Facing Fears

Every Saturday at Crossfit Teesside is a surprise WOD.  No-one gets to find out what it is before they turn up.  It used to be called 'Surprise Saturday' but now its called "Suicide Saturday" because the workouts are usually very tough.  Hero WODs are usually done on Saturdays.  ..I almost always wuss out of going on a Saturday because I'm worried its going to be ridiculously hard and something I can't do/won't enjoy.  However, as soon as I find out what the WOD was I am always gutted I missed it, it always sounds really good.  I then make a plan to go and when it comes to it I find an excuse not to.  It sounds daft ..and it is.

..obviously, as with anything you avoid, the longer you leave it the more daunting it gets.  However this week my sickness of missing out on good WODs took over my nerves of going.  I managed to override the things I was worried about and commit to going.  Once I had just made up my mind it seemed half the battle over!  ..to cut a long story short, I turned up and really enjoyed it.  It ended up being something I WAS afraid of doing but it was really good for me to be forced to get on and do it.  I felt much better for it.

WOD
20 minute window

Grace - 30 clean and jerks - 42.5 kg
mile run 
AMRAP Cindy - 5 pullups, 10 press ups, 15 squats

score: 1+17 rounds of Cindy

I scaled the weight to 37.5kg, which I was happy with.  I can and have done 42.5 kg in WODs before and I did some warming up but in the past when I've RX'd my technique has not been good enough and its caused me to fail reps and struggle, which really dents my confidence and causes 'the fear'. I wanted to get through the WOD and feel good about it, then work up to RXD next time.  As it turned out I think the weight was right because it was still challenging for me, but I could feel my technique becoming stronger and more consistent.

..bring it on next week! :)