{"id":1412,"date":"2011-04-04T14:44:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2011-04-04T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T14:47:24","slug":"cf-open-wod-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=1412","title":{"rendered":"CF Open WOD #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit that this weekend, I was really struggling to figure out why on Earth I signed myself up for <a href=\"http:\/\/games.crossfitcp.com\" target=\"_blank\">this thing<\/a>. I was feeling pretty OK Saturday morning when I woke up. I knew that this WOD would be tough for me b\/c of the 24&#8243; box jumps. See, I NEVER jump that box. If that height is Rx&#8217;d for the day&#8217;s workout, I just step b\/c I have always just thought that I would bust my ass.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, WOD 11.2 was a 15 minute AMRAP of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 dead lifts @ 155# <\/li>\n<li>12 CF games style push ups <\/li>\n<li>15 box jumps @ 24&#8243; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was in heat three and saw most of the guys getting in the 7 round range. I guess that I developed the expectation of getting in that range as well. Unfortunately, I didn&#8217;t even come close. I got 5 rounds plus 9 deads and 5 push ups. Meh.<\/p>\n<p>I had to take the box jumps really slow and one at a time out of straight up fear that I was going to bush my shit open.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the part that I&#8217;ve been running through my head over and over. If I had done this WOD in class, I would have thought nothing of my score. For all intents and purposes, I got in a GREAT workout. Hell, it&#8217;s HUGE for me that I jumped every single time onto a box that is a height that I previously thought was no possible for me. I would have rang the bell!<\/p>\n<p>Within the context of the CF games &#8220;sectionals&#8221; though, man, this threw me for a loop as I got one of the lowest scores in the box. I can see why certain people in the gym enjoy this. If you are good at it and kicking ass, it&#8217;s sort of nice to see how your rank <strong><em><u>COMPETATIVELY<\/u><\/em><\/strong> with everyone else that is doing this. For me, well, it&#8217;s a little different. I don&#8217;t really enjoy seeing how close to the bottom of the barrel I am. I was pretty bummed about this for most of the day even though I told myself that I wouldn&#8217;t do that, that it really doesn&#8217;t matter, and that I don&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria did a great job of putting it into context and adding some perspective which logically, I completely get, comprehend, and understand. I guess I just don&#8217;t truly believe it, otherwise I wouldn&#8217;t have felt so bad.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny, all I could think about was &#8220;great, way to bring the rest of the team down with a crap score&#8221;. Oh well.<\/p>\n<p>I love this community, this sport, etc, but I am really starting to think that competing is really just not for me until I can figure out how to just suck it up, say I did the best I could, and let it go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit that this weekend, I was really struggling to figure out why on Earth I signed myself up for this thing. I was feeling pretty OK Saturday morning when I woke up. I knew that this WOD would be tough for me b\/c of the 24&#8243; box jumps. 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