Crush Your Weakness

Semyon Doing Dumbbell Thrusters, 3/4/10

When a workout has a number of ring dips, pushups, or any other kind of pushing, you can bet I’ll be pacing carefully.  It’s one of the biggest things I need to focus on improving.  Instead, I often end up pacing too conservatively and not performing the pushing movements as hard as I do everything else.  I go just short of my limit, trying hard not to go too far and max out.  It’s my weakness and this is how I work around it.

For you it may be something else.

Many people don’t like running or don’t excel at it, so they don’t push themselves as hard on running parts of the workout.  Others find extra reasons to chalk up, so they’ll have more breaks during pullups.

It’s a natural to compensate for our weaknesses in this way.  In fact, it’s the best way to succeed at any given workout, competition, or real-life task.  Unfortunately, it’s not the best way to improve.  To get better, you must find your weaknesses and crush them.

It helps to have the support of your friends and coaches, reminding you to keep pushing hard even on the things you want to take it easy on.  Do you have a weakness on which you need to start working harder?  Post thoughts to comments below.

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The 5:30 Class, 3/4/10

March 9, 2010 WOD

As many rounds as possible (AMRAP) in 20 minutes:
10x dumbbell get-up (half each arm) (25% bodyweight)
10x pushup

* Scale as appropriate for fitness level by using a lighter weight for get-ups, performing only the situp portion of the get-up, and/or by modifying pushups to be performed on your knees.