Happy Mother's Day

(6:30AM M/W/F Women's Only Indoor class)

Happy Mother's Day!!! I am blessed to coach some amazing women each day in the CrossFit Women's Class. It is so encouraging for me to see these ladies balance motherhood, a job, and working out.

On Friday the WOD had heavy squat cleans and presses. For some reason that morning Carey and I were hearing a lot of "I can't...". Carey stopped the statement real quickly and told the class the next time she hears I can't then you have 10 burpees. There was an immediate change in tone and everyone started throwing up some heavy weight, believing in their own strength, persevering, and attacking their weaknesses. Samuel Johnson states, "Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance."

There is power in positive thinking and believing in yourself. Change the "I can't" to "I can" and "I will."

3 WODs, 1 day

3 WODs in 1 day. (stay tuned for pics)

On Saturday after the UTB and free Indoor workouts, the CrossFit Central coaches met at the gym and did 3 WODs spaced 2 hours apart in 1 day. (disclaimer: I actually did 2 WODs in 1 day and did the 1st WOD the day before since I knew I would miss the 1st workout on Saturday.) Freddy from CrossFit One World came up with the workouts. BRUTAL.

WOD #1-
Complete the following for time:
-10 power clean and jerks (M:185#/W:135#)-- I did 115lbs
-Row 200m
-8 power clean and jerks
-Row 300m
-6 power clean and jerks
-Row 400m
-4 power clean and jerks
-Row 200m
-2 power clean and jerks
Power Clean! This means the the knees must be above parallel in the
catch position.

WOD #2-
Complete seven rounds for time of:
-7 snatches (M:95#/W:65#)
-4 muscle-ups-- I did modified muscle/up with a box
-200m run
To be rx'd, snatches must be caught in a full squat. No power
snatching and then overhead squatting.

WOD #3-
Complete five rounds for time of:
-Run 400m
-Row 500m

I learned so much on Friday and Saturday. I left the workouts bruised, beat up, but empowered. Everyone was encouraging each other. Coaching. Improving skill sets. Breaking through mental barriers. When Saturday was over I felt a sense of accomplishment. I am so thankful to work with such a bad ass group of CrossFit coaches. Top notch. I truly am living my dream each day. We are in training for the Regional Qualifier in Ft. Worth on May 2-3 for the CrossFit Games. Saturday was only a glimpse of what is to come.