Don't wish...

I did my second WOD at my "away" Xfit today. The intensity level is insanely high there. I think part of it has to do with the fact that they've been around for 2 years so they are at another place with their athleticism and attitude. They are also over 300 members vs our 75 and the energy feeds off every one who enters the box. I didn't realize how much I already feel like part of a family at my Xfit until I became a guest at the table of another. But, like I said, it's good to get outside your comfort zone. See what you can aspire to, take an honest assessment of your weaknesses.

I love this quote from my new Xfit shirt (the front is pretty bitchin' too, see below). I'd say to take it one step further though. Don't just wish you were better, make yourself better. Work at it. Fail. And then work at it some more. Tonight I could have worked at it harder, I know that. One of the exercises in the WOD was box jumps. I hate them. Not because I can't do them, it's because I'm afraid of taking a digger. So I didn't use the size box I should have and now I regret it. I took a practice jump on it and I didn't stumble. But I didn't trust myself to do it 100 times without falling so I went down to the smaller box (although I did put a 45 lb plate on it to add 2 inches).

So while I worked on my not-as-hard-as-I-should-have-done workout, there were some guys practicing muscle ups on the bars. Those guys fell over and over again trying to get it (a muscle up in Xfit is pretty much saying "I'm GOD-like, worship me"). I don't mean they just dropped from the rings, they fell to the mat in a heap. When our workout was over I heard a yell and some screaming and I looked over and saw one of the guys got in his first muscle up. I don't know how many times he tried, I don't know that tonight was his first attempt. I do know that he didn't let every time he fell stop him from trying. It inspired me.

I wish I was more agile that I could do box jumps on the 30" one like some of the other athletes. That doesn't come naturally to me. I can wish I was like a bunny hopping up and down all I want but it comes down to taking a risk and taking on the 20, then the 24, and -- maybe someday -- the 30. It will more than likely mean falling on my face at some point. That's the decision I need to make though, if I want to get to that next level, I can't wish it was easier, I have to work to be better. With running. With Xfit. With anything that matters.

While I ponder that for my next WOD, I have this for inspiration.