Making sure that you get the most out of every workout should be your priority. No matter if there are any exercises you’re not comfortable with or if you have minor injuries. You can’t expect to RX every workout of the week so sometimes you need to be honest with yourself and scale things back or completely modify something. I get weekly messages from someone asking if they should be coming in to do todays workout because there is something they can’t do. The answer I give is always the same “if there is something you are not good at it should be more reason to come in a work on it”.
There are two different types of worry when it comes to things they can’t do. The first one is they don’t want to look stupid in front of others. It is perfectly normal to not want to look stupid but 99% of the time other members don’t care what you are doing because they are busy with their own workout. Plus most members here will be encouraging instead of making fun anyway.
the second one are people who used to be able to do most exercises and for some reason they have seemed to go back a bit and are not as able anymore. First of all make sure you know the reason why you have been going backwards. You might have gotten injured and need to do rehab before training again, you might have been at a gym which has left you to continue bad habits and you have stopped improving all together or you might have stopped training yourself and thought you would be at the same level when you came back. These are all valid reasons for a significant decrease in fitness. The first thing is you need to think about it as a long term goal. If you get back into a routine and stick with it you will get back to where you were and you can improve from there. But the only way to get that right is to be honest about your current fitness level and modify workouts accordingly. If you have lost certain gymnastics movement make sure you turn up to those classes and work on progressions that help you get there in the first place. If it is a bodyweight issue make sure you stop eating what made you gain weight in the first place and then start buying the healthy foods which helped you. It doesn’t really matter what the reason for taking a backwards step you need to look at what has been happening in your life and then make the necessary changes over time.
The last thing is remember how long it took you to get good then get worse and now you are here again trying to improve. Add all that time together and that is most likely the time it will take you to get back to where you want to be so don’t stress about it. It will not be a quick fix so make sure you start doing the right things now and enjoy the journey because as soon as you reach a goal your mind will straight away look for something new to achieve so you don’t get to be happy for long if you only enjoy the results.
Enjoy the journey and respect the process
Christian
Friday 10/2/17
WOD: With a Running Clock
0:00 – 9:00
Run 800m
25 Squat Jumps
25 TTB
25 Hang Power Snatches 35/25kg
9:00-15:00
400m Run
15 Squat jumps
15 TTB
15 Hang Power Snatches 35/25kg
15:00-20:00
Find a 3RM Deadlift
Your scores will be: Time for wod one, Time for wod two and Weight for your heaviest set of deadlift.
