Pain, Reflection, Progress: The Cycle
Here is a thought, a quote, and a piece of training to consider this weekend.
TQT
Thought
The struggles and pain we face are our best teachers.
How do you react when in physical or psychological pain?
Where does your mind go?
What internal dialogue do you revert to?
Who do you become?
By examining how we respond, we give ourselves the opportunity to better understand where our fear comes from and how we can combat it.
How could you upgrade your default setting when in those stressful moments?
If we shift our framing, we can turn pain into possibility.
Quote
“Without struggle, no one will know what you are capable of, not even yourself.” - Seneca
Training
[Possible 2023 CrossFit Quarterfinal Event?]
For Time:
500m Row
50 GHDSU
1000m Row
30 GHDSU
2000m Row
20 GHDSU
This workout has been on the main site a few times over the past year. A classic combination: MG (mono-structural & gymnastics).
Rowing requires great postural endurance. When you pair it with a movement that will severely tax your midline and by extension your postural endurance, you have a great fitness test.
I would classify these as non-complementary patterns as they both fatigue each other. The structuring of the movements plays a part in the fatigue as well. As the fatigue is accumulating from the GHD sit-ups, you are rowing longer and longer distances challenging your postural endurance even more.
One final aspect of this test that I enjoy is the ascending nature of the rowing distance and the overall length. Ascending work bouts require a lot of self-knowledge around one’s pace and an ability to pivot on the fly depending on how fast or how slow fatigue is rising.
Whether or not it is an actual 2023 CrossFit Quarterfinal event, it’s a great test of fitness that can provide a wealth of insights into your current capabilities.
The Crafting Fitness Podcast
Episode 20: Should you be tracking your food?
Hey guys, welcome back to Crafting Fitness!
Today I sit down with Colleen Fotsch to discuss two questions she often receives:
Question 1:
Should you be tracking your food?
Question 2:
How to eat to perform?
We were both able to share our own personal experiences with tracking food and how we’ve eaten in the past to perform.
We looked at the pros and cons from our personal lens and from our coach lens to show how different seasons of life create different needs for the way we view and consume food.
Finally, we discussed the impact of one’s environment, social circles, and traveling regarding the decisions we make with food.
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Onward,
Coach Sam Smith
