Mar 19 2018
Back story part 2
John and I celebrated our one year anniversary of CrossFit on July 20, 2017. Here’s the piece I wrote on that auspicious occasion.
It’s been one year since I started working out at my crossfit gym. I was trying to write something profound, but it was boring. Then I tried being snarky, but that didn’t work either. So here goes from the heart.
Earlier this week, someone asked me how long I’ve been going to the gym. After my response, she asked if crossfit gets any easier. My reply? Nope. She wondered why.
“It’s because you push yourself harder and keep going past your upper limits, doing more than you ever thought possible of your body,” I answered.
She left me with the question “So why keep going back if it’s still hard?”
I didn’t really have an answer. So my mind has been ruminating on why do I keep going back, two to three times a week, for a year.
I go back because I am stronger.
I go back because I’m healthier.
I go back because I am taking control over my health and doing something positive to help me now and in the future.
I go back because I’ve learned how to eat better and healthier with real food. When I do that, my body works better in the gym.
I go back because the depression and anxiety that I’ve dealt with most of my adult life are better when I work out.
I go back because I’ve done things that I never thought I could do through crossfit, like a 10k and a Tough Mudder.
I go back because challenging myself has given me self confidence, and shut up that negative voice in my head that tells me I can’t do it when my body says I can.
I go back because of the people, my gym family, are some of the most awesome, inspirational, and motivational people I’ve ever met, and I’m proud to call them friends.
I go back when it hurts, because I know I’m getting stronger. And I may not finish the workout first, but I will finish.
But most important, I go back.