Comments on: SELF TALK

By: Malzone

Malzone — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:33:30 +0000

Couple things I like to think about:

1) how accomplished I’ll feel when its done
2) how can I further exploit my dog
3) Who programs this shit?

Mental attitude is incredibly important and Traver nailed it on the head. A simple adjustment or mental cue to yourself can be the difference between an average performance and a PR.

It’s easy for us, as coaches, to see who’s mentally into it before a WOD starts…and the results tell the story. The mind will give up far before the body will…stay strong people!!!

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:23:18 +0000

I love CF because it clears my head of the thousands of nagging thoughts I am otherwise having about work, chores, and life in general. Right before, I am thinking “I can’t wait to go to Crossfit”. During, my mind is petty much blank. After, I am thinking “That was intense!”

By: The Claw

The Claw — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:58:28 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rAHnwWfsaY

The Claw

By: ATrain

ATrain — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:02:26 +0000

Okay, actually in all seriousness… I clear my head. I find I need to empty my thoughts and just go. If I think about a movement, the workout, etc, my brain goes into hyperspeed, I get all nervous and my muscles get tight.

The secret to my power lifting is that I NEVER walk up to the bar thinking I can’t lift this, no matter what weight. I always believe that I will. Yup, it’s a little cocky, but it works.

KJ – you’re already killing it thinking like that…I can’t imagine how you’re going to start crushing it once you change your brain!

By: KJ

KJ — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:53:30 +0000

whoa what an eye opener- before every WOD I think “it’s going to be hard, it’s going to hurt and hopefully, by the grace of god I’ll manage to get through it somehow”

I really need to think about it in another perspective of “I am going to f-ing crush this WOD and I can do it.. grrrr!”

Good post!

By: Migs

Migs — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:33:40 +0000

1) Why am I here?

2) Why the f*ck did I just do that to myself?

By: The Claw

The Claw — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:10:24 +0000

I took a self-hypnosis class years ago, where I was taught to make affirmations to yourself as “you” instead of “I.” That is, “You can do it” is better than “I can do it.” Don’t know whether it’s really better, but it’s what I do.

Also, I try to envision the step right after the one that I’m really worrying about. For example, when cleaning, I try to focus on getting my elbows quickly under the weight, when what I’m really worried about is getting the bar up high enough.

The Claw

By: Sondraj

Sondraj — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:33:33 +0000

Deniz at Paradiso CF shared this awesome article with me about Mental Thoughness and the Mind Games we play. It focuses on Olympians in the winter games but it’s very usuaful for our sport as well. The internal dialogue that we have in our heads greatly effects how we perform. If we don’t have our head on right on game day our performance will suffer as thoughts of how we would have , should have and could have trained,eaten, & performed better go though our head.

Enjoy the article:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123565231&ft=1&f=1004

By: The Claw

The Claw — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:08:17 +0000

I think River pretty much nailed it.

The Claw

By: ATrain

ATrain — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:58:54 +0000

Since I workout at 6am, I too am often thinking “Is it time to poop?”