Sunday Story…Why don’t I

Do what I know is going to be good for me?

You know you will feel better after you work out but…
You’re tired
It’s cold
You have SO much to do
You aren’t feeling well
You just aren’t in the mood.

So you don’t go. And you end up feeling worse partly because you didn’t work out and partly because you know it’s good for you and you denied yourself that feeling.

What is up with this? Why do we do this to ourselves? It isn’t just working out. It’s eating right. It’s drinking less. It’s reading more. It’s spending more and better time with our families.

You know what to do and you know you will feel better, and you know it’s good for you and yet you don’t do it. What happens in that brain of yours that this goes on? And on and on. Because it didn’t happen just once and you learned from it. Nope, it’s happening over and over again.

What will it take to fix this? It’s simple, really. Not easy but simple. First, make a commitment to yourself to keep your commitments. Second, make a commitment to do the thing you know will be good for but you are having a hard time doing. Third, install into your memory how you feel when you have done the thing you know will be good for you. Lastly, go do it. You’ll be glad you did.

John Mariotti
www.crossfitodyssey.com
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412

Sunday Story…The space

between

Where you are and where you want to be can be vast. It could be a chasm and look completely impassable. It could be a challenge and look like something that may inspire you to do more, be better.

You get to decide what that space becomes. Will you use it to pull you forward? Can it be a launching pad to do greater things? Will you dance with the fear of falling in the gap?

Or will you look over the edge into the abyss and walk away…over matched and under-inspired.

The choice is yours. This space isn’t just one thing or in one place. It keeps showing up to challenge your resolve. It keeps appearing to test your will.

How you look at that space is everything. Victory or defeat isn’t in what happens in that space, it is your attitude when you survey the landscape. Will you be defeated before you begin? Will you win before you finish?

The key is to determine how you will deal with the space before you know it is even there. Attitude is everything.

John Mariotti
www.crossfitodyssey.com
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412

Sunday Story…Why we do

What we do.
Why do you CrossFit? Why aren’t you on the treadmill or stair stepper or any of the other myriad choices for exercise?

Because you aren’t exercising, silly. People who exercise are doing it out of obligation or as a chore. The doctor says I have to exercise for 20 minutes a day so away I go to some mindless hamster wheel to “exercise”.

You CrossFit to be more fit than you were yesterday. You can move a larger load further and/or faster than you could yesterday. You are more fit. Hooray for you.

But why? I mean why is that important to you? We all have a different answer. Here’s a couple:
I want to go skiing in a couple weeks and I want the 3rd and 4th days to be as much fun as the first day.
I’m getting ready to play in a recreational sports league and I want to have fun and do well (and not get wrecked!)
I’m going to climb a mountain/run a half marathon/do a tough mudder and I want to have a good time doing it.

Better fitness equates to more fun! All of those things require better fitness. So get more fit. Have more fun. Look better because fit people are happier people and happier people are more fun to be around! Do more CrossFit!

John Mariotti
www.crossfitodyssey.com
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412