Charmel and Anne on the Erg
Good luck to Scott L as he competes in the Mid Atlantic Hopper at CrossFit BWI this weekend!!
Just in case there was any confusion, here is this weekend's schedule:
Saturday's Classes
9am All Level
10am All Level
12:15p Foundations
Sunday's Classes (No Dumping)
10 Level 1
11 Level 1
12 Level 2
CF Kids 1pm
Do you have a background in competitive athletics?
What are the mental and physical benefits of competition?
Do you consider our daily WOD classes competition?
Tickets sold out fast — so for those who don’t have tickets to Where the Wild Things Are, here’s the fallback plan:
6:45 show time @ Cobble Hill Cinema.
For those who have tickets at Union Square, that’s still on.
I’ll post more information on bringing the two groups together in the near future.
Laurel and I are going to be at the Cobble Hill location.
While I doubt that they will sell out, I bought our tickets online.
Steph W — can you get in touch with me? Dreshef@gmail.com
trying to clear up who’s heading to Union Square.
I have tix for Union Sq @ 7. Anyone else? I’ll try and get there by 6:30. Wouldn’t mind meeting everyone else in Brooklyn after, if that’s the plan!
What’s “No Dumping” mean? No bailing?Can’t wait to hear the reviews of WTWTA!
No background in competitive athletics outside of college, where I rowed for one year. Competition really pushes you to a new level physically. As David was saying yesterday morning, the difference between a competitive workout and a regular group workout is analogous to the difference between a regular group workout and a solo workout in terms of the change in intensity. At least for me, when some kind of ranking is on the line, it’s just a lot easier to really go all out.
I haven’t been treating the group WODs as competitions most of the time since when I was pregnant I couldn’t go all-out, and coming back from giving birth I’ve had to take it easy. But there have definitely been times when I’ve paced myself against someone else (yeah, Paulie!) or against the clock. I look forward to bringing a bit more competitive spirit to the WODs as I get stronger.
Competitive? No, because that’s not really in me when it comes to physical stuff, but “inspired to work harder,” yes, definitely.
I do consider the WOD’s competition in that I look at everyone’s posted results and gauge my performance accordingly. I don’t know that I’m really aware of what other people are doing while I’m in the thick of it.
I used to show horses when I was a wee lass and I think that ruined me for competition for a while. It always stressed me out way too much.
I think of the WODs as competition but only against myself. The numbers I track are my own. If I’m getting better, then all is good. I like looking at other people’s numbers and hearing their stories about their numbers got better. Then I hope I can do the same. So, to make a long story short, I don’t compete against fellow CFSBK’ers.
I have always been a competitive person and sports always been central to my life.I crossfit in order to compete at a higher level.
WODs always have a competitive element for me. Weather I am trying to finish before someone else or beat a prior time of my own. I think that it is healthy and makes everyone better.