So the 2013 games are over for me.
What have I learned ?
What did I make of the whole 5 weeks, the WOD's etc ?
Where am I going to go from here ?
Firstly, the main thing I have taken away from this 5 week experience is the amazing sense of community, team spirit and togetherness that has been allowed to thrive in Reebok Crossfit Glasow, which must go down to the two guys at the top, the ones who had the dream, desire and belief to try and create this amazing 'box' both to train in and just be in week in week out, is truly inspiring, so thank you Iain and Gavin.
For having the balls to chase your dream.
I already love these guys
As for the games themselves, I thought the WOD's were extremely tough, but within the vast majority of crossfitters ability to have a go at, even if it was just that first rep, with 120,000 athletes registered, it must be hard to set weights reps, etc to suit everyone and there is always going to be 'complaints' about how tough or heavy the WOD's are set at.
As I say most people could get some reps in each WOD, which in some cases meant doing new PB's, so that can't be a bad thing.
These WOD's were in general, short, but high volume, if you were conditioned, if not then low rep, so I don't see the issue, others have with doing high reps in certain exercises, this is a competition after all, its not day to day training.
The one thing, I personally, and after speaking to others, had one problem with the games (apart from how hard the WOD'S were ha ha)
A problem that was 'self inflicted' as it were.
Procrastination from training.
Yes, I became lazy with my training, it started to look like this
Monday - rest from Sundays attempt
Tuesday - Train, but don't overdo any body part, so I can do new WOD, when it comes out on Thursday
Wednesday - rest, new WOD comes out tomorrow
Thursday - see new WOD, decide to practise for it
Friday - a bit more practise, or do my first attempt, or help judge !!
Saturday - rest from Friday's attempt or rest for Sunday, plus they need some judges
Sunday - will I try it again, do I have time, with all this judging ?
Shocking, absolutely shocking, so from that point of view, I am extremely glad the games are over and i have already set out a training plan to get myself going again.
During the games, I had no real targets as I had no real experience of Crossfit and the games, so I used it as a learning curve, see what I was OK at and what required work.
Double unders, toes to bar, flexibility and Olympic lifting speed and strength are top of my priorities, not in that order, but all will be improved on, over the next few months.
I also took an interest in other guys scores and have set myself a standard I expect to be at, if I do the 2014 games, so from that view it was good to watch people better than me and see how they prepared and competed.
As I said before, I now have the makings of a training program in place, written by me, with the emphasis on some of the more skilled exercise, but also to get stronger and leaner, which will lead to faster and stronger, which is the base of all athletic ability
So the journey began a few months ago, but i feel the journey is actually, truly beginning now
Craig
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