 When we expanded we broke down a big wall.  Everyone had a chance to write something on the wall and then take a sledgehammer to it. This year, so far, is the most unique time in which I've lived. I have written before about how we are collectively feeling and experiencing similar things. We have had to endure being stuck at home. We are seeing social unrest as we have not seen in this country in many years. We're all in the same ocean, some of us are just in different boats. Now is a great time to explore your walls. Walls are useful for protecting us and keeping some things out. They can also prevent us from growing. We all have walls, and now is a great time to explore which ones you can take down. My walls are built with a thousand bricks of negativity: "you can't" "you're not good enough" "you don't know how" "everyone else is better than you" "you won't finish" "you'll fail" Sound familiar? All of those negative snippets (and more!) formed a ticker tape of negativity when I first started thinking about opening True Spirit. I knew I wanted to create a space where folks could develop their physical health and fitness AND a safe space where we can explore our mental, emotional and spiritual health and fitness. Physical training helps me break down my walls. It helps me see my strengths. It helps me see my opportunities for growth. I love what I learn about myself during a Hero workout just as much as I love what I learn about myself during a max effort lift. I love how the lessons of physical training transfer to mental training. True Spirit is a safe place where we can learn who we really are! I'm so glad you're here with me. 
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 Today we are doing a CrossFit Open Workout to get you in the competitive mood. It just might leave you on the floor. I have written several times about the importance of competition. I've heard it said that competition develops character. I completely disagree. Competition reveals character. You often hear us Coaches talk about the difference between training, practicing and competing. In class, everyday, you are training and practicing. This means you're scaling complexity, managing load and volume for a specific stimulus, and working on mechanics and consistency. Training and practicing are what make you better, more efficient, and ultimately faster, stronger and more fit. If you're competing in class by comparing your times/score to others you are missing a HUGE opportunity to work on your own fitness. If you are competing in class you are letting your ego get the better of you. Your ego is not what's going to make you faster, stronger and more fit. Your ego only cares about right now. It doesn't care about the progressions, the process, the mechanics, or the consistency. But, you need the progressions, the process, the mechanics, and the consistency to get faster, stronger and more fit. The time for being competitive is when you're in an actual competition, AND that time is coming (just like winer:) I'm SUPER excited to announce our in-house competition the September Showdown. The September Showdown is a 4-week in gym competition. We will divide everyone in the gym and all of our remote athletes into two super teams based on our median weight. Everyone over the median weight will be on team RIG SHAKERS and everyone below the median weight will be on team WOD SLAYERS. The competition is every Monday starting September 14 and ending on Monday, Oct 5. There will be Rx'd and scaled versions of each workout. ALL OF YOU have a chance to earn points for you team. Here's how the scoring works. SCORING The September Showdown is built to have some fun and some friendly in-gym competition. Scoring reflects those goals: 1. Teams are given 1 point for every athlete who completes the Monday workout. Show up to class on Monday and earn a point for your team. 2. Teams are given 3 points for every athlete who PRs or does something for the first time, e.g. first toes to bar, pull-ups, double unders, heaviest clean, etc. 3. Teams are given 3 points for every athlete who finishes among the top 3 women or top 3 men in the gym per workout (Rx'd and Scaled). 4. Some of the workouts have additional opportunities to earn points. SO GET EXCITED! The coaches have come up with some OUTSTANDING workouts. Would you care to guess what they are? I'll award 5 points to anyone who correctly guesses one of the workouts. Share your predictions in the comments.
When we expanded we broke down a big wall.
This year, so far, is the most unique time in which I've lived. I have written before about how we are collectively feeling and experiencing similar things. We have had to endure being stuck at home. We are seeing social unrest as we have not seen in this country in many years. We're all in the same ocean, some of us are just in different boats.
Now is a great time to explore your walls. Walls are useful for protecting us and keeping some things out. They can also prevent us from growing. We all have walls, and now is a great time to explore which ones you can take down. My walls are built with a thousand bricks of negativity: "you can't" "you're not good enough" "you don't know how" "everyone else is better than you" "you won't finish" "you'll fail" Sound familiar? All of those negative snippets (and more!) formed a ticker tape of negativity when I first started thinking about opening True Spirit. I knew I wanted to create a space where folks could develop their physical health and fitness AND a safe space where we can explore our mental, emotional and spiritual health and fitness. Physical training helps me break down my walls. It helps me see my strengths. It helps me see my opportunities for growth. I love what I learn about myself during a Hero workout just as much as I love what I learn about myself during a max effort lift. I love how the lessons of physical training transfer to mental training. True Spirit is a safe place where we can learn who we really are! I'm so glad you're here with me.  Remember the good old days when we didn't have to limit the number of people in class? Yeah, I miss those days, too. It is very, easy in our current situation, to focus on what's out of our control and become obsessed with the negative.
One thing we can control is our words. A common word I hear used these days is "but." You've heard it, too. Someone says something and then here comes the qualifier, but. When that word is used in a sentence, it negates everything said before it. For example, I'm really happy to be in Phase 2 and doing my part to flatten the curve, but I miss my friends. You're not really happy and you really do miss your friends. That's the point of what you're saying. It's OK to miss your friends. I miss mine, too. We can reword our sentence this way, I'm really happy to be in Phase 2 and doing my part to flatten the curve, and I miss my friends. Now BOTH things are true. You miss your friends, and apparently you're happy to be in Phase 2. Using "and" instead of "but" is a small and (you thought I was going to write but, didn't you?) powerful change in our word choice that will have a positive ripple effect on our mindset and outlook. Try it today. Every time you're about to say, "but," replace it with the word, "and," and see how much more positive your mindset becomes. |
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