What Are You Chasing?

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

In CrossFit we talk about chasing performance as our primary goal, with looking better naked as a nice side benefit. But when I really started to consider that as it applies to myself I had a bit of an epiphany...and that was that the looking better naked part was equally important to me. 

At first I felt a little bit uneasy about that, as if I was almost letting my fellow CrossFitters down, but no matter how many different ways i looked at it, I always came up with the same answer; that the nice body was an equal motivator for me.

In all honesty, I can't imagine eating and training the way that I do day in day out if I only got really strong and fast, but without the visual benefits, and I'll bet most CrossFitters, if they really thought about it, would feel the same way.

To quote a famous line from an old Seinfeld episode: "Not that there's anything wrong with that!"

Ultimately, if it keeps you plugged in, training hard and eating right day after day, it doesn't really matter...it's all good!

How bout' you guys...how much motivation to train hard comes from the quest for the killer body?

Sure, we've got  Daycare!

WOD
Slap It Up
In 2 person teams for time:
500M Row
150 Bench 165/85
500M Row
150 Pullups
500M Row
150 Box Jumps
* The row must be completed by each partner before you can begin the exercise.
** Only one person at a time can be lifting
*** Same order for rowing each time...