So I dropped 20 bucks on an open worldwide competition that is designed to find “the fittest on earth”. No big deal. I have now been religiously CrossFitting for a little over 6 months. As my coach says, “I wish I knew about this shit sooner.” Given, I’m only 20 going on 21 this September, but I really do wish I knew about this awesome community/ program a long time ago. But, as much as I can babble on about how much CrossFit has changed my life as a whole, I’m here to talk about my experience with the Open. I’m going into this thing with low expectations, and high hopes. It’s going to be a learning experience. My first real competitive CrossFit event, and it will help highlight kinks in my training and programming. I’m already through WOD 1 out of 5, and considering my training, diet, and all other things, I did pretty well. 106 Burpees in 7 minutes.
LESSON 1 LEARNED FROM THE CROSSFIT OPEN: You will always fall to the level of your training.
Now this is my personal opinion, and also me being honest with myself. A lot of people speak like this. Whether it’s doing formation drills in the Army, or, to stay relevant, training for a competition. “I’ll rise to the challenge on game day.” Now as much as I honestly believe I can step it up a bit mentally on game day/ competition day, I also believe that your training and programming will ultimately be highlighted when you’re mid-workout. I experienced this exact thing during Open WOD 12.1. Not to say my training sucks, but I do sometimes justify a bad day with me saying “I know I could have done better.” So ultimately, to reword my first lesson learned about competitive CrossFit, train as you would compete. (My Drill Sergeants from Basic Training would say “Train as you would fight.” So same thing, kinda.)
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