An Ego Check - Monday, Feb 27/17
An Ego Check
As you know it's open season! Dave Castro kicked off 2017 with a spicy one! When I (Jen) watched the throw down on Thursday night I was actually pretty excited. I enjoy DB snatches, I don't mind burpees, but in the spirit of honesty, I don't enjoy box jumps! But whatever, it still looked like a great WOD and the RX weight was totally fine for me.On Friday I started to think about the workout. This is my 5th CrossFit Open, and this year I need to be realistic. I'm not ever going to compete at regionals. (This is not be being negative it's just being realistic.) I do the open to push myself, and because I love the community! So looking at the open this year and the 17.1 WOD, I really had an internal struggle. I went back and forth with myself all day Friday, trying to decide what to do. On Saturday, I ended up checking up ego at the door and scaling the WOD.
Here's why;
On March 31th, 2016 (almost a year ago) I was hitting my 1 RM snatch and I dislocated my shoulder! I have never felt pain like that in my life... and I've had two children naturally without drugs! This was worse! At least with labour you end up leaving the hospital with a beautiful baby. This just left me leaving with a sling! I have also never had an injury before.My recovery went pretty well, I have a great team working with me. I was told at the hospital after they put my shoulder back into place, that I have one chance, one shot to recover properly and if I didn't my shoulder would always dislocate! There was absolutely no way I was going to let that happen!My shoulder did become partially frozen and it was not entirely easy to get my full range of motion back. But I did! Besides the great team of Physio, Acupuncture and Naturopath's I had, I also began swimming again with Coach Steph and the summer endurance crew. I credit swimming a lot, to helping break up that scar tissue and making it easier to regain my full range of motion. At one point I wasn't sure I would be able too.
Needless to say over the past year my training has been a lot different then what it was before. I also needed to remind myself that CrossFit is now my life! This isn't me being silly, it's true. I co-own CrossFit Indestri, I co-run UG Series / Women Strong and I am a CrossFitter. So besides my family & friends and outside activities, CrossFit maybe isn't my life, but it is at the centre of my life! I need to be smart, I need to understand my why and I also need to ensure that I'm able to do this for a longtime. So for me when I added everything up, it made more sense for me to scale this workout, and maybe this open season. I am not willing to risk my shoulder.
Why I am telling you this?
Because others might be fighting with themselves like I am.You might be recovering from an injury, or maybe there is something in your life that has changed your training, so you're not in the gym as much. Whatever it might be, always turn it back to remembering your why! I'm not making excuses for myself, and if you witnessed my 17.1 throw down, you could see that the scaled WOD still crushed me!Checking your ego at the door is not an easy thing to do. Up until the clock counted down 3,2,1… Go. I still had an internal struggle with myself about getting the 35lb DB and hitting it RX'd. If I'm honest, I will probably still think about doing the RX version until the time runs out on Monday night. But I know for this year, for me, it's just not worth it. I will continue to rebuild myself to where I was a year ago, because right now, I'am not even close. Today this is my reality, today I am not as strong or was conditioned as I was a year ago. I have to own that, and move on.Enjoy the 5 weeks of the open. Push yourself. We will always encourage you to keep pushing but most importantly HAVE FUN!
17.2
Announcement will be live on games.crossfit.com on Thursday, March 2nd at 8pm. Our throw down at CFI will take place on Saturday, March 4th at 9am. This weeks theme is "wacky tacky" mismatched socks, etc. Have some fun and lets see what you come up with! Also this week, to aid in your recovery from 17.1 we will have a 10% discount on our custom red CrossFit Indestri lacrosse balls, as well the JaktRX Promega3 Fish Oils. Here's a great article on Fish Oils, if you don't know much about them. Click here 10% discount will begin Monday, Feb 27th until Sunday, March 5th.
Monday February 27th 2017
Focus:
10 min: Coach Lead Push Jerk Warm-up10 Mins 2 Find 3RMPush Jerk.
Workout Of the Day:
WOD 17 min Cap
Chipper
100 DU
10 Push Jerk 135/95
80 DU
8 Push Jerk 135/95
60 DU
6 Push Jerk 135/95
40 DU
4 Push Jerk 135/95
20 DU
2 Push Jerk 135/95
.Lvl 2 FitnessSame as Rx With Mix skip DU & Singles115/75.Lvl 1 Technique2:1 - Singles:DU85/55.Lvl 4 Competitor: Unbroken Dubs to move forward155/105.
Cash Out:
Coach's Choice for Cool Down.Check back each night at 8pm for the next days WOD
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