Thursday, 09.02.10: Relevance....

Ridiculous....(yet awesome)

Or Educational...?

How do you like your blog postings? Completely random or educational?

 

Post to comments how you would like to see your CFO blog.

-PBJ

***If this gets more comments than GIJoe...How would a week of the CF Ladies sound???  If not, Pennywise will haunt your dreams forever***

Wednesday, 09.01.10: Iron Mind

 

Your going to have to read for this blog post, I don't have a cool video either but it's worth the 5 minutes.

I'm sure every one of you has been exposed in some way or another to the term "Mental Toughness". But what does it mean? And how are you supposed to apply it? Especially over long periods of time, and if you don't think you have it, then how do you get it?

Every human is a product of his/her environment and experiences which could explain why some people are mentally tough and the others feel it is genetics or unattainable. The truth of the matter is that mental toughness can be learned and eventually mastered. 

Attaining an “Iron Mind” starts and ends with practice. Why would you spend hours upon hours in the gym to perfect your Olympic lifting, running, double unders, or muscle ups? Because when it comes up in a WOD, you want to be ready for it. So what changes when we need that psychological capacity to keep going and it’s just not there? No matter how hard you try you can’t bring yourself to continue in that moment of weakness. It all goes back to practice.

By visualizing yourself completing a task successfully, you have given yourself more confidence because your brain thinks you have already done it. When Olympic sprinters were hooked up with devices to monitor neurological activity, the same signals were sent from the brain to the body when they visualized the event and physically completed it.

However, visualizing success is only half the puzzle. What happens when we fail? To truly beat the system you must also visualize yourself in the most vulnerable positions as well. During a WOD if you can’t seem to do another rep and you keep trying and keep trying but nothing seems to happen, the mind will switch from iron mind to freak out mode in an instant. It’s not game over; it’s never game over. Imagine yourself in those types of situations and visualize your recovery. Think about the negative emotions racing through your head and combat those with a positive plan to recover. It’s really that simple, now just do it.

Nobody wants a tin mind

Thanks for reading,

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He missed 9000 shots, missed 26 game winning shots, lost 300 games 

“I failed over and over, that is why I succeed”  Michael Jordan, NBA 6 time World Champion

Tuesday, 08.31.10: Olympic Weightlifting Program!

Aloha CFO-

            The Olympic Weightlifting Program will start this thursday the 2nd at 7pm!  If you would like to know more about the program I encourage you all to come by.  Also if you are not able to make it on Tues and Thursdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 9, shoot me an email at Erik@crossfitoahu.com and we may be able to work around your schedule.

            The two month program will cover in depth the Snatch and Clean&Jerk.  Also we will be working strength components to help improve the Olympic lifts.  The opportunity to compete will also be presented in October but is not mandatory.  

See you guys on Thursday and come ready to lift!

Dirty

Monday, 08.30.10: A Name?

In case you haven't been in Aaron C put a sick piece of art up this weekend as you can see in the picture. I was just wondering what you thought his name should be? Let us know what is back story is too. Why are his eyes crazy and why does he have a crown. I can't wait to hear your stories in the comments

-BP

P.S. I case you didn't hear CrossFit Oahu was voted the best gym in Honolulu! You can check it out HERE. As promised we are going to have an Ultra BBQ this weekend on Saturday. We will be grilling from 900am till noon. Bring your meat, drinks, or other paleo treats to celebrate. A WOD followed by a BBQ what could be better? See you there.