This is the place to be.

It has been one of the worst weeks I had to endure this past 9 Months.  Life was coming at me uncontrollably fast an furious.  Go ahead and get sick for basically 1 month straight and try to deal with things.  Being in sales during these fanatical times is really hard too.  Because day to day it really feels like i am lying to myself.  Lying to others and puting on a front so that they like you was extemely hard to do this week.  In essence i try to make people like me day in and day out.

I had the decision in my head and had myself convinced to drop out of the Crossfit Games Open.  There are a lot of things that you cannot control but this was one thing that i had complete control in.  There was a lot of justification and rationalilzation in my decision to quit.  Hard times. 

FUCK IT.  No one but myself gave me this second chance today.  As crossfitters we are surrounded by support and shoulders to lean on.  But really it is up to you to decide to take control.
So this is what i did today. 
Everyone in that BOX today was my go.  All the words, taps on the back, handshakes, and looks i got is what made everything right again today. 
Doing the actual WOD could have been a rudementary in the turning point, but what mattered was a "good job", "nice Chris", "way to go", "pick up that bar".  This truly resonated within me.  And made me realize the good people behind you will always be there so i owe it to myself and them to become what i should be. 
Today i succeeded.
Thank you my friends. 

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Humans Beings

Ten Rules for Being Human

by Cherie Carter-Scott

1.	You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.
2.	You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."
3.	There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."
4.	Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5.	Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.
6.	"There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7.	Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8.	What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9.	Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10.	You will forget all this.

Open WOD #2

Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 15 minutes of:
9 Deadlifts (155lbs / 70kg)
12 Push-ups
15 Box jumps (24")

9 Deads will be fine.  The key to this is to grab that bar and not let go until your 9 reps are finished.  Do not gas on the first few reps.  15 minutes is a very long time in the AMRAP world.
12 Push-ups will give me some indirect trouble.  The standard is to lift your hand off the ground to show space between the floor and your hand.  I have tried this before and it is a vary uncomfortable movement for me.
15 Box Jumps.  Bring that shit on! Do not stop and get those hips as high as your finish.
Rest - try resting in between movements NOT during the movements. 

I am fighting lack of sleep the past few days and i also have a little bit of congestions in my sinuses.  Bleh.  A hot shower and some Uber C and i should be good to go for Saturday.

There may be some spectators there to cheer me on as well.  So that will be really cool.

Well off to make some money.

My Boys in Blue - Friday

Able

How does one quantify the amount that their life has changed?  Saying something will improve your life does that indicate your life as you know it sucks?  Does it allude that boy you better change shit or you are doomed if you proceed as per usual?
 This is in fact the thoughts that go through my head when i try to sell the whole life changes that will occur if you do crossfit.
Fair?  I sure as hell think so.
Shit...if you look at your life and you are so very content on where you are who you are and where you are going Great!  But lets embrace openess.  Lets pretend that we need to be better people.
Enter crossfit. 
Crossfit will not make you better.  But i believe with all of my heart that you will be more able if you do crossfit.  Let us not disarm ourselves.  Let us not give our bodies a chance.  Let us not be able to live to 100.  Life is valuable and life is beautiful. 
I am still afraid of life itself.  I am still petrified of WOD's.  I shake in my boots knowing in need to change and be better.  But you know what?  I will live.  I will kick the shit out of that WOD.  I will be surrounded by and be good people.
Do shit.  And do it well.  You are to blame if you do not do so.
So next time you are about to hit a WOD.....fucking destroy it - be able - and be better!

Coashhh out.


No. 9

Let The Boddies Hit The Floor

Turbo - Done

Those water bottles are so far away - Tapout and jPod

Crazy ass Ninja

Bring on the heartache

Organic me.

Welcome. Welcome.  Welcome.

Unfortunately/fortunately i have two other blogs.  One was first published way back when my now 6 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.  For months and possibly years this was my way of geting things out and takling about them.  My passion and focus for that time was Emma and her new diagnoses.  I am not inclined or even have any desire right now to induce any kind of pity party for myself and revisit those days.   They are very vivid within me and i draw from that experience daily.  It is amazing how a 2 year old can inspire you and motivate you and make you want to be perfect on this planet.

The other blog was dedicated to my new found glory Crossfit.  Just as much as the E's diagnoses Crossfit has taken a stranglehold on myself and has made me a much more conscious person.   This is something that lives organically inside of me.  It manifests extremely hurtful days and in turn it harbours the most amazing feelings an emotions that i have not felt in many many years.  If I allow it to...it makes my existence perfect.

I still have demons.  I still have hang ups.  Life is still coming at me 100 miles an hour.  But with the strength i draw from my two daughters (3 and 6) and the power of Crossfit i have the tools to breed two very healthy girls and one very strong healthy Dad, friend, brother, son.

We all have journeys....and this is mine.