So.... this weekend was great. I worked like 7 hours at my real job being a grown up and spent probably the equivalent of that at the gym as well....working on snatches. My arms are toast and my biceps hurt which I think means my form was a little wonky. Today Ben would have been so proud of my "sheer aggression" and not so proud of my horrific snatch form when I re-did the WOD. All day I have been telling myself "godamnit, you're going to power snatch 100lbs today, or else." and I did. and it was U-G-L-Y. I redid the wod and did feel pretty tired after working with Ben yesterday at the "snatch clinic" and doing the wod Friday. Before the WOD today I power snatched 95lbs and by that I mean I pulled like a mofo and got the bar as high as I could then pressed it out until I got to the top. There was no keeping the knees back, being patient, waiting until I was fully extended to pull at the top and there was def no quick getting under the bar. SO. For the WOD. I did this on my first rep of 100lb as was like, "hmmm well that was interesting, lets see if I can pull out another grotesque looking snatch just like that. again." And I got 12 reps at 100lbs! This wod was so crazy and I feel like I definitley felt the term people often call beast mode arise inside and the not the Annie Thorsidottir beast mode when she is climbing a rope, or Camille Le Blanc Bazinet muscle up mode, but the "CrossFit is somtimes about intensity and you're going to do this movement slightly incorrectly but get it done" mode. REALLY happy my oly expert coach BENJAMIN was no there to see me snatching away with this crazy new movement I like to call the SNATCH PRESS. He would have probably not even known what to say BUT hey SHEER AGGRESSION was the pinnacle of my success today. And I think he'd give me an A+ for that ;) Happy I didn't (excuse the language please) mind fuck myself today. I have a tendency to get way too worried about everything then not do well because I am so freaked out about how Im doing compared to everyone else blah blah blah. SHUT UP is what I have to tell myself! I can get really wrapped up in all the "drama", (not real drama but the battle between me being a pansy and wanting to do well that is going on inside my head etc) that I forget why I want to do CrossFit in the first place. This is probably the most mentally unstable thing I have EVER said (possibly) but: CrossFit is FUN. I love it. There has never been anything in my life that has pushed me to limits I never knew I could reach. And I LOVE everyone at the gym. Such a wonderful support group! I feel like everywhere there is such a great sense of community in the CrossFit world. Today Emily O. got 75lbs and she had that look on her face (for me, its the look that is trying to suppress bursting into tears because Im so stoked about what just happened) and I love it! I love to see others pushing themselves and accomplishing new PRs! Its great because you can relate to them so well. You know how awesome it feels to do something at the gym that you've never done before. I want EVERYONE to feel this way. It makes ya feel pretttty badass sometimes.
So all of the girls decided to set goals and punishments for not doing them everyday. Kind of like little promises to hold us accountable for not PWWSA (practicing what we suck at, not as cool as PWYSA, but still I made it up so Im going to go with it) and I chose 100 wallballs as my punishment and already failed to remember to practice my laundry list of shizzz. FML. WBSARRB(wall balls suck ass really, really bad!) hahah ok getting a little silly in here.
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