Injuries, Goals and Frustrations

I have just a couple of things to comment on...

1. So we are at our 3 month mark. Congratulations to Jessica for achieving all of her 3 month goals! To the rest of you.... some of you have met only some of your goals. Don't worry, you now have a longer 6 month goal list! I have taken the liberty to adding what was not done at 3 months to your 6 month list for you. (you can thank me later) We have some work to do.

2. Welcome back Danielle and congratulations on finishing your Death March.

3. Congratulations to Liz for a stellar job at sectionals this past weekend she took 19th place!

4. I want everyone to come out to the gym this Saturday at 10am to cheer on Lori and Danielle as they complete the women's get some challenge.

5. Welcome to Amanda, Zim and Iyana to the class. Amanda we will miss you for the 2 weeks that you will be gone. Make sure you get soem workouts in. :) Zim and Iyana..... Where are you? Don't make me come to your house to find you.....

Now for the meat of it....

Crossfit gives us many opportunities to challenge ourselves not only physically but mentally as well. There will be times when the mental game turns emotional leaving you frustrated or angry.

This is especially true when coming off of an injury. I am coming off of a back injury and have not been able to work out like I used to. I feel that I have lost almost all of the gains that I had made. This has been extremely frustrating!!

The mental game will sneak up on you at some point no matter who you are. The important thing to remember is that you need to keep pushing on. Don't become complacent and settle, instead face the challenge and get better. Set backs will happen. Frustration and anger will happen. Just keep moving forward.

If your frustration is not meeting your goals.... don't worry. It will now be your 4 month goal, or maybe your 5 month goal... My point is...DON'T GIVE UP!

Belay On!

This is Ryan L from the 5:30 class. He is fairly new to crossfit, works very hard and has already made several PR's that I think even suprised himself. Among many other hobbies and interests, Ryan loves to go rock climbing and has invited me to go along several times.

In an attempt to venture out of the crossfit gym, I took Ryan up on an invitation to go rock climbing. We drove up to Mt. Lemon with Robert, another friend of his, hiked a small ways to the bottom of the largest mountain in Arizona (at least that's how it felt when I started climbing it) and the rest is history. It was so much fun! Ryan says that we only climbed about 90 feet in the air, but I'm sure by how hard my heart was pumping and the dizziness from lack of oxygen we had to be at least 1000 feet in the air. Ok, so the dizziness was probably more from me hyperventillating but I'm willing to debate that.

The views are amazing when you finally calm down enough to look around which I was able to do by the third climb. I wish that I had taken the camera up there so that you could see the views that I saw... well better yet, maybe you should give it a try. When you follow the rules, rock climbing is probably one of the safest sports there is. Did I mention... great workout for your arms too? Want to work on your grip strength and improve your lifts? Try rock climbing! There is also something to be said for the amount of mental toughness it takes to do this sport.

Anyway, last weekend was a blast and I can't wait to do it again. Thanks Ryan for the coaching and the experience.