Mindset

On Friday during open gym I wasn't feeling myself, I did my normal routine/warm up and jumped into my strength cycle. It was the last week of my Smolov Jr where I was to do 8 sets 4 at 175#s. This weight was one where I only did 1 set of 3 and 5 before. I have never done 8 before. On the fourth set I did not feel comfortable at all with it. And the fifth set came, my form felt like I was doing a one rep max. My butt came up first out of the hole and the upper back started to round. I called it quits after that set because I wasn't getting what I set out to do.  

I moved on from the strength cycle, which in some ways was an accomplishment for me, and started warming up and preparing for the WOD. I was a triplet of heavy farmers carries, a heavy yoke carry, and bar muscle ups. I was fine with the carry and yoke but the bar muscle ups were going to be challenge. As I attempted a  few to no avail, I started wondering "How am I going to do the workout and if I am failing in warmups?" I gave about another three tries and ultimately decided that its not my day and I will work them for now.  

I was a little frustrated, I know I could do them but friday just wasn't the day. So I looked back into my log and found a workout I haven't done in about six months. The workout, called "Grace" is a benchmark workout of 30 Clean and Jerks for time at 135#s. I figured it would be a good workout to take out my aggression and frustration on, so I tackled it. and tackled it I did. I ended up PRing by 1 minute and 18 seconds at a time of 3:46. Which boosted my mood from being so down earlier in the session. 

I was glad I was able to reevaluate mindset, and get refocused. I know that everyday isn't going to go your way, but if you dwell on the past, you'll never be successful.