Take a nap today, you've earned it. After your nap consider this:
"Be a master of the mind, not mastered by the mind." - Zen Proverb
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"My future's so bright I gotta wear shades" What on earth has Dave Castro, CrossFit Games Director and Head Programmer, got in store for us today? When asked what we can expect for the final CrossFit Games Open Workout, Dave replied that nothing will be "a surprise if you pay attention to CrossFit mainsite programming" Have you been paying attention to the mainsite programming? L-sits and Scales have been programmed THREE times since March 6. Do you think they will make an appearance tomorrow? We will all find out together tonight at 6pm!
Don't fret if you are not yet able to do an L sit on the parallettes. Everything in CrossFit can be modified and they released this great video for starting your L Sit training at home. In fact, CrossFit has been releasing at home workouts recently! Check out em out!
Of course, it's Foodie Friday and you know I just can't leave you hanging this weekend. Spring is FINALLY here and I'm ready to fire up the grill. Radishes are always the first thing I harvest from my garden. Since I still have at least a foot of snow over my garden I won't be able to plant them anytime soon. However, I know that our local farmers have already sown radish seeds in their hoop houses. When radishes are here I will certainly be making this recipe. It's from my favorite farm to table blog: www.dishingupthedirt.com. Click on the image for the recipe. Enjoy! GRILLED RADISHES WITH RADISH GREENS CHIMICHURRIThe roads around our warehouse complex are clearing up! How soon will we start running? Nanook and Coach James are ready:-)
Muhammad Ali once said, "I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was." How do you think Ali's self talk affected his training, his practice and his competitions? What words do you say to yourself when you're in the middle of a lift, or a workout? There is nothing more heartbreaking for me as a coach to hear someone say, "I don't..., "I can't...", "Yeah, but I did it scaled." We are capable of so much more than we think. In fact, Coach Glassman, founder of CrossFit said the biggest adaption to CrossFit is between your ears. We coaches are constantly cueing and encouraging, in fact we are downright relentless, because we know for most of you the internal dialog is crap. We know because we've been there. We try to be the voice you want to hear inside your head. Have you ever noticed how our cues are positive, e.g. we say, "keep going," or "one more rep," rather than "don't stop"? There is a reason behind our specificity. When you hear, "don't stop," either as an internal dialog or from a "well meaning" encourager, your brain ignores the first word, "don't" and focuses on the second, "stop." Then you obsess about stoping and taking a break. Instead, when you hear, "keep going," or ,"one more rep," your brain focuses on going and more. Next time you're in the middle of a workout, possibly the one you'll be doing today, reword your internal dialog into positive and affirmative statements. It takes a little mental physics, and the rewards will be worth it. |
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