Tuesday: 18 October 2011: Easy

Nothing in CrossFit is easy. If you think it is, you're doing it wrong. The WOD may look easy on paper, but is brutal during execution--think Fran. Also the WOD is only as hard as you make it. If you go in with a half-assed mindset, letting every little negative thought prevent you from truly pushing yourself, then you'll only get half-assed results. Don't blame CrossFit for not being hard enough, blame yourself for not being hard enough to increase the weight, go faster, or do more reps. If you go all in, you're guaranteed to get results.

Every CrossFit WOD should leave you on your ass, period. If you're not completely exhausted immediately following the WOD, you didn't do it right. But that's what CrossFit teaches us. It highlights our weaknesses so we know where to focus our attention to get better. It shows us where our limits are and helps us surpass them. CrossFit teaches us to push to our limits and beyond because we always have just a little more to give.

Next time you think a WOD was easy, take a 5 minute break, add 5-20lbs, and then do the WOD again but under your previous time. I can guarantee you won't think the WOD was easy the second time around.