It’s Funny

How quickly we adjust to new realities. What at first seems like an impossible climb becomes a reachable goal when you consider it from a different perspective. Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument? At first, you fumble your way through it, hitting the wrong notes and then finish with a crash landing. Eventually with practice, it starts to sound better and your skill improves to the point where the dog doesn't howl anymore. He still hides under the deck, though. Doing rounds in a WOD feels a lot like that. Today I walked in to the box feeling a little weak in the knees with dread, after Saturday's 20 round epic battle. I heaved a bit of a sigh of relief when I saw it was only 7 rounds. That's rather interesting isn't it? 7 rounds is certainly nothing to take lightly. (Oh, I just got that) The story goes like this: 12 back squats, 12 ring dips (or equivalent), and 1 rope climb.

What I said before about different perspectives was really hitting home for me tonight. Weeks ago, the idea of 7 rounds would seem like a wide, fast moving river that I had to cross. Rough, dangerous, and no guarantee of making it to the other side. Mexican fugitives taking pot shots at me for their amusement. "Swim you fat hombre!" But after doing 150 squats, 200 jumping pullups, 20 FRIGGIN ROUNDS OF MADNESS and other crazy shit, a 7 rounder seems almost pedestrian. But you know better, don't you? 7 rounds is not trivial. Let's break it down and see what really happened.

12 back squats for 7 rounds. I lifted 135lb for 3 rounds, then switched to 115lb for the remaining 4. Total: 10,380lb

84 bench dips (84 ring dips was not going to happen)

7 rope climbs (7 more than I could do the first time I tried it)

That's a tremendous amount of effort. I mean really, who lifts 10,000 pounds? You and me, my friend, you and me.