I know at times, I have hit frustration points or stumbling blocks in my progress. I think we all do. For example, I am still working towards my unassisted pull-up. The fact that this is something I have been working towards for well over a year will make that success all the sweeter when I do get that unassisted pull-up. Does it sting a little when other achieve this goal? Honestly, maybe. Do I still simultaneously think “Wow that is so awesome, I can’t wait till I can do that.”? Hell yes.

I try to continually remind myself of 2 things in the gym. #1- We all have areas of strength and weakness. While I have been called “freakishly stong” nobody calls me “lightning fast”. I celebrate my successes because I know there is other stuff I still suck at. I remind myself that we ALL have areas of strengths and weakness and areas we are still trying to improve. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t come to the gym.

Which brings me to the second thing I try to remind myself of – This is my journey. The biggest competitor or advisary I ever face is myself. I am on my own path and that may not be the super highway of others and that is OK. I often feel like the tortoise from the Tortoise and the Hare. My gains are sometimes on and off, but that’s OK because so is my life. Sometimes, I live to be in the gym and can’t wait to see what tomorrow’s WOD is. Sometimes, I am doing well just to get in the gym 3, ok 2, times a week. Life happens. Injuries happen. Getting my unasssited pull-up is not always the most important thing. But I know, when life and injuries settle back down and I am ready to fire it up again, there will be my coaches screaming “Hell yeah!” And I know that I will keep grabbing that bar with whatever color band I need that day until I don’t need one at all.
J$

3/13/10
On Ramp WOD
Day 1 – 11:18(?), 9 unassisted pullups and the remaining 27 with the red and purple band together
Day 12 – 10:24, 18 unassisted pullups and the remaining 18 with the purple band

3/14/10
Our friend was talking smack the other night at dinner saying how an 11:00 workout can’t be that hard. Brian invited him to do a WOD. This morning, they did a WOD that Shanna had posted in November on a Saturday when the gym was closed. It was a mile run with 20 squats every 2 minutes. They ended up making it a 2000m run because of how the boardwalk was. Brian did it with Dan and his wife, Rocio.

WOD:
2000m run, 20 squats every 2 minutes
Brian 9:54
Dan 11:41
Rocio 11:43

Dan did not think this was easy when it was done. He said it got “painful,” and he was a little worried about being able to walk tomorrow. They are checking out their local CF affiliate this week. So, Sparkles may have his first converts, bwahahaha.