Just read the RFM post about the "Mental Approach to Crossfit." Not bad.
My personal approach is as follows, here's the Pre-workout first:
- Look at the WOD board to see if it changed since I saw it online last night.
- Look at the times/weights/reps that people in the earlier classes did before me and either laugh or cry
- Curse and swear at myself for not sticking to my Paleo diet
Warm-up
- Mentally scream "I hate stretching" to myself so I can block out the physical pain
- Think positive, "No long distance bear crawls please, YES!!!"
- Sniff myself to see if I brought fresh workout clothes.
Strength Workout
- Set goals. Lift more than Marcus, lift at least half as much as Ikaika, make sure Kehau doesn't work out with me otherwise she will lift as much or more weight.
WOD
- Try to think some strategy. Should I go all out, conserve my strength during certain movements, trip Derek, etc?
- Tell Kehau to change that damn music.
- Position myself behind another person so that Bumper cannot see my lack of form.
Post - WOD
- lie down
- drool
- steal someone's water
- try to scare the 6 p.m. class as much as possible on the way out.
My personal approach is as follows, here's the Pre-workout first:
- Look at the WOD board to see if it changed since I saw it online last night.
- Look at the times/weights/reps that people in the earlier classes did before me and either laugh or cry
- Curse and swear at myself for not sticking to my Paleo diet
Warm-up
- Mentally scream "I hate stretching" to myself so I can block out the physical pain
- Think positive, "No long distance bear crawls please, YES!!!"
- Sniff myself to see if I brought fresh workout clothes.
Strength Workout
- Set goals. Lift more than Marcus, lift at least half as much as Ikaika, make sure Kehau doesn't work out with me otherwise she will lift as much or more weight.
WOD
- Try to think some strategy. Should I go all out, conserve my strength during certain movements, trip Derek, etc?
- Tell Kehau to change that damn music.
- Position myself behind another person so that Bumper cannot see my lack of form.
Post - WOD
- lie down
- drool
- steal someone's water
- try to scare the 6 p.m. class as much as possible on the way out.
I am literally laughing so hard right now! Rod...you are too funny and I thank you for the insight into your deep inner thoughts...Now when I workout with you I will know what is going on in your head. It is a scary place, isn't it?
ReplyDelete~Carrol