Some things don’t c
ome easy. That’s a hard thing to grasp some days, especially when you’re used to powering your way through life and just adding extra effort to make things happen.
But some things just can’t be powered through, like double-unders here. You can’t just set your jaw and drive through your heels. The rope doesn’t care how big your quads are, or how determined your mind is, or who the heck you are in life.
The rope wants quick wrists, light feet, and — gasp — a relaxed state. WTH? You want me to RELAX? This is CROSSFIT! I’m geared up, pumped up, espresso’d up, and ready to rip through life with my bare hands, sharp teeth, and razor wit! I am roaring!
And so you won’t have double-unders. Not until you learn to listen, relax, and make your body do what the coaches tell you to do. Until you make that commitment, you’ll be passed by every person in your gym who has two feet and learned to listen.
So, chill. Stand tall and relax. Quick wrists, light feet. It seems like the antithesis of an aggressive sport like CrossFit, but that’s the beauty of it all — we must learn the things we don’t want to learn. We must sometimes be who we think we can’t be. And then we learn so much more.
