CROSS-fit #68 Live for Today

We all lead a wayward life at some point in time.

I for one have done so, quite a number of times I guess.

Everyone has, be it big, or small...

We've all had our bad, rotten past and somehow, we've moved on.

We're a new creation, no longer subject to the things of the old you.

However, it comes back once in a while, to haunt you.

It's a fact, whatever happened, has happened.

It's the past, you can't change that whatever happens.

Probably nothing to be proud of but gosh you gotta kick it aside!

Don't live for that.

Live for today. Cause if not, you're gonna miss it altogether.

You don't base your Olympic lifts on the PRs of years back.

You base them on your performance now, today.

So don't give excuses and said that you've fallen and had it rough before, thus resulting in the broken you now.

That's the worst ever. 

Cause what matters is that you come back and live, Today.

CROSS-fit #67 The new level

We want to be the best of it all. We want to champ the rest.
It's likely the human instinct in every single one of us.
In our blood, it's gushing to beat the other fella in the WOD.
I mean, we all want to do so, who wants to lose right?

You may be good at something but they always say that good is the enemy of best.
So be the best at what you do.
To do that? It's a whole new level of 'Suck'.
Yeah, you're already good at what you do, you've beaten those around you...
So what?

Doing a normal WOD, you're able to take on every one else.
Doing a simple job, you're likely to be better than the rest, but what's stopping you from going on to a whole new level altogether?
Yeah, you do have to bear that new level of 'suck'.
You've got to put on that weighted vest and gas mask to do that WOD.
Now that's when the real challenge begins.
Doesn't matter if you've moved from top dog to lousy scum.
It's a whole new level.
Remember, it's always you against yourself...

CROSS-fit #66 The word

To get you through, to get you by,

It's quite common, the strongest, the toughest of people all have it.

Even the most successful of men boast about these.

Their words in their lives.

The words they keep close to their heart which they live by.

Many of these words have swarmed the net in the form of quotes and catch phrases.

It has become statuses, it has become tag lines.

However, sometimes, these words become another persons lifeline.

There quotes become something another invests in to aspire and live strong.

Crossfitters all have their own phrases to push themselves.

"Breath and Fire".

"Live strong".

"Lift heavy or go home"

"Your workout is my warm up"

We base our workouts and our regimes on alot of science and a whole lot of data.

But sometimes, its these phrases which keep the WODs fresh, keep crossfit, really Crossfit.

So what are the quotes, words, tag lines in your life?

What're the words you live by? Are they from one whom truly matters?

Or are they as unreliable and as untested as the wind?

Live by the solid rock.

"I am more than a conqueror, through Christ who loves me."

CROSS-fit #65 Second Chances

It's likely that we all dream about it.

The better life that we think exists beyond those walls of ours.

And how man, great things could have happened if you did this or did that.

You'll probably have one or two lifts in the day whereby you go...

"shucks, I should've done this better..." or,

"Darn it, would've been great if I really gave it my all".

But maybe, just maybe, things ain't so bad. Cause you're given that second chance aren't you?

You're still here, still standing, still breathing.

You can still try.

And try again, you should.

Make that second, third, fourth, fifth, hundredth attempt.

Cause the fact remains is that you're still here and you're given that chance to try again.

if you could, why not give it a shot?

Take a chance to be happy again, to be joyful again.

A risk it is, but take one! To be satisfied in your spirit.

Maybe it's lost but try again... To love God with your Heart, Soul and Mind.

I was given that second chance just yesterday.

To love and be loved.

Who cares about the failures, at least now I'm given that second chance.

And I swear I'll make it better.