Thursday 9-24-09

Brainfog:
What is the "Crossfit Dance"?


The "Crossfit Dance" happens immediately after your final rep of intense metabolic-conditioning. You collapse to the floor, tears in your eyes, heart rate elevated to an abnormally high level while you move your body and limbs in hopes of making the pain stop, to the beat of your saliva filled moans.

The "Crossfit Dance" is more than just an process that would make an inexperienced onlooker perplexed with serious concern. It is more than just catching your breath or resting. It is a beacon of accomplishment. Many Crossfitters, like myself, plan their day/life around improving. The time spent leading up to a brutal workout is full of anxiety. Every action throughout that time is meticulously planned with the intent to put their body and mind in the best condition to tackle their next WOD, to set a PR, the test their will, to not give up, to do everything unbroken, to increase ones pain thresh hold, to find their true potential and ultimately....to finish. Never have I personally felt so terrible physically yet so wonderful mentally. Crossfit has taught me to go well beyond what I use to see as my limits. It has taught me what pain really is. It has made every aspect of my person stronger. If I may paraphrase OPT from the video "Every Second Counts," he is talking about how some people get frustrated with insignificant things or complain about their job; OPT's response to them is "you've never done a Filthy Fifty, you don't know what pain is." He is right, not only has Crossfit improved me physically and mentally when it relates to athletics, but also as it relates to my daily life.

In conclusion, the "Crossfit Dance" signifies the end of a WOD, a reached goal. Whether that goal is a PR, completing a new workout or just completing in itself. It also signifies that you gave everything you had, that "every second counts." You learn more about yourself in every workout. You become stronger mentally and physically. It signifies the start of a new recovery period, a new day, new hopes of success. Next time you are on the floor and the fan cant blow air fast enough, think about how much you deserve that dance. Relish the moment. Strive to get there again! Now, go eat and get ready to do it tomorrow!

WOD
"Helen"

400m run
21 KB swings, 1.5 pood (~54lbs)
12 pull ups

9:50(PR)

I was going for under ten minutes, I succeeded. OPT did it in under 7. Honestly, I though I could get sub 9, but I am not disappointed. It wore me out that's for sure. I did all the swings and all the pull ups unbroken. The run is my weakness, always has been. That is the only way I could have made up time, that and maybe butterfly kips, which I chose not to do.