Challenge Yourself!
Today at the CrossFit Games, there was a swimming test. Everyone, spectators and participants, were very surprised with the announcement yesterday. The "swim test" was a simple 25m swim. Apparently there were no clocks involved; it was simply a test of everyone's ability to swim. Everyone passed. There is now some speculation that there may be a swim event this weekend for the competitors. Who knows?!?
This raises an interesting question: do you challenge yourself with new, or forgotten skills? I swam in high school, but haven't done laps since. Can I survive in water? Yes, quite well, but I wouldn't want to swim 500m right now, that's for sure! Lately with the middle schoolers, we've been throwing balls at targets - and I stink at it! But, it's a good thing for me to practice. While I may never hit the bull's eye 90% of the time, it's still good to try something different.
It's always good to train your weaknesses, and swimming, throwing, or tree climbing might just be the ticket! Select something different, and work at it. What's your choice?
PR about to be set by a middle schooler!
6 Comments:
The competitors don’t just have to swim… they have to swim over 200 meters in the ocean which is really on another level. One of the competitors just learned how to swim 5 weeks ago! This will be a great first event to watch.
– Jared on July 28th, 2011 at 9:04 am
Awesome first workout:
210-meter ocean swim
Run 1,500m in soft-sand
50 Chest-to-bar pull-ups
100 hand release push-ups
200 Squats
Run 1,500m in soft-sand
I can’t wait to watch!
– Josh on July 28th, 2011 at 11:27 am
So this begs the question: when are we going to take a CF “field trip” out to Claytor Lake so you guys can kick our asses in a whole new way? Open water swim, treading water, KB swings (they’re portable!), tree branch pull-ups, etc. All kinds of possibilities!
– Daron on July 28th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I would like to second Daron’s ‘CrossFit Field Trip’ question…it seems like one gnarly saturday morning could be concocted…sign me up if one gets planned!!
– Eric on July 28th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Brilliant idea! We’ll have to see what we can come up with!
Nancy, RX’d: 15:02 - :24 PR!!
– amy on July 28th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
be prepared to sign a new waiver for the Open Water swimming WOD!!!
As McB explains in one of the main site videos, poor running form can only deteriorate so far as to slow you down to a slow jog or walk… poor swimming form can be a life or death matter!
– Jesse on July 28th, 2011 at 3:58 pm