160608 - CrossFit | Wednesdays with Hannah P.

We’ve all been there at some point in our fitness journey- maybe when we first started out, or maybe now, or somewhere in between. Perhaps it has happened to you multiple times during your fitness journey- the feeling of wanting to improve from where you are suddenly.

Perhaps that looks like wanting to lose a large amount of weight, or maybe go from doing a jumping pull-up to a dead hang pull-up, or lift as much weight as someone else in the gym, or maybe work out every day without getting hurt or burning out. This is hard, but remember that progress happens slowly over time. For most people, going from working out 0 days a week to 5 days a week is probably not achievable safely in a period of 1 week. For most of us, the changes I just mentioned are not something that can happen in a moment, or even a week, or maybe even a few weeks. Most progress happens slowly over a few months or even years.

It can be very frustrating to have a goal and be working so hard towards it, and not seeing the results you want immediately. That doesn’t mean you have failed. Progress takes time. Sometimes we have to tweak our plans, or our goals change. That’s ok! Sometimes we learn things about ourselves and get added side benefits as we work towards progress (like having noticeable more toned arms even though we haven’t gotten that dead hang pull-up yet.) Sometimes the progress seemingly occurs in a moment- yesterday you couldn’t do that exercise and today you can. That’s amazing! But most of the time, fitness progress is something that we will be working with and making a priority for a long period of time. Don’t give up! You can do this! It just takes some time to accomplish our goals. Have patience and keep working towards them and after a while, your goals will be your reality!

-Hannah P.

WOD
AMRAP 15:
30 box jumps 24/20
30 wall balls 20/14
at 0:01, 5: 10: and at the end do 20 double unders or 20 tuck jumps