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.

It maybe a holiday, but that doesn’t always mean it’s an off day.  My dad asked me this morning as I typed away on my key pad….’Are you seriously working right now?”  My response..”yup!”

A funny thing happens when you really love what you’re doing, it’s not always work.  Don’t get me wrong, there are days I have to do things I don’t want to do, but those days are few and far between.  I’ve always heard that when you do what you love you never have to work another day in your life.

I was able to get all my programming for the gym, myself, cleaned out my inbox and I connected with a few other people also working today that could lead to some cool things coming to Coca CrossFit in the coming months.

And don’t worry….I’ll be shutting it down when family arrives.  I’m not a complete grinch. ha!

Hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas!

in 3 more weeks that is.

I went in for my 2 1/2 week check up and it was all good news.  The swelling is all gone, and almost no bruising.  The stitches are all internal so there will be little to no scarring when it’s all said and done.  My range of motion is pretty good as well.

My homework is to continue to practice range of motion.  I can’t walk until I can flex the foot completely.  That makes sense.  The goal is to return on January 18th and put together a strategy to start walking again.

According to my uncle the first 3 months are the worst and most important.  That’s when the healing and strengthening of the repaired tendon happen.  Almost all of re-ruptures occur in the first three months.  I have NO intention of doing anything but following the doctors orders.  I want to come back stronger no quicker.