Are You Eeyore or Tigger?

WOD, 7/14/10:

FIRST: Find your one rep max SQUAT snatch (a.k.a. snatch)

NEXT: Squat Snatch 10-8-6-4-2

Sit up 50-40-30-20-10 (i.e. 10 snatches, 50 sit-ups, 8 snatches, 40 sit-ups…)

You should be performing the snatch at approximately 50% of your one-rep max.

Sure, he’s cute…but I’d much rather hang around with Tigger. Remember Eeyore…known for sayings such as, “Thanks for noticing me” when greeted by his friends in the Enchanted Forest? He was once quoted saying , “Nobody tells me. Nobody keeps me informed. I make it 17 days come Friday since anybody spoke to me.”

I wonder why??……

Life is not easy for anyone. Sure, some have it harder to others, but what constitutes the biggest deal in one’s life is just that: A HUGE DEAL (to him or her…hard to explain, but I am sure you get it). We come to CrossFit for a variety of reasons. Some come to get away from life’s anxieties, others to train themselves so that they can beat these hardships.

I have blogged (perhaps more times than necessary) of the importance of remaining positive in the gym (i.e. Positive attitude = positive results), and if you work for any type of corporation, you’ve sat through professional development on the topic; but it cannot be stressed enough.

No one likes to be around Eeyore.

Don’t be a rain cloud.

If you had a bad day, try to leave it at the door. Thinking about it will not change it, or improve your workout.

Ask any of us, being a CrossFit trainer is the BEST job in the world. Besides the fact that I haven’t worn a shirt to work in two weeks, it is the positivity that oozes out our garage door onto the cement outside, into my car, and all the way home with me. Trust me, I wish that I could say a high school is the same institution of positive energy, but this is not the case. It is REFRESHING to come to SCF at the end of my workday.

So, keep the positivity coming. When you start to mimic Eeyore, be determined to be a Tigger!

Our first line of business: I have detectives searching the garbage (which is right where these bars belong!) To whom does this belong???!!

A great way to ensure proper height in your wall balls...

Colin is lookin' LEAN (and single, ladies)!!!

Great work today, Aris!

Beauty through STRENGTH...love my strong women!

Here's to my 4:30 and 5:30 WARRIORS who performed the WOD despite the rain. I love it!

Good for the rower? NO. Good for T? Yes!

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Noelle McWalters:

July 14, 2010 04:30 am

Their are days that I walk into the gym as an "Eeyore" but then leave as "Tigger". This is due to the fact that many people in our gym have the effect of pure laughter for me. My job isn't one of the easier job in the world (just ask the Pinto's, they would agree) and to be able to come to Crossfit in the evening to work off the stress and be positive for 1/4 of my day is perfect……Their is nothing like having ADD towards the end of the day worrying about if I'll make the 5:30 or have to wait till 6:30. Just ask Michael, I never use to look forward to something so much before……..

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