Chipper
Everybody has a good reason to quit. Everyone has justification to abandon their plan. There isn’t a person among us who is not hurting in some way: mentally, physically, or spiritually.
The battles are everywhere: in our minds, in our bodies, in our hearts. We would all — all of us — be justified in quitting. In stopping. In giving up.
And yet some forge on, while others fall away.
Why is that? What is the difference between those that continue and those that stop? What is the secret of perseverance? Of success?
Maybe we don’t know. Maybe we can’t really say why one person takes 15 blows — and another person crumbles under one. Weakness can be seen in muscles, but not really in the heart or soul — and that’s where so much of this battle resides. Maybe we don’t really know why one person quits, and one keeps fighting. We are all so different: in physical capacity, in mental capacity, in heart. The reasons for our perseverance would seem to be far too multi-layered over our lifetimes in order for there to be one answer.
But we do know this:Â You are where you have chosen to be.
Is that good news? Or not?
And how does that answer affect what you’re going to do next?
– Lisbeth Darsh
WOD
20 Deadlifts (255/155)
Row 500m
20 Swings (2pd/1.5pd)
Row 500m
20 Overhead Squats (115/75)
Row 500m
20 Chest-to-bar Pullups
Row 500m
* 25 minute cap
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Thank you so much for your support! I hope to kick some ass!
15:30, with everything scaled. DLs @ 135#, KB Swings @ 1pd, OVHS @ 55#, 20 kipping regular pullups. I think I could have gone up to rx on the DLs and the KB swings, but I really wanted to do my pull-ups without bands and so I went conservative. Then, did the PUs in easy sets of 10, so regretted how much I scaled a little bit.
Even scaled, the OVHS felt horrible. Ugh.
Lastly, I will admit, the 25 minute time cap scared the hell out of me! The wod wasn’t that bad! Don’t let the time cap get in your head!
WOD: 15:02 (OHS @ 95#, no CTB pullups)
I wanted to break 15 mins… paced myself on the rowing too much. On a positive note, I felt a little more competent with the OHS.
Nice work, everyone! TGIF!!
17:24 Rx. Woof.
16:45 scaling to the max; 105# dead, 1 pd, 35# OHS and green banded CTB
The day after Brian Hack’s birthday hurts.