Looking Up From The Bench

The 2016 CrossFit Games Open has come to an end. It was by far the best experience I have ever had with this competition. I also had my highest finish ever placing 66 th in our region. This was highly unexpected on my part due to my main focus being on powerlifting for the past few months. (I’ll go into this more later). A part of me wonders if that’s why I feel like it was the best time I’ve had with The Open. There may be some truth to that. But, I think a lot of the positive feelings I gained this year came more from what I learned and what I feel like I’ve overcome. The biggest take away I garnered from The Open this year is that mental strength, endurance, and belief in ourselves is just as important as the physical for any athlete. Sure, we can’t will ourselves to do something completely outside of our ability level.  But when we are pushing to the edge of what is possible for us, the capacity to do so lies in our heads, not our bodies. I always knew that mental game ...