Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Clock

3-2-1 Go!!!!  The competition against the clock begins.  You have to beat the clock, this time needs to be better than the last time.  You focus on your movements and finishing your reps and the rounds.  The clock is your enemy but it is also your friend.  It pushes you to go harder and not take the break.  You can rest in a few minutes when you're finished. 
But sometimes the clock can become an obsession.  It can hurt you in your workouts.  You race against it, but all you can do is look up at it and become frustrated.  'I was so much faster last time I did this WOD,' you may think to yourself.  The truth is you probably were, but your problem is you have become clock obsessed.  I am guilty of doing this.  I think we all are at some point.  These are the times we need to turn the clock off in our heads and finish the WOD. 
Yes race against the clock but don't make your workout all about the clock.  Make sure you do your movements correctly.  Hit your squat at full depth, touch your chest to the ground in your push-up, do the movements the way they were meant to be executed.  Because no matter what your time is, if you didn't do the movement correctly you didn't get all you could have gotten out of the workout.  So if you notice you are becoming clock obsessed during a workout, don't get frustrated or upset, turn the clock off in your mind and finish.

Today's WOD
400 m run with medicine ball (14/20)
Burpee wall balls
Sit-ups with medicine ball
400 m run with medicine ball
Overhead Squat with medicine ball
400 m run with medicine ball

*I told Pat I would have much rather carried a 15 or 25 pound plate on the run because it would have been less awkward and easier and he said, "That's the point."  He was right.* 

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