::38 2::32 4::52 7::09 First off, many thanks to cfjax for this week's challenge. What better way to remind me of what I left! I can't help but wonder how (if at all) my times would differ had I performed the wod in the company of fire breathing dragons. The best way to describe this wod within the purview of my experience is like running your motor out of gas and then not only trying squeeze a few more miles out of it but trying to finish the majority of the total mileage on empty. The first set sabotaged the muscles so efficiently that the second turned into an effort of economy. Capability times reps divided by time minus rest plus the remainder of the workout, or something like that. It was no man's land for me. I didn't know whether or not to go as hard I as I could or try to save myself for the next 140 reps. It was the weirdest set of all. I officially lost it on the third. How could 95 pounds be so debilitating? I will ask the same question again about 75 pounds but with more incredulity. My instinctual strategy was to perform six sets of ten with minimal rest (although I rested too much). Should I have gone to failure every time? I was afraid to play with my recuperation so I stayed as conservative as possible. My first thought about the final set was that 75# is a true testament to the movement. What made this wod difficult wasn't necessarily the reps. We frequently perform more than 200 reps and lift much more than the prescribed weight. It is the thruster, however, that makes cowards of us all. We try to save ourselves. We pace ourselves. We employ strategy. It is so effective that we use it (coupled with pull ups) as a true gage of fitness (Fran). Besides this deadly accurate combination of sets, reps, weight, and rest there was something more to this wod. Times and performances are great and fun to track and use as gages but the true value is found in what happens on the desert road in your mind, the desolate place where you find yourself when things get hard, the place where you make all of your life-affecting decisions. It is the fork in the road that most people never see, that many avoid, and where most battles are lost or won. It is the place where you either capitulate and fall prey to the buckling pressure of life or you simply fight fire with fire, stand up, meet the challenge head on, and either succeed or die trying. This is more than fitness, more than vanity, more than sweat, speed, agility, ripped muscles, and functionality. These are nothing more than byproducts of the raw will that we test in wods like this one. This is something most people will never experience. It is something that the men fighting on the beaches of Normandy experienced when they decided to not only fight but to beat a supposedly superior enemy. They performed their best on scant food, water, and supplies. They fought for days, not 15 minutes or sub 3 minutes. It is what the hardened men of the Korean War experienced when they chose to fight instead of freezing to death. The bottom line is that although we suffer or think we do during some of these workouts we may never now what it is really like to suffer in a life or death situation when supplies are low and we have nothing but our will to carry us through the fight. It is nice to be able to eat what we want when we want. It is nice to train when we want, to use the latest and greatest gear, and to have so much information at our finger tips. What it comes down to is volition and will. Do you have the will to train to extremes, to eat to extremes, or to live to extremes? Nothing is hard compared to what is hard. We must remember that men have done so much more than we have with much less. We have it easy. The least we can do is inject a little attitude and volition in our lives, in our training, our diets, our decisions, and our attitudes. Again, times and numbers are great for gaging performance but the the men who have made the greatest impact in civilization were probably as ordinary as the next person but possessed extraordinary wills and fortitude. It is this very quality that I endeavor to cultivate in crossfit. Performances are great but only you know whether or not you truly won the battle and did yourself justice.
amen to that 324. you are my hero. i definitely rested too much and its a battle i'm fighting in my head with myself. talk about getting to you know all about yourself...i realized so much about me on this wod that i feel like i have to get to know my own person all over again.
beautifuly stated, solista. we think that we suffer, but we dont. for those who think that they suffer in the gym, life can dole out much worse in a heart beat, and in such a grand scale, that what we choose to do during training seems petty. it is about perspective, and understanding that such words as suffering and pain have great weight to them, and should not be used lightly. as do our actions, whether in the gym or outside it. it boils down to responsibility, and how a person chooses to accept it and rise above.
now i'm going to get off my soap box, punch in some Black Flag, and have a cup of coffee.
Good choice of music daytona! I would love to be knee deep in the swamps with you guys contributing to the energy and savoring the aftermath of exhaustion. This is the next best thing though. I remember writing about the phenomenon of running a cf gym and how astonished I was that people repeatedly show up, absorbing as much punishment as we could dish out. The weekly challenge does a lot for me. I feel like you guys are watching and it pushes me farther than I would alone. Thank you guys for making me not feel like I'm not too far away. Hypoxia is doing it today. I already advised Alan to write a will.
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First off, many thanks to cfjax for this week's challenge. What better way to remind me of what I left! I can't help but wonder how (if at all) my times would differ had I performed the wod in the company of fire breathing dragons.
The best way to describe this wod within the purview of my experience is like running your motor out of gas and then not only trying squeeze a few more miles out of it but trying to finish the majority of the total mileage on empty. The first set sabotaged the muscles so efficiently that the second turned into an effort of economy. Capability times reps divided by time minus rest plus the remainder of the workout, or something like that. It was no man's land for me. I didn't know whether or not to go as hard I as I could or try to save myself for the next 140 reps. It was the weirdest set of all. I officially lost it on the third. How could 95 pounds be so debilitating? I will ask the same question again about 75 pounds but with more incredulity. My instinctual strategy was to perform six sets of ten with minimal rest (although I rested too much). Should I have gone to failure every time? I was afraid to play with my recuperation so I stayed as conservative as possible.
My first thought about the final set was that 75# is a true testament to the movement. What made this wod difficult wasn't necessarily the reps. We frequently perform more than 200 reps and lift much more than the prescribed weight. It is the thruster, however, that makes cowards of us all. We try to save ourselves. We pace ourselves. We employ strategy. It is so effective that we use it (coupled with pull ups) as a true gage of fitness (Fran).
Besides this deadly accurate combination of sets, reps, weight, and rest there was something more to this wod. Times and performances are great and fun to track and use as gages but the true value is found in what happens on the desert road in your mind, the desolate place where you find yourself when things get hard, the place where you make all of your life-affecting decisions. It is the fork in the road that most people never see, that many avoid, and where most battles are lost or won. It is the place where you either capitulate and fall prey to the buckling pressure of life or you simply fight fire with fire, stand up, meet the challenge head on, and either succeed or die trying. This is more than fitness, more than vanity, more than sweat, speed, agility, ripped muscles, and functionality. These are nothing more than byproducts of the raw will that we test in wods like this one. This is something most people will never experience. It is something that the men fighting on the beaches of Normandy experienced when they decided to not only fight but to beat a supposedly superior enemy. They performed their best on scant food, water, and supplies. They fought for days, not 15 minutes or sub 3 minutes. It is what the hardened men of the Korean War experienced when they chose to fight instead of freezing to death. The bottom line is that although we suffer or think we do during some of these workouts we may never now what it is really like to suffer in a life or death situation when supplies are low and we have nothing but our will to carry us through the fight. It is nice to be able to eat what we want when we want. It is nice to train when we want, to use the latest and greatest gear, and to have so much information at our finger tips. What it comes down to is volition and will. Do you have the will to train to extremes, to eat to extremes, or to live to extremes? Nothing is hard compared to what is hard. We must remember that men have done so much more than we have with much less. We have it easy. The least we can do is inject a little attitude and volition in our lives, in our training, our diets, our decisions, and our attitudes. Again, times and numbers are great for gaging performance but the the men who have made the greatest impact in civilization were probably as ordinary as the next person but possessed extraordinary wills and fortitude. It is this very quality that I endeavor to cultivate in crossfit. Performances are great but only you know whether or not you truly won the battle and did yourself justice.
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amen to that 324. you are my hero. i definitely rested too much and its a battle i'm fighting in my head with myself. talk about getting to you know all about yourself...i realized so much about me on this wod that i feel like i have to get to know my own person all over again.
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beautifuly stated, solista. we think that we suffer, but we dont. for those who think that they suffer in the gym, life can dole out much worse in a heart beat, and in such a grand scale, that what we choose to do during training seems petty. it is about perspective, and understanding that such words as suffering and pain have great weight to them, and should not be used lightly. as do our actions, whether in the gym or outside it. it boils down to responsibility, and how a person chooses to accept it and rise above.
ReplyDeletenow i'm going to get off my soap box, punch in some Black Flag, and have a cup of coffee.
Good choice of music daytona! I would love to be knee deep in the swamps with you guys contributing to the energy and savoring the aftermath of exhaustion. This is the next best thing though. I remember writing about the phenomenon of running a cf gym and how astonished I was that people repeatedly show up, absorbing as much punishment as we could dish out. The weekly challenge does a lot for me. I feel like you guys are watching and it pushes me farther than I would alone. Thank you guys for making me not feel like I'm not too far away. Hypoxia is doing it today. I already advised Alan to write a will.
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