#Cross-fit 148 Are you ready?

It's less than a week away...

It's the time of the year yet again.

The Opens!

This year, however, was slightly different.

After last November, the shoulder was quite out of action.

So it really dealt quite a big blow to be physically as well as emotionally.

Strength wise, i wasn't able to do very much for my upper body.

Mentally, I just somehow lost a whole lot of spirit.

Then for some amazing miraculous reason, I started to recover, FAST.

One and a half months ago, I was pretty sure, I wouldn't be in the running for the Opens.

Weights being pulled were simply not there yet.

However, right now, I'm just a couple of pounds shy of my previous maxes.

Which in turn translates to my shoulders pretty much being at a 100%.

So yes, just a week ago, I signed up for the opens.

Unprepared. Completely unprepared.

I signed up for the Opens.

Why? I mean, I haven't been really focusing and dialing down the extra metcons.

I haven't been working as intensely as previous years.

So why bother?

I realized that at the end of the day, the CrossFit Games is really gonna be a test of my fitness.

Right here, right now, how fit am I?

How capable am I of certain tasks? No matter my current physical state.

But that's life isn't it?

There isn't gonna be any big sign boards telling you to prepare for a big ordeal coming your way.

It just happens.

And when it does, how're you gonna respond to that?

Are you gonna face up to the challenges or flee completely?

The Opens is upon us, I'm facing that head on.

Irregardless of how I perform, how well or how badly I do.

I'm gonna be happy and thankful that I'm given this opportunity to do so.

CrossFit Games Opens 2014.

Let's get it on!

Cross-fit #147 Attention

There's a kid in all of us.

We all love to move, jump, throw, run and do things that kids all like to do.

And it's not exactly a bad thing. Just like kids, seeing some people do things they never thought they could, makes it all worth it.

However, just like kids, we adults sometimes have the attention span of kids as well.

Ever had a few moments where you just came back from a rough day of work.

Walked in to the box and gosh the workout is extremely tough.

And to add to the fire, it's technical too.

The movements need to be carefully taught before executed.

And now you grow impatient. Then you do the one thing that is so natural.

You switch off. You begin looking around, playing around with your own weights and bars without really paying attention.

However, its the minor details and attention you give that would really help in producing a great athlete in you. It's the attention you give that will prevent you from being injured.

Just like kids, we all love to have fun.

Sometimes, we take it overboard.

Then we get hurt, we come home crying and complaining about this teacher or that.

However, instead of being kids, now we're adults. We aren't exactly in the position to go home to mummy or daddy. Then what do we do? We take it upon ourselves and just not show up altogether.

Each step of the way, we have to learn to pay attention to the simplest of instructions, no matter how mundane, there's always something new to learn or better still, remember.