Some lifts don’t come up. This one didn’t. Not in yesterday’s Total.
The CrossFit Total can be one of the most frustrating things when we’re not able to exceed the numbers we’ve pulled in the past. Back Squat, Press, Deadlift. How hard can that be? That’s what we think.
And, yet, pulling the same numbers again — or greater — doesn’t always happen. It might be conditioning, it might be sleep, it might be nutrition or hydration, it might be your back acting up again.
But one thing’s for certain. The bar doesn’t lie. You either pull it or you don’t. The bar tells the truth.
And, here’s the really funny thing: It tells the truth when you walk away too. How you leave a failed lift tells more about you than you might ever imagine.
If you pout, we learned about you. If you listen to the coach for what to concentrate on next time, we learned about you. If you’re sad, we learned about you. And if you kick the trashcan, we learned about you.
Think about that the next time you fail, at anything. What are you teaching others about yourself?
