I just went back and read my post from Friday. Really, when I said I'd make up for Friday's WOD not being as challenging as it could've been if I'd done it later in the day... I just meant I'd have a good workout on Saturday. Not a KILLER workout, which is what it was.
It began with 6am Olympic lifting. Then onto the Saturday Team WOD which spanked us all. I slept until 10am today after falling asleep on the couch at about 9pm (or earlier).
After the morning of brutality, the hubby, kids and I went to watch my old coach do his weightlifting thing. We met up with friends from the gym who lift, too (hi!!) and Coach G was there. Coach J is awesome. I've really missed him.
The whole day was kind of a rollercoaster for me as far as working out goes. O-lifting in the morning made me want to focus more on that. Then the Team WOD... it was INSANE. But the fact that I could do it well (enough) made me feel good about myself and want to keep up with CF. Then we went to the weightlifting match and it was really cool watching people lift, so then it kinda made me want to do that!
There's a meet on July 9 or something that I'd like to do. I think. I don't know... these people take it sooo seriously. I feel so silly sometimes when I to it!! And when I get I nervous, I laugh. I don't think the people there would care for that too much!!
There's GOT to be some sort of compromise in my routine. Lifting 2 days a week isn't going to cut it. And CrossFit stuff 5-6 days a week isn't going to work either. As it is, I'm struggling with that schedule. The only mornings I can lift are Wednesday and Saturday. My coach can't do days and I can't do evenings. MAYBE I might be able to talk the hubby into letting me do one evening a week, but it wouldn't be able to happen for at least a month. My coach does Tuesday evenings, but if I went then, it would knock out Wednesday morning.
I think that right now, I'm willing to knock CF down to 2-3 days a week and add more lifting in. But despite having an email composed to Coach G, I can't seem to click send. I know it doesn't mean I'm 100% committing myself. And it doesn't mean I'm giving up CF. It seems like a compromise to me, but I don't know...
2 comments:
Why does it have to be a compromise? Why can't it just be the choice that you're making? You know - you are in charge of your own future, your destiny...not the workouts! You decide what brings you more fulfilment, and then you focus on THAT. If you choose O lifting, it doesn't mean that you hate CF or that you don't think CF is awesome - it just means that at THIS crossroads in your life, you want to focus on O lifting. Balance, baby!
I can't handle everything I want to do. My body can't take it. I've been doing 5-6 days of CrossFit and 2 days of O-lifting each week. If I want to do more lifting, I have to cut out some CF.
They both bring great fulfillment and I don't know which is greater. I don't know which I like better b/c they are like apples and oranges for me. I want to do them both and I want to do them both really well.
(Do you realize how hard that is to admit!?!)
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