“Success is the Culmination”…

Check out the following post from brilliant writer,  Lisbeth Darsh, at www.crossfitlisbeth.com:

We all suck. That’s the first step. If you can admit you suck at something, then you’ve got a chance — because you’ve got heart.

See, we speak so much of the valiant efforts of the accomplished, the winners, those who distinguish themselves in competition and trial that we often forget that the most heart is unseen. The biggest effort in many gyms often happens before the WOD ever starts, before the “3-2-1-Go!”, before the first warm-up, before the first hello.

The biggest effort is often just walking through the door. Think about it.

People — grown adults — show up in CrossFit gyms to learn, to admit that they don’t know everything, that they’re not accomplished at everything, that they need help, they need to learn, they need to grow. It’s a declaration no one wants to make. Our ego fights against it. We pride ourselves on knowing what to do, what to say, how to be. We are adults, after all. Our bravado masks our fear of the world.

And in the CrossFit gym, we take off those masks and simply lay bare our fear in many, many domains and aspects. And we try. We fail. And we try again. Maybe (hopefully!) we eventually succeed: at this skill, at that movement, in this WOD, in that goal.

But we fool ourselves if we believe that success is our most difficult moment. No, success is reaping the rewards of many difficult moments, each met and conquered. Success is a culmination.

But it all starts with the walk though the door, the admittance that you suck at something, at many things.

You suck, so what. We all do. Welcome to the road to success.

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7 Responses for “Success is the Culmination”…

  1. Hilary:
    February 15, 2012 11:38 pm

    Awesome! As usual perfect timing..I get so frustrated with how many things I have to work on just to be able to do an unmodified WOD and I get a little overwhelmed wondering what I should work on first. I have learned though that just getting through the door consistantly is an accomplishment..the rest will come with time.

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  2. Frammell:
    February 16, 2012 09:34 am

    http://games.crossfit.com/article/update-team-participation

    We can’t beat 72! Come on now

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  3. LP:
    February 16, 2012 09:45 am

    I agree people!! Sign up for the Opens NOW!!! It’s 20 dollars to STEP UP YOUR TRAINING GAME! You can see where you stand in the Region or against other athletes of similar caliber. I think that we are currently at 51 registered.

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    1. whitethunda aka ghostrida aka chalk beast aka sir talks a lot:
      February 16, 2012 01:04 pm

      Is there really an affiliate with 280 people signed up to compete? That is insane!

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  4. Rich:
    February 16, 2012 10:35 am

    Here’s a good blog I came across for anyone on the fence about the opens.
    http://blog.skyvisioncenters.com/?p=1001

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