Finding your treasure
When I was younger I took my body for granted.
My diet was Smores, Pop Tarts, and Blow Pops, and since I was living in San Diego, California – carna asada burritos. I never thought about my what I was doing to my body. When we’re young, I don’t think any of us do.
I may not like all the changes age brings, but I am happy to be getting older and a bit wiser. I think about all the young men and women that never had the chance to see the fine lines beneath their eyes, the achy back in the morning. When I look at my body in that aspect I quickly go from cursing the aging process, to being grateful for each wrinkle.
Some of us get to a point in life where we see the awesomeness of our body, not just it’s flaws. For me, CrossFit is very little about the white board. I absolutely love knowing that last year I could hang clean 100 pounds and this year I can pull 135, but it is what I found out about my body on the way to 135 that I value most of all.
I learned that everyday is a day that I could curse my body for not being what I think it should be. Or, I could choose to be grateful that I woke up and still have the chance to chase my dreams.
I learned that I have spent too many hours thinking: Once I get into that pair of pants, then I will be happy. I thought that pants had the power to “fix” me. Turns out they don’t. Beauty doesn’t always come in a size 6.
Do I want to lose more weight, do I want to get stronger and move faster? Of course. But am I going to continue to not find value in my body because it has yet to make it’s goal? No.
Accepting where I am at this moment doesn’t mean I am waving a white flag, or that I won’t keep achieving. It means that discovering the treasure hidden away within me is much easier to find when I know what I’m looking for.
by: Cindy Young
Warm-up:
Coaches choice
Skill:
-Push jerk
-Step-through
-Tall jerk
-Jerk balance
-Split Jerk
AMRAP 8 Minutes
-Hang power clean
-Front Squat
-Tall clean
-Clean
AMRAP 8 Minutes
Clean & jerk
*Play with for (8) minutes
For time:
30-Burpees
-then-
Pull-ups
Dip
21/15/9
-then-
30-Burpees
Auxiliary:
5-Strict T2B
1-HSPU+Shoulder touch
5 Rounds
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2 questions…who wrote this and whats a tall jerk (actually im not sure about any of the jerks except for the split).
Cindy did..it’s at the bottom and it’s awesome…
And here
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercises/exercise.php?exerciseID=218
Awesome post Cyn!
Great to see all the 5amers this morn. Everyone kicked butt as always!
7:12 (m) – did auxiliary between burpees
I’m saving pull-ups for Saturday
13:41 m (21/15/9 situps, 7/5/3 dips)
13:39 RX
14:21 M I think? ( Dips 15/6/5)
9:22m dips 9/6/3
Those tall clean technique is difficult for me. My mind says one thing & my body does another every time!
yes good post Cindy
thanks for the online info jb…seeing and actually doing it are 2 completely different things.
working on my c&j and ended up with a PR….im really digging bar work
11:44 still dont like burpees.
12:57
First time doing some of those progressions! I gotta get faster under the bar!
12:45 RX
NickA great work on the Split Jerk bro, I see a new PR in the near future bro!
Thanks for the help Sam!
I’ll echo Nick A’s thoughts on the progressions- it was nice work to be sure, but different. All were good lessons on getting under that damn bar
8:42(m) Not an ideal WOD for bronchitis. LOL