Two and a half years ago give or take some ;) I walked into this gym called Urban Warfit Crossfit. This place full of neon walls, and caution signs all over the place. This intimidating owner who could eat 8 of me for a snack. I was intrigued by this place that the moment I walked in I knew I could not leave this place without making it my home first. The first workout I ever did here just happened to land at the same time the 2012 Open, so you guess it, 7 minutes of burpees was my lucky pick. The energy there was so incredible, people who I didn’t even know yelling at me and screaming at me to push, push, and push. 7 minutes later and 99 Burpees later I had officially completed my very first Open workout. The next weekend the BOTB was hosting an event out at Urban Warfit for Open Wod 12.2. I saw this and was just too afraid to sign up, but I decided to show up and see what it was all about. I saw all these amazing athletes from around the valley, one of my friends out there hanging in and putting in a hurting on the workout. I thought to myself, that looks like fun, I want to do that, I want to be able to not only do all of that but be able to hang in with everyone who would surround me. By the end of it, I had no choice but to ask if I could do this work out. Only the few remained and everyone began to trickle out before I began. I remember the green plates and the olive green barbell as I took on this animal. I saw everyone do so well and I just wanted to do just as well. I can’t remember my exact score, but I know I was nowhere near 10 reps into 135. The dust settled and disappointment floods my mind because I didnt do well. I was a little mad but then I was reminded that it didnt matter how I did on paper, but what matter was that I gave it my all. Before then I had never snatched anywhere near 135, that day I was able to not only hit it once, but multiple times. Reason I thought about this today was because of the fact that for our testing week we had to do 12.2 as our Metcon. I decided to mesh this workout with the workout that I had programmed that would work on my weaknesses. I told myself today that in a Metcon I would do 3 reps at a 210# snatch. Alongside with that I told myself that I would only take 6 attempts before I would take a DNF for the said workout. I didnt go fast, and remained as focus as I could all the way through. That number is a little over 90% of my 1rm for the movement. I didn’t know if I could, but I did know that I would never know unless I tried. Before today I had forgotten what it meant to have that drive, what I felt when I saw all of those incredible athletes complete 12.2 two years ago and get scores that were nowhere near my reach, but that I knew that if I worked at it I could achieve them. Although I have never stopped training since then It has just been difficult to find a drive to push myself past my limits. I find myself constantly questioning why I even want to do competitions, other than being asked to do them. Other than someone telling me I should. Just remembering back to that day I remember how much they had inspired me, remembered how that aided me to go through this transformation I have undergone since then. So I hope that if I work hard enough, that if I do a little more, If I push past my barriers that when the day comes when someone sees me the same way I saw those athletes so long ago, that I can to inspire them to better their lives. To become a person that according to everything that has ever happened to them shouldn’t even exist. That through all the bullshit they can find themselves and find what out means to be who they are. Doesnt have to be as an athlete but as a new person. An enlightened person, an individual that understands that limits do not exist. Its about not only transforming one part of your life, but its about the evolution as your whole being. Becoming a person that when you look in the mirror you know that you are doing everything that you can to excel in what it means to be you. So this is my Thank You to this incredible Community that I have been allowed to be a part of. The Urban Warfit community and the rest of The Crossfit Community in Arizona. Honestly who knows where I would be right now. Big, big thank you to My Mentor, My Coach, and the person who saw me as more than this “kid”. Who was able to see my potential and showed me that I was worth more than I have ever given myself credit for. Thanks Rob, words never seem to be enough to show you how grateful I am. To another year, to a stronger year, a year full of growth.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:15:15 +0000
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