Sometimes in a workout you may know that you could have DONE better, but you also know you GAVE it your ALL. I did that today. We did the 11.5 CrossFit Games Open WOD (20 minutes of: 5 Power Cleans w/ 100#, 10 Toes to Bar, 15 Wall Ball with 15# to a 9 ft target). I managed 8 full rounds plus 2 Power Cleans.
If I were better with lifting heavy, could do Toes to Bar without hesitating at the bottom, and could throw wall balls consistently without having to leap (cuz I’m short) then I know I could have DONE better. I’d have probably gotten 10 rounds or more. But, I couldn’t do all the Cleans unbroken, couldn’t do the Toes to bar without the pause at the bottom to get my momentum again, and I missed several wall balls because I either didn’t throw it high enough or hard enough or it fell and hit me. But, even though I knew I could have done better, I also knew that I gave it my all! I kept moving, tried not to rest too much and at the end I could barely breathe but I kept pushing.
Most of us can’t be good at everything, and I know I have several weaknesses. But, through it all I know that if I keep going, keep trying, and keep giving it all that I can I know that I can get better. So today I was happy with what I did. It doesn’t matter that I COULD have done better….someday I WILL do better….but either way I’ll always give it all I can.
