Mama said psych you out

I am pumped when its a Cross Fit day, and after today, I will be able to go to regular WODs and see what I'm really made of.

And it scares the poo out of me.

I tend to psych myself out of doing things, even when I've paid good money to participate. I get excited about going to my Elements class, but then about an hour before hand, I get nervous tummy and I wonder if today is the day that I won't be able to keep up. Where they realize I've been faking it and that I really am just a big heifer that can lift weights but has no endurance or flexibility.

And then I realize there's no use in getting nervous. The planned lesson and workout is what it is and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm sure this is the reason the instructor doesn't tell us what to expect, because that'll just get your mind racing about what you think you can/can't do. The instructions are detailed, but brief, where before you  know it, you're doing weighted front squats like a boss. You didn't have time to get into a negative head space and talk yourself out of being able to do it, you just did.

We did a crazy workout on Monday (and my "connective bits" are still sore: achilles, hips, a lil knee weirdness too). Stared off with 2 rounds of 8 ring rows, 8 air squats and 10 unweighted hinges. Then, grabbed PVC and a bar and started going through the form for presses (weighted, probably about 30 total), front squats (weighted probably about 50) and then did some kettle bell swings (about 50-60 I'd say).

THEN we started the workout. "We're going til we're done" he said. 8 kettlebell deadlifts, 8 air squats, and then carrying a kettlebell down and up the hill (about 100 yards total, I'm guess). No one asked how many rounds, he just started the music and off we went. Back and forth, up and down, in and out. This is typically not my favorite method: I like to know how many more rounds/miles/presses I have left to do, but this let me focus on the moment and what I was doing and not get overwhelmed by the magnitude of what might or might not be left. I think there's a good lesson in that: Just be mentally tough, stick with it, and realize that I don't have to be super human all the time, just to think like a superhero all the time.