Mindless

We used to sit on the couch, turn on the TV, open a bag of chips (or whatever your guilty pleasure was), down a 2-liter of bubbly Coca-Cola, and veg.  You know the vegetative state - mindlessness, eyes glued to the 'tube, a slight glaze consistent with boredom, and the smell of whatever your eating permeating the air around you. 

A Checklist For Success

Go figure that I can't figure out exactly what to write because so much is going on. . .

A lot of folks that I Coach recently finished the Rugged Maniac in Southwick, MA, awesome job!!


The Garage Games finished this past weekend and the results are posted. . .


The Beast of the East is coming soon - more to come on that. . . .

Dual Personality

Thinking of all the things that could go wrong, the anxiety that may build up to the point where you don't even try, a steel reserve of strength that is squandered on the mere thought that whatever might need to be done, cannot be done. . .

A Little Focus . .

The psychological game that CrossFit plays, the lifting that you may do, or just the daily tolls of working and living - a little focus goes a long way.  Breathing helps, whatever preparatory means you have prior to your workouts, whatever you do to clear your mind and get on the ball. 

How

So I never did indicate in yesterday's blog exactly what ADL's stood for - in that regard, my apologies upfront.  ADL's stand for Activities of Daily Living and although that topic is ripe for talking about, I don't mind being optimistic and changing my tune for the better today.

The Challenge

It's been far too long since I have written, therefore, I decided to get right back into it here and now . . .

. . . And the Seven Dwarfs

Last night I had a spark of creativity.  Well, this little bug wouldn't let go and as I instructed class after class there was a noticeable trend developing.  As I paused for a moment of reflection I thought about Disney movies, and only one little tale popped into my head, and one character from another movie . . .

Practice

It was almost quiet, too quiet.  Anxiousness flooded the area, barbells remained still, legs began to twitch and thoughts fluttered through the mind - a moment of clarity, only to be distilled by the pondering of "what ifs" and "can I". . .

It Seems Like So Much More

Alright, this topic has been coming up more and more frequently, percolating through my mind like a fresh cup of coffee, and wouldn't you know it - a hot cup of java is waiting below. . .

When It Clicks

If something is extremely hard to learn - for example, high school math (and if it was easy for you, just go with the analogy), you would practice and practice - and then be tested on it, anything to verify that you know the method inside and out . . . .