Nobody remembers yesterday
Life’s little qualifiers are like thieves. They steal life’s little victories.
“What was your time?,” I overheard one athlete say to another. “7:51,” the woman said with one of those exhausted post workout smiles. “That’s great, but with everything I did yesterday, I don’t think I’ll be able to keep up,” the fresh athlete replied.
Here’s the thing about yesterday – you’re the only one that cares about it.
Selfish children give twisted compliments with qualifiers like the word “but.” Friends, athletes, true CrossFitters let their performance and attitude shine by forgetting what they did yesterday and trying their best today.
Sometimes I think we want to write our previous day’s programming beside our whiteboard time today. That’s the same as saying, “I would be better if yesterday never happened.” That’s douche bag and that ain’t CrossFit.
We used to do barefoot box jumps and nearly naked rope climbs and come back for more the next day without a word. Today we have in-WOD wardrobe changes, double-under pants and excuses for why we didn’t hit that time. Why we missed that PR. And the excuse is never today’s fault, it’s yesterday’s.
If some two day fresh athlete whomps your three day sore bones, suck it up and let them shine. If they don’t understand the difference of training fresh and training beat, then let them learn it just like you have.
What matters is today. Not the qualifiers that sound like yesterday. What matters is that we learn how to have joy for others without having to qualify the actions that make us feel insecure.
Warm-up:
Coaches choice
For time:
50-Double unders
-then-
Dips
Box jumps 24/30
21/15/9
Strength:
Front Squat
3,3,3,3,3
15 Minute limit
Auxiliary:
12-Banded swings
EMOTM 10 Minutes
10-Strict muscle-ups
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“That’s douche bag & that ain’t CrossFit!” another classic JB!
Good blog. A nice reminder for myself from time to time as well. With the high volume that extended training demands its tempting to feel like you need to “explain” why you may not be at your best on any given day. That work will always show itself later on.
I totally agree Min! Sometimes I wonder if I am justifying to myself or others
good reminders in blog, thanks
7:26 no dips, supine rows
6am-ers, y’all made me smile. I told Ry it’s my bad for not capturing the potential video footage today. The warmup and the dancing alone were worth capturing. Forget about Sara’s intimate meeting w the bumper plate she hopes y’all missed. Ha!
Couple a’ call outs…
*Thrilled to welcome Rex from the recent teacher’s program as a full-fledged PCF-er. Solid DU practice and a better FS by the end of class. Look forward to seeing more of you.
*Vicki was on fire! A 50 du PR made her scream and clap and set her up for some stellar dips. Then she scored a FS PR…for 2 reps. I heard Rex tell her she’s an inspiration for him. That she is
*Sara-congrats on your FS PR as well. Enjoyed learning more about true rowing from you this AM.
And let’s not forget Mitchell and Carrie’s assisted m-up demo. Perfect freeze frame shot!
Nate- let us know how you are, please.
Yea Vicki!!!!!!!!!
Ha! what is a couple of chalk hand prints between friends?
Bahaha!
Nice Job Vickie!!
9:23 dips-15-12-9
55# banded kb swings
10:34
5:18
Forgot to write it on whiteboard.
6:18 rx
115# fs
Got in about 4 mups. And hmm, beside doing the auxiliary swings what about going back to the 100 belt squats please?
Once again a great 4:30 class with great people.
6:33
225# FS x 3. PR.
4:55
Sam-I-Am…did you ring that PR bell w the rest of ‘em tonight?
Very cool to witness that coveted T2B, Mizz Debbie.
And, Jerry, tonight’s a testament to your hard work AND your always-positive approach to class. Big congrats on what added up to be a 30# FS PR!
Min…glad to see you back w the living.
8:52 – 9/6/3 dips
last night was good. I got all of my dips in 21/15/9 which had not always happened in the past. And i had a good front squat night. PR @ 155#. Thanks for the help Kara.