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There is no crying in CrossFit
Aug. 20th, 2012 08:50 amBut I came really close this morning! Part of today's warm-up (I've come to dread the warm-ups more than the WODs) involved a 200m buddy carry, which means picking up someone in a fireman's carry and walking 200m. I have ISSUES with being carried. My ISSUES with being carried aren't quite as bad as my ISSUES with deep water and spiders, but they are very much still ISSUES. Being carried is (interestingly) the more taxing position since in order to help the person carrying, one squeezes into a ball to better balance the weight, and presses a hand into the carrier's lower back to help stabilize. This is a lot of work. And for someone who has ISSUES being carried and whose hands were maybe already shaking just at the prospect of being lifted off the ground...ugh. My poor partner had to put me down twice, and after the second one, I had to sit down. Outside. On the curb. My whole body was shaking and I was starting to hyperventilate. I barely made it back into the box, where I promptly sat down and put my head in my hands and did my best to avoid losing it completely.
GOD BLESS PROBLEMATIC J, who (it turns out) is actually a therapist. He came over and asked if I was okay and what happened. I told him I hate being carried and I thought I was having a panic attack. He asked if I knew what a panic attack was, and I said no, not really. He said, "A panic attack is just a fear of a panic attack. What you are is scared, and that's okay. You'll be okay. Just sit up straight and breathe." And then I almost cried. But instead, I got down on the ground and joined everyone else doing bear crawls.
I got my two-rep max push press up to fifty-five pounds. My weighted front squat is holding at forty-five pounds. I can lift more weight over my head than I can squat. If that's not enough evidence that mobility plays a huge part in strength, I'm not sure what else would convince you.
Here are the multifandom vids I said I'd post yesterday but never got around to it.
More multi-fandom vid love here, with a double dose of meta.
GOD BLESS PROBLEMATIC J, who (it turns out) is actually a therapist. He came over and asked if I was okay and what happened. I told him I hate being carried and I thought I was having a panic attack. He asked if I knew what a panic attack was, and I said no, not really. He said, "A panic attack is just a fear of a panic attack. What you are is scared, and that's okay. You'll be okay. Just sit up straight and breathe." And then I almost cried. But instead, I got down on the ground and joined everyone else doing bear crawls.
I got my two-rep max push press up to fifty-five pounds. My weighted front squat is holding at forty-five pounds. I can lift more weight over my head than I can squat. If that's not enough evidence that mobility plays a huge part in strength, I'm not sure what else would convince you.
Here are the multifandom vids I said I'd post yesterday but never got around to it.
More multi-fandom vid love here, with a double dose of meta.