistent. It isn't about sprinting then taking a few months off then sprinting and taking a few more months off. That style won't work. Nor will overdoing doubles, triples and 6 days a week of training. People talk about balance and how you have to be able to have fun while you train....I can assure you, the people that say those things aren't going to the Games. Sure, Rich and Khalipa may be able to say that but the 99.99 percent of the rest of us, trying to make it to that level guarantees that there won't be a balance of your lifestyle. Your priority will be training or you will have no chance, period. Look around this year, look at those that didn't make it to the Games...I am sure they trained hard but I also would imagine they let some of the hype get to their head. They weren't quite as hungry or as disciplined as they were the year prior.
For me, I have realized over the past 5 years that this is so much more mental than it is physical. Obviously, physical ability plays a huge role but as does the mental aspect of this. For me personally, focusing on gymnastics and things I struggle with day in and day out and getting beat in workouts the majority of the time wasn't an easy thing to accept. However, it is the only choice I have if I want to stay competitive. If your not capable of losing a workout and not pouting like a little bitch, your in the wrong sport. Most athletes that compete are used to quite a bit of success in previous sports. CrossFit is very different, rarely are we really good at anything. I can't think of ONE piece of CrossFit that I am great at.....I consider myself to be average at quite a few things, that is not easy to accept but it is necessary. Too many athletes fear losing so they workout alone or with someone they know has no chance of pushing them in a workout, unwilling to test themselves because they aren't sure they can handle the result. The truth is, wether or not you win a workout 51 weeks out of the year is purely irrelevant...the case could be made that it will NEVER matter if you win a workout, ever. If I ever make it to the Games, I can assure you that I most likely won't win a workout on the way there. Can you learn something every time you compete, can you stay consistent, and can you stay hungry, year after year? On top of all that, can you stay humble? What you did last year doesn't mean anything. What you did last week doesn't mean anything. As soon as you think for one second, you are unbeatable, you need to be prepared to eat some humble pie. There is no room in this sport for ego's. The more mainstream CrossFit gets, the more ego's I see and the more people do CrossFit that should find something else to take up their spare time.
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