{"id":1269,"date":"2012-04-17T14:01:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T21:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libernetics.com\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2012-04-17T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T21:25:56","slug":"crossfit-what-would-yoda-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libernetics.com\/?p=1269","title":{"rendered":"Crossfit: what would Yoda do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yoda once intoned, “judge me by my size do you?” \u00a0Well, yes, sort of.<\/p>\n

When I first got involved with crossfit, I remarked to a friend of mine that I had to set my expectations correctly, because I am a not a very big guy. \u00a0She agreed, and told me it was something I needed to realize. Well I wasn’t sure we meant it the same way. \u00a0Ah well.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, I don’t actually think of myself as small. \u00a0I can, after all, hold a tea cup with one hand. \u00a0My feet reach the ground when I’m on the toilet. \u00a0More importantly, I simply don’t think of myself as small. \u00a0Of course the way I scale the WODs tells a somewhat different tale, as I’m usually on the lighter side of the women’s Rx. \u00a0And from time-to-time I’m reminded that I will need to “put on more lean muscle” if I want to improve my crossfit game.<\/p>\n

I had read that Chris Spealler<\/a>, an incredible crossfit athelete, has chosen to gain weight so he can compete better. \u00a0I can understand that, given his desire to compete professionally. \u00a0But I am still not\u00a0convinced\u00a0crossfit is a game of big vs. small.\u00a0I’ve seen huge guys to 110 burpees in 7 minutes, and I’ve seen those same\u00a0athletes\u00a0being outperformed at lifting by much smaller\u00a0athletes. \u00a0It happens all the time.<\/p>\n

In any case my job is to maximize what I have to work with, and improve it.<\/p>\n

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For me, crossfit is all about maximizing fitness. \u00a0As for my\u00a0capacity\u00a0to enjoy life, that’s not correlated with size. \u00a0Some things, after all, are about belief.<\/p>\n

Cheers.
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