The Plan and Why It Is What It Is

My oh my, what a hectic past couple of days.

I guess I didn't preface this before, but the main purpose of the blog posts that I'm writing is to just simply get my thoughts down on paper. There's a lot being juggled around in my head right now, and I figured why the heck not. Let's put it down just to get it out there, regardless of if anyone reads this or not.

Onwards to the plan.

Here's what I currently schedule for myself, which goes against the 3 Days On / 1 Day Off template recommended so highly by Crossfitters around the country:


Monday - 5/3/1 Lower Body

Tuesday - Aerobic Capacity Development aka Running through the hills

Wednesday - Hybrid Core Fusion (Simulates competition situations)

Thursday - Aerobic Capacity Training + Conditioning (Typically hill sprints at lunch, followed by a longer METCON later in the day)

Friday - 5/3/1 Upper Body

Saturday - Total Body Fusion / AFM Training (Workout with the community)

Sunday - Rest (COMPLETE REST)


Why program like this?

This template is built around JTS's Maximal Strength Programming for Crossfit. Yes, this does work on more of my strengths as opposed to my weaknesses, but if I look at the Crossfitters who are being competitive at Regionals and the Games, my strength is still lacking by quite a bit. My best Fran time is 3:32 last year. Shaving off :33 seconds to get that sub-3 minute time is no easy task, but in my eyes, I'll achieve that before I get to a 400 lbs back squat.

At this point, I believe that my programming is a little biased towards strength, but I'm ok with that. I'll get in the longer METCONs/AMRAPs regularly (8-15 minute range) to help build up my engine.

I can't look for the easy way out. This programming is going to be tough, and it's going to be a grind. It is what it is though.

Article: http://articles.elitefts.com/training-articles/stop-looking-for-the-easy-way-out/

Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail - A Start

Starting a Plan

This past weekend my wife and I went to the Crossfit Regionals down in San Antonio. I was looking forward to this because as controversial as Crossfit is, it's damn entertaining to watch. For me, it's much more related because I've done similar workouts. I've never played football competitively, I'm WAY too short for basketball, and roller hockey was the closest I ever really got to the ice.

It's much easier for me to compare myself to these athletes as opposed to any other athlete in the world. I could create my own events if I wanted to, and mirror everything to see how I match up. Which is exactly what was running through my head when we went to see the Regional competition.

Watching those athletes made the call for me to try to make the Regionals next year. Whether I make it or not doesn't really matter to me. For so long, I've been timid on setting this goal for myself in fear of failure. Fear of Failure.

Why do I feel like this? Why am I afraid to declare what I want? Is it because I don't want people to see me fail. Maybe I'm so used to maintaining a certain level that I don't want to push myself in case I fall. I've told this to so many people, yet I'm can't seem to take my own advice.

Not anymore. By this time next year, I will be perfectly content with how I've done and competed. I'm going for it all. Training starts now...

Next Time: A Detailed Look at "The Plan" and Why It Is What It Is

Article: http://breakingmuscle.com/olympic-weightlifting/little-fish-in-a-big-pond-a-lesson-in-competition-and-humility