3/12 Mental Toughness Thursday

Sarah C. works on her pull-up. 
I have written several times about the importance of competition. I've heard it said that competition develops character. I completely disagree. Competition reveals character. 
You often hear us Coaches talk about the difference between training, practicing and competing. In class, everyday, you are training and practicing. This means you're scaling complexity, managing load and volume for a specific stimulus, and working on mechanics and consistency.
Training and practicing are what make you better, more efficient, and ultimately faster, stronger and more fit. If you're competing in class by comparing your times/score to others you are missing a HUGE opportunity to work on your own fitness. If you are competing in class you are letting your ego get the better of you. Your ego is not what's going to make you faster, stronger and more fit. Your ego only cares about right now. It doesn't care about the progressions, the process, the mechanics, or the consistency. But, you need the progressions, the process, the mechanics, and the consistency to get faster, stronger and more fit. 
The time for being competitive is when you're in an actual competition like the Festivus Games. Competition reveals our character, our grit, our fortitude. Competition is the culmination of months of training and practicing. And, competition season is upon us. 
We are hosting the Festivus Games on Saturday, April 18. We are already MORE THAN HALF FULL and we want to make sure everyone from our gym who wants to compete registers ASAP! Bonus! If you register before March 22nd you get a free Festivus Games shirt or tank. How cool is that?
Register Here:
https://festivusgames.com/info/13106/
Watch this super funny video from our very first Festivus Games. and don't judge Coach James about his clean, it's good enough for CrossFit:-) 

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