"The Ram"

Birthday WOD for Rayus and Samantha, my sweet Niece. Rayus turned 24 yesterday, and Samantha turns 25 tomorrow.

As many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of:

8 Thrusters (Men 115 lbs, Women 75 lbs)
8 Chest to bar pull-ups
8 Kettlebell swings (Men 70 lbs, Women 45 lbs)

My score: 4 rounds, Rx weights, pull-ups were kipping but not chest to bar

This was a total lung burner. My first two rounds of of thrusters were unbroken, but it was downhill after that. Pull-ups were all broken up. Kettlebells were all unbroken, but man, was I winded afterwards. Then going right back into thrusters was the kicker. A good, short, tough workout!

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"If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans."

~an excerpt from the Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann


I do quite a bit of "comparing myself with others", when really I know I shouldn't be doing this at all. I mean, it's good to have a point of reference for what a decent time is on a workout or what an appropriate weight is, but actually comparing myself and judging myself based on those comparisons is not a good thing for me, mentally.

It can be discouraging if I let it. For instance, several times in the past month, I have looked at Breck's list of workout times for everyone's workouts at the gym, and have found on some occasions, that I was indeed dead last overall. I actually considered the possibility of quitting CrossFit after seeing that one day.

But then I remembered that quote up there, and thought...how silly of me; how utterly vain and ridiculous to think that way. I get so much enjoyment, and so many benefits from doing CrossFit, how dare I think of quitting just because of the idea that I don't like being last or slower than someone else.

The fact is, many days I am slow, many days I am last, but I am always proud of my efforts and achievements. I always give 100%. It doesn't matter how I compare to others. It only matters that I give my all, every single workout!