WHEN IN DOUBT PROCRASTINATE! Coach Jake had showed us a way to use our feet on the rope climb (did anyone else ever know the rope climb was more about legs than arms?) and Chelsea showed me another way that might be a little easier. Suddlenly I regressed to the insecure 4th grader, made obvious when I opted to do my rope climb very last in the progression.

The walking lunges and the pushups I could handle. 2 min walking lunges (25 lbs held overhead).Last night was another successful night in my deadlift through week 7 (I did week 6) of the Magnusson progression….new PR of 264#! Albeit exciting, my enthusiasm was overshadowed when Coach Jake started to go through the WOD that involved as many reps as possible of the following: In the altered words of Jeff VanVonderen “they’re gonna say the WOD, then you’re gonna do the WOD, and then we’re gonna be done.” SO I JUST SHOW UP. I do not want to talk myself out of going and looking at what we’re going to be doing can be an excellent way of doing that. I made a conscious effort to stop looking at the WOD (workout of the day, stay with me) each day. You ever dream you are late for a class that you never go to and you can’t find the location and it’s finals and you’re naked and the only way you can get to the classroom is to CLIMB THE ROPE? No? Just me? OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD. Excuse me, I need to grab a paper bag to breathe into. In fact, I’m pretty sure I even gave up trying because, hell, why bother? The rope climb trauma of my formative years is so prevalent that it manifests into stress dreams as an adult. Throwback to all those years of elementary and middle school gym class and constant anxiety and humiliation around the Presidential Fitness Test, the mile run, and…the rope climb. They just hang there, like a constant reminder of my past failures. Solcana CrossFit is now the owner of three climbing ropes.

Up until this point I thought I had avoided it, but alas, I was suddenly faced with my biggest fear.

Crossfit softball throw fail