You Can’t PR Every Time

What Can Ya Do?

Ah yes…so despite the mental preparation earlier today, I didn’t get to PR my squat clean. Initially, I was shooting for 245# over my 235# PR from January. Then as I was going through my initial sets, I just felt like going for 240# instead. The feeling wasn’t right.

When I went for that final attempt, the pull wasn’t high enough, my lean was a bit too forward, and I actually caught the bar with my left knee on the floor. Rather than go for any stupid heroics or try something only a legit Games athlete should even attempt (which they shouldn’t in the first place), after an “AHHHHHH C’MONNNNNN”, I dropped the intensity along with the bar. I was looking to the guy in front of me, and I was just like…”Nahhhhh, oh well lol” (no I didn’t actually say lol haha…that’s just when I’m smiling and laughing to myself).

Source: games.crossfit.com

What can you do, right? It’s not like you can PR every time you go for one.

The Meditation Helped

A friend of mine posted a Facebook status on Monday how she was pissed that she didn’t get a new PR on her power clean. I just said that sometimes you PR, sometimes you don’t. All you can really do is let it going and keep moving forward with your overall progress.

And that’s what I did 🙂

The meditation I did earlier definitely helped keep my cool. I still managed to make life my bitch in a different way.

The rest of the WOD was rough for me, as my legs were shot from past workouts this week and from the squat cleans today. All I can do is focus on what’s to come.

Why The Fuck Did I Post This?

Seeing my friend’s Facebook status, I realized that a lot of people will run into this PR’ing issue at some point, whether you’re a newbie, legit firebreather, or someone in between like myself. It happens, and honestly, there’s nothing you can do when you mess up. Failing is part of the journey. I actually bailed on some of my initial squat clean reps.

Instead of getting pissed at myself and embarrassed for falling on the floor (leaned too far back haha), I got right up, waited a bit, and went for it again. Don’t let a failed PR get to you. In a few months or even weeks, that previous PR will look like nothing.

Kip it real, my friends.