Let the games begin…..

So today is the day the 2012 CrossFit Games Open WOD 1 is announced. Tonight we will all sit by our computers hitting the refresh button until the WOD is placed in front of us, and then what. Do we start to plan and strategize? Do we run to the bathroom and throw up in anticipation of it all? How are you going to handle the WOD being announced?

I am sure for each and every one of us there is SOMETHING you don't want to see announced in this WOD. We all have a particular exercise that can bring us to our knees in an instant. Will you cry or cheer? Will this be the WOD for you to sink or shine? None of us know - and that's the beauty of CrossFit.

We have trained for this day - we have done what we can and we are who we are. As of this moment we are as strong as we are going to be- the announcement of the WOD isn't going to make us any stronger.

I came across this post by CrossFit Lisbeth yesterday - and I am very proud of the 30 CrossFit Michiana athletes that have signed up for the CrossFit Games Open 2012 - because you didn't let any excuses get in your way and I am excited to have each and every one of you on my team. This is going to be an awesome journey!!

You know I signed up for the CrossFit Games Open. I can’t stop myself. I’m still not 100% injury-free and I’m tired from travel and I work way too much and I have kids and fifty other excuses why I should have kept my $20 in my pocket and just said “See ya next year!” Wah wah wah wah.

I have excuses … and they are simply not acceptable.

See, where I work, you don’t get excuses. There is success and there is failure. Excuses don’t get honored. It sounds tough but it’s brutally honest, when you think about it. Succeed or fail. There are only two options.

Why should the gym be any different? Why should the Open be any different? Why should CrossFit be any different?

You can produce, or you can fail. What’s not acceptable is believing there’s a valid reason that excuses your failure or that somehow makes your lack of success okay.

What if you adopted this attitude in your life? It’s brutal, but what if you tried it?

Stop making excuses. Stop explaining failure. Stop looking to take the heat off. What’s the worst that could happen? You could fail. SO WHAT? At least you tried and at least you didn’t flap your gums with some lame-ass excuse.

Real badasses don’t make excuses. They succeed or fail. And then they try again, often at something harder.

Sign up for the Open. Get your ticket to the party. I don’t care if you win, but I don’t care if you come in last either. I only care that you don’t make excuses … and that you suffer with me.

WOD

Wendler Strength Lift

Then:

Turkish Get Ups

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1

10-1

Russian KB Swings 70-55
Chin Ups