February 2012
10 posts
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Yes No Maybe So
“Yes. No. Maybe so.”
When I was a kid and I’d ask my mom for the answer to something, that was sometimes her entire reply: “Yes. No. Maybe so.”
It was frustrating. That answer and a shrug were all I got. And so I’d have to stumble off on my own and figure out the answer for myself. It wasn’t that Mom didn’t have the answer; it was that she wanted...
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Tuning Out the Noise
There’s a lot of noise in the world. Some of it is good noise, some is bad, some just is. As with anything in life, you have to learn to pay attention to what matters, to what’s important to you, to what you can use to make your life better.
The rest of the chatter, the noise, the din, the ruckus? Tune it out. If it doesn’t make your life better — or if your participation...
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No Excuses
You know I signed up for the CrossFit Games Open. I can’t stop myself. I’m still not 100% injury-free and I’m tired from travel and I work way too much and I have kids and fifty other excuses why I should have kept my $20 in my pocket and just said “See ya next year!” Wah wah wah wah.
I have excuses … and they are simply not acceptable.
See, where I work, you...
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The Only Movement That Matters Is the One You Are...
If you don’t CrossFit, I’m cool with that. If you CrossFit, I’m even happier. But, there are some folks out there obsessed with hating CrossFit and CrossFitters. That’s really funny when you think about it … and pathetic.
I don’t care if you drive a Chevy, a Ford, or a Toyota. I don’t care if you smoke or drink a lot — unless your smoke blows my way...
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You and I
You and I. That’s what it really comes down. That’s really all we need.
We think we need more. We think we need SO much more. We THINK we need.
But we don’t.
[box]In its essence, CrossFit is you and me working with intensity.[/box]
If we have a barbell, great. If we have a room full of other CrossFitters, awesome. If we have a 5000 sf box filled with kettlebells and rowers...
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Beyond Broken
We are all broken. Show me someone who says they are perfectly unharmed and I’m looking at a liar, or someone trying desperately to put up a brave front.
None of us get through life in an inviolate state. There is no one left unscathed; only those who have managed to bounce back quicker or higher.
And yet we find our sanctuaries. Places that help us to heal, to put ourselves back together,...
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Evolving
Everything changes, or it dies out. Nature is pretty brutal that way. Adapters survive.
People love to reminisce about the early days of anything. That’s human nature. “Remember back when …” “It was better when we used to …”
And that’s okay. Things always seem simpler and better in retrospect.
Present day is hard.
Challenges are hard.
Changing...
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Fight
Fight.
You fight. I’m talking to you. Don’t let this world get the best of you. Don’t let it take you alive. Don’t let this world beat you until you give up. No matter what happens, you keep going. Sure, life is going to pummel you but dammit you better fight back. Kick, scratch, claw, do whatever it takes to keep breathing, keep going, to stay alive.
All you have —...
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We All Suck
We all suck. That’s the first step. If you can admit you suck at something, then you’ve got a chance — because you’ve got heart.
See, we speak so much of the valiant efforts of the accomplished, the winners, those who distinguish themselves in competition and trial that we often forget that the most heart is unseen. The biggest effort in many gyms often happens before the...
