I have so many things going on right now that I’m officially overwhelmed. It’s a challenge to run a business, train for competition, build my brand, train my dog, rollout new programs, create a competition team, order shirts, plan a challenge, create a fundraiser, produce clinics etc.

I’ve got so many amazing things going on at Coca it’s hard to keep up with it all.  I have the vision of what I want to build and it’s starting to take shape.  One thing I’ve quickly come to accept that I can NOT do it alone.

That’s where my 5 amazing coaches come in.  I’m blessed to have 5 coaches that LOVE Coca as much as I do, and are ready to step up and bring this whole thing to the next level.  I have no doubt that by organizing all the projects and giving them to someone else to spear head that I’ll be able to breath a little easier.

We’ll keep chipping and working together and we’ll come out stronger on the other side.

I know that doesn’t seem all that exciting to most people, but for me that’s a HUGE victory.  I haven’t worn a left shoe for 6 full weeks.

At my 6 week followup appointment I was cleared to do two things;
Walk with one crutch with the walking boot
Walk with two crutches with a heel lift in your shoe

I’m taking option two. why? Because I’m so over the damn walking boot. Plus it’ll help me start working on my gait a little more quickly than with the boot. I can work on putting more and more weight on the foot over the next two weeks. The goal is to be completely crutchless in two weeks that would 8 weeks from surgery.

My next appointment is on Wednesday, February 22nd…. the same day as the announcement of the first 2012 CrossFit Games Open workout. That appointment will be the three month mark, and if all goes well, the same time I’ll be cleared to take on outside weight loads again. Talk about coming down to the wire.

And I’m fully aware that if I’m not ready I’m not ready. I have NO intention of pushing my body too fast and starting this process all over again. I always feel the need to clarify that as many people freak out about me working under a tight time line. I’m not planning on doing anything I’m not ready to do.

I’m very excited that Josh Bunch and Chastity Slone have agreed to travel to Coca CrossFit to talk to us about what we should and shouldn’t be eating and why on Saturday, February 4th at 11:00am.

1/2 of getting results is the effort you put in, the other half is how you fuel your body.  I know personally this is something I play and experiment with all the time.  I’m really looking forward to hearing what they have to say.

And honestly….If you’ve never met Chastity, she has a set of six pack abs to die for!  And to boot she’s a great CrossFit athlete.  She’s clearly doing something right.

It’s only $15.00 per person…. well worth the cost.  Plus you’ll walk away with a packet of information on applying what you learn.

I had an interesting conversation with one of my members this morning that I have all to often about self-doubt.

One of the biggest downfalls of CrossFit is what we portray about it; success, always success.  Every where you turn it seems people are succeeding effortlessly.  what you don’t see is all the blood, sweat and tears they put into (what ever it is they’re successful at) to make it seem so effortless.  You also don’t see the moments of self-doubt.

And I can’t say with uncertainty that other Games athletes NEVER felt self-doubt, but I find it hard to believe those that succeed are always 100% confident all the time.  Personally I know that I don’t feel confident all the time.  It’s in those moments of self-doubt that I need to step back and reflect on all that I’ve done and where I’ve come from.

We have a tendency to spend so much time comparing ourselves to other people and thinking about what we should be able to do.  When it comes to CrossFit, it’s no different. With in the gym you find people you’ve got similar skills with and you begin to spend time competing with them.  Or you follow someone online and you compare your scores to they’re scores.  All of sudden your self value is based on where you fall compared to others and when you don’t measure up you being to doubt.

I can’t stress enough….IT’S NOT ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO!!!!

• You can use other people as a motivator to get better when they’re better than you
• You can use other people as a motivator to get better when you don’t want them to get better than you

But what you CANT do is control what they do.  At the end of the day it’s about you and that’s it.  Everyday I train I’m doing the best i can do on that given day.  I maybe tired or hungry, unmotivated, scared, excited, amped, enthusiastic.  I may crush the wod or the wod may crush me.  As long as I did the best I could on that day that’s the best I can do.

Self-doubt is normal, just know that you’re not the only one having it.  I know I doubt myself monthly, weekly, sometimes daily.  But instead of giving into self-doubt I keep chipping away and remembering that they reason I got into CrossFit was my health.  Everything else that comes along with that is just an added bonus.