posted on October 27, 2020
One thing I’ve been working hard on is my headspace and mentality when it comes to training. I like to describe myself as being deer-esque, which if you know me personally is so true because I’m very light, happy, and everywhere all at once kind of person. I know when it’s time to compete and be serious but channeling anger, attacking the bar and digging deep within myself is not an everyday reachable thing for me.
Over the past several weeks I’ve been working on really channeling this intense energy and pushing myself to a limit I feel like I wouldn’t be able to sustain, but I sit there, in discomfort, and just put my soul into the workout/training piece.
Last week we had our typical team training session which included a very gnarly 21-minute same sex, team conditioning. I was the shadow on a 2-person team, this means I will do the same scheme of work as one partner (mimicking their efforts but being there for an extra push for both partners). It’s not always fun being a “shadow” because you feel your effort doesn’t count but I took this mentality and pushed even harder whilst pushing my other two team members in the process.
This was the workout:
21 MINUTE CLOCK
AMRAP 5
Buy-in: 32 cal bike (split however with a partner)
100-yard sled push (45#x2) *I did 50 yards
MAX squat clean in remaining time (135#)
Finished with: 10 squat cleans
IMMEDIATELY INTO
AMRAP 7
Buy-in: 40 cal bike (split however with a partner)
100-yard sled push (45#x2) *I did 50 yards
MAX squat clean (145#)
Finished with: 9 squat cleans
IMMEDIATELY INTO
AMRAP 9
Buy-in: 45 cal bike (split however with a partner)
100-yard sled push (45#x2) *I did 50 yards
MAX squat clean (155#)
Finished with: 9 squat cleans
Normally I would look at a workout like this and be wary that I could even move the 155# bar as I did during this workout, the fact that I attacked each rep and got roughly around the same reps per round/weight is a win for me. The most rewarding feeling is when your coach comes up to you not once but twice to tell you how happy they were with how you executed the workout and how they are noticing the mentality shift you’ve been working on.
I left this session proud of myself, 155# is only 30# off of my best clean and even a few weeks back I hit 5# off of my max at the end of a disgustingly rough workout. Both of these times my mentality was strong, I dug my heels in and I didn’t pull back.
I’m not entirely sure what we’re training for right now besides the CrossFit Games Open in February when our 2021 season begins but I’m here, working hard because this is no time to sit back and relax, it’s all about the grind right now, so here I am.
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