My motto today: "I believe in the Sun even when it isn't shining, I believe in love even when I am alone, I believe in God even when he is silent" '
It's been a long 2.5 months of yoga, bicep curls, learning patience and watching my body slowly change back to a semi-pre-crossfit softness. But...I'm finally back at it and I learned SO much from being away from Crossfit. We learn a ton, each and every day in the gym, when a workout kicks our ass, when we kill a workout, when a teammate crumbles under the bar, when a crowd forms around the last person finishing a WOD. No one really thinks much about what we would learn away from crossfit...well, here I go:
1. I learned appreciation. What it means to be part of a community where people's fitness and strength are one of the most important things in their life. A likemindedness that can't be found anywhere else. (although yoga is kind of my #2 jam these days)
2. I learned to deal with things in my life that I was ignoring because I took it out on Crossfit and to have faith in myself to conquer them.
3. The value of my physical strength really shined. I got through surgery like a champ (in my opinion) and got back to working out pretty quickly, but the best part was my body strength held better than it ever has before in my life. aka I didn't become a weakling as quickly as I had thought I would.
4. CORE. pretty much the most important part of your body for everything. Thank Crossfit for that one.
5. Friends. The support and love I had while being away cannot have been beat.
Top 5...I could go on forever. Peace, Love, Crossfit :)
My first two workouts back:
WOD 1:
27 Power Cleans #55
86 Double Unders (172 Singles in the 2nd Round)
27 Power Cleans #55
X2 for time
I think....15:47
WOD 2:
3 rounds
250m Row
20 KB Swings #35
20 Burpees
12:48
Namaste :)
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