Preparation, or procrastination
Good preparation is critical to anything worthwhile. Preparation, taken one step too far, is procrastination.
Not only is the video above from an awesome movie, SpaceBalls. But’s it’s exactly how I feel at least once a day.
And today we are good at disguising our procrastination. If it was a profession, some of us would be executives and even presidents. Today everyone knows that if you say “I’ll start Monday,” me, and like 12 other humans will eat you alive and call you out on it. So instead of becoming a feast, we change our dialogue to suit our situation.
The CrossFitter who really made me realize this was a lifer, not a beginner. She is respected and admired and someone you love to love. But when she gets with me, everything is a cute way of saying, “I’ll start Monday,” or “All I need is a little more time to get ready,”. And she’s not the only guilty of perpetual preparation.
In her, I see me, and I don’t like it.
I have “prepared” the same book for over a year and I can’t part with it.
I have been blogging everyday for four years, and I have a ton of articles published all over the world, but a book, so many pages with so much of me and my time, well that’s just too much for me to handle. “What if they hate it?,” I ask myself before my 20th edit. What I’m really asking is, “what if they hate me?”
Well, I’m tired of this procrastination promoted by fear that I keep calling preparation to make me feel better. I don’t wanna be that guy anymore than you do. I think it’s time to stop preparing. Time to get beat, trampled, and scarred along the way to victory. Time to stop preparing and time to just go.
Warm-up:
Strength:
Push press
5,3,2,1,1
*15 Minute limit.
-then-
5-Push press @ 75% every (45) seconds
10 Rounds
For time:
7-Deadlifts 185/275
5-Box jumps 20/24
7 Rounds
Post impression to comments.
Showing vulnerability when people look up to you as a leader is an amazing characteristic.
Publish that book!
Congrats on everyone and their PRs last night. I saw 2 of the evening classes and that bell was going off like crazy! Nice work. Now continue all that hard work you did during the challenge so the bell doesn’t stop ringing!
9:35 rx
6:05 @ 155#
PR’d DL @ 215#
6am’s almost like openin’ a box a’ chocolates.
Welcome to Sara who made her very first class an early one. Lots of improvement in your push press in just the short time we worked it today, and a great baseline test of your ability w the WOD.
Shane!!!! I know you thought I was crazy, but I can’t begin to describe how excited I am to see your improvement. Chest up and heels almost on the floor for most! And push press? Your midline is so much better! And you even stayed to roll out afterward. We’ll keep training those lungs. Looking forward to your continued progress!
Jen W – DL effort was phenom. Every rep looked good. Way to conquer Rx.
Eric/Sam/Vickster/Ryan – I am always better for time w you characters. Oh, you make me laugh!
I agree with Min. Go for it.
And sorry, but some people WILL hate it. But that is ok! You will have evoked emotion, and as you have written before, that is your goal
Anybody else sore? Im hobbling around like an ole woman.
10:08 this was a nasty, mindblowing wod!
Write the book JB…stop dicking around.
I dig this post. I think we all are afraid to take the leap. The ones who succeed are the ones who overcome that fear. We believe in you, now believe in yourself…cuz i want to read that book.
Josh, your awesome. I use to think that people were going to judge me because I do crossfit. I know I may have bigger arms than mpst girls and people say stuff to me, it use to get to me but after realizing that I love crossfit I am not going to stop because their being negative. I learned that if you try to make everyone happy and you succeed, that makes you happy…but one, that never happens and two, if it does, than your happiness is determined by other people and that isn’t cool. You love to write so freakin’ write!!! Don’t hold back
we are all proud of yaa.
7:22
6:51 rx
Good Job Carrie!
Didn’t you PR your push press, too?!?!?! YES you did!!!
130#
7:19 155# DL
Push Press PR 140#
The 4:30 class had about 20 secrets devulged to one another. Juicy ones. And 630 Wal bell ringing fools.
260pr
4:30
push press PR 140#
6:51 RX
135# PR
5:00 @ 125# DL’s
530…ya’ll get special mention for working your guts out tonight. and stayin’ on task despite all the chaos in your space. thank you.
dug watchin’ you coach each other’s push presses. 45secs seemed like 5 with everyone sharing bars and pushin’ themselves on weight.
safety police was on patrol for DLs and a couple of you nearly earned a citation. if you didn’t get to go as heavy as you wanted to given warm-up time, no worries. another day.
6:32 w/ 115# DL’s
88# Push Press PR!
8:40rx-tough mental wod!!
It’s go time Josh-publish that book!!
Awesome 6:30! Everyone PR’d their Push Press. The bell was hot after we got done!