This last Saturday I competed in my first Crossfit competition. Booties in Action 2015 was not only a personal goal of mine but also a personal growing point to show myself how far I have come.
Here are some thoughts that crossed my mind yesterday after I completed my first Crossfit competition:
- Eight months ago I wouldn't have put myself out there and competed among forty other very strong women.
- Eight months ago I don't know if I would have even showed up to an event like this.
- Eight months ago I wouldn't have gone up to a 245 lb. bar and even thought, "Hell yea I can lift this!"
(PR on my deadlift! 245#!!)
- Eight months ago I wouldn't have even thought I would be able to learn some awesome Olympic lifting movements AND be solid in them like a clean and jerk, power cleans, snatches and many more movements that come SO naturally to me now.
(During WOD #3 doing some dumbbell snatches, one of my favorite movements!)
- Eight months ago I wouldn't have ever thought if I did something like this that I would even place much less place 17th overall out of 40 women.
(17th place overall in the Scaled division. WHAT?!)
Saying over and over again the statement of "I would have never", "I would have never thought" just shows how much my thought process has changed. I am finally and fully becoming who I want to be. Who I want to be is still becoming defined. I am not only thinking about things but I am actually DOING and ACCOMPLISHING these thoughts. I feel that I want to be physically empowered. I am becoming physically empowered by driving and pushing and becoming stronger. I am becoming physically empowered by continuing to surround myself with motivating, powerful and successful people!
I felt such an overwhelming amount of love, support and strength yesterday while I was competing. It was like a great High Def class at Sweat360 but maximized with tons more people cheering, yelling and rooting you and others in the competition on. I couldn't help but smile when I could hear people yelling "You got this Em!", "Awesome job!" and "Keep pushing!". Being used to this type of motivation and yelling kept me more focused, more determined and more powerful than ever. I may have felt like my legs were going to fall off, or that my heart was right in my throat but continuing to push and finish made all of this time, commitment and showing up worth it.
The great thing is that my gym has helped mold me, form me, and make me become so aware of the exercises that we did yesterday that at times I feel as if I can do these movements in my sleep. I absolutely loved that a ton of these movements were even too light for me! Can't believe I am saying this but a 65 lb. barbell from ground to overheard and a 20 lb. dumbbell snatch really made me slow down a bit so I didn't throw any of the weight above me or behind me! Of course after doing fifty lunges, or running lines these movements were definitely challenging but it pushed me to keep going, to slow down , to breathe and stay focused.
My biggest learning from this experience for myself is to always OWN my life, my body, and who I AM 110%. Seeing so many women my size , different sizes and from all different backgrounds just killing this competition gave me so much strength within myself to know that trying new things, expanding my knowledge on my fitness abilities, and becoming happy and successful in whatever I want to be doing is all worth the hard work! Such a cool experience, eye opening and is totally making me want to do more competitions!
This is the true me. Happy, content and feeling the overwhelming success of completing my first Crossfit competition. What a great feeling and experience this last weekend has been!
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