Quest for the Qualifiers: Discovering Potential in Mid-Life

First of all, THANK YOU to all of you who read last week's blog post, commented, liked it on Facebook or sent me other messages full of positivity.   I was (and continue to be) overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and encouragement I received. It really was humbling and I hope I don't disappoint anyone as I walk through this journey!! Now, onto this week's post ... Since I've started training with purpose for the past few months, I've become much more aware of how I approach workouts and how I handle successes and failures.  In many ways I've gone backwards to go forwards -- breaking down movements, lifts and techniques to their fundamentals and learning them all over again.  I've been in and out of CrossFit since 2008 so I have a lot of bad habits and the process of finding them has proven very interesting because I have had to put my ego in time out.  I thought I was a pretty good deadlifter, for example, but it turns out that m...

Well there's nothing like the public declaration of a commitment to strike fear in your heart and get the ugly voices rocking in your head.  I had originally planned on starting this blog much earlier this year, right after the CrossFit Open finished in March as a matter of fact.  The idea was to document my trip down the road from weekend athlete to competitive CrossFitter.  I wanted to inspire,  and empower readers with my journey while I kept myself honest and accountable for the changes I was trying to make. You'll notice, if you check your calendar, that this isn't March, it's June and this is my first blog post.  It took a challenge from my coach to sit down and get some words down (OK Sam, I did my homework for this week!) because I have been foot dragging like crazy.  With my conscious mind I said I was waiting until I had something important to say, but Sam knew the truth.  I was afraid. Some background ... When I decided late last year ...