I have to remember that when I am seeing pics of me working out, that I need to change the voices in my head. I have written about it before, probably way too much, but it creeps back when I see spontaneous pics where I am not posing.
It’s an ongoing battle of those darn pesky voices. I was doing Murph on Monday and what is distracting me is the rolls of fat I see, or how ‘thick’ I look. Just like learning the lifts – practice makes better, not perfect. So being aware of the voices and forcing them to change when they begin each time they speak up is the only way to begin the process of changing them for good. What is it about the way I think, that I can’t appreciate the fact I was doing friggin Murph and finished in a better time than last year. Oh, and forget about all of that — how about why we did Murph – to honor men and women who give it all to help us all live the way we want to live. Perspective!
It really does shock me when people come up to me and tell me Thanks for inspiring them or helping them get through a workout. I still to this day, stop and think – who am I? I love that I can help others by doing what comes naturally to me now. I love being around people and helping them discover the best in them, only because that’s how I did. I know how meaningful it can be to hear someone say, you can do this! or let’s go – I will help you. or just great job! I know because that’s the stuff that kept me going in the beginning. I didn’t believe I could do a pull up, push up –heck I didn’t believe I could be in shape! So to hear others share with me how I am helping them – you can imagine how meaningful and heartfelt I process that.
And I love coaching – the CrossFit Kids and surprisingly – CrossFit Adults! I love meeting some of the new athletes and being able to show them they can do it, one step at a time, one lift at a time, one squat at a time. This is true with anything – changing voices, learning a new movement, just take the first step!
The Whole Life Challenge was re-inspiring to me. We had 40 athletes – mostly new to CrossFit – join in and for most of them, really changed their life. This morning, one of the quieter competitors came up to me and said “Thank You. I lost 15lbs on the challenge and you really were helpful in that.” They were the ones that did the hard part, and it’s the hard part that I still work on each and every day in my own battle of healthy and fit living. I just planted a seed, and gave them a daily check-in and dose of info and inspiration, but as I am discovering, sometimes that’s all people need to really move forward.
Warmup
25 Double Unders
Bear Crawl
High Knees
Heel to Butt
broad jumps
High Kicks
Kareoke <sp?>
DROMS
Skill
Back Squat
WOD
400m RFT
not my best: 1:57
1 RM Back Squat
180#
Both scores are not my best — I am sore from Murph and yesterday’s WOD, so I am thinking that may have been the issue. You can’t have all good days!