Skipping and having to pee every 30 sec… he-he!

There were so many humbling experiences before…Not even because I expected I could do it…
(I knew I couldn’t do those simple things) but i wanted to … I WAS DETERMINED…and i did get there!

NOW there are new ones in its place, new challanges I never dreamed I would even get there!
HSPU, all kinds of heavy wt’s, double unders and still coming in last even after 3 yrs…

I look at these challanges now as (wow… look how far i’ve come) and remember the 98 lb person who had trouble pushing the baby stroller never mind trying to hold my 20 lb baby.

I still don’t like to be last…so when someone steps in to finish with me or helps me with the final reps…it always makes it a little less embarrassing or whatever that feeling is….

Ego checked at the door, try to build confidence at the gym…if that makes any sense.

Love this post too – so true (and so oddly appropriate given today’s workout )! I especially like the line:

“We understand that letting go of that ego is a hard thing to do sometimes, especially when you have an established perception or identity of who you are or how strong you think you are.”

Some things I have found ego-challenging at CrossFit:

Any workout with double unders – not unheard of for me to come in dead last. Similar with kipping pullups – still always a challenge.

After having been at CrossFit for a while, trying overhead squats for the first time and not being able to do the bar.

Backing off on weight when recovering from surgery/injuries, etc. Also, realizing that some days it just isn’t there and accepting it.

Not being where I should be with certain lifts (eg. push jerks, cleans, hang power cleans) because of technique. Again, having to back off in weight in order to get better using better technique.

Over the last few months, I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about some of these things & have been focusing more on process & technique rather than results. At first, some of this was enforced by Chad (doing kipping pullups with a band rather than continuing to do them wrong without a band, for example), but it has really helped to step back and think of it all as a process in improvement rather than thinking about it as a failure on a single day. And….no great surprise, the results do come!