Big Fish in an Awesome Little Pond

"Community, this aint no community this is a cult!" are the words from my friend and colleague Jason as we look over the floor of Characters at CrossFit Rubicon's 2nd year aniversary/Halloween WOD, potluck party. Whatever it is, or what we are is awesome.  I fall into a small percentage of the members. As a struggling fire breather, me and a few others are big deals to some people. We perform prescribed movements, sometimes difficult skills or generally have bigger numbers or faster times. To them that is something to aspire to. It's a great feeling honestly, to be admired or acknowledged for the return on your investment from training. You feel super, but I feel as though I am driven and inspired more by the general population.

I didn't have a hard time learning the skills or struggling for long periods with the movement. The first time I did a muscle up was because some guy came up to me in a gym on base in Okinawa and said, "Hey you ever seen this guy do a pull and pull himself up to the top of the bar?" I said "no, lets try it.", turns out I could do bar muscle ups. No effort, moving my body threw space and using bio mechanics to  accomplish a task or lift just makes sense to me. So when it comes to relating to someones short comings was hard for me. Starting with progressions and scaling down was a weird feeling, I just thought all I had to say was "do this", demonstrate it, and you could do it too now. Not so much. So I look to people like that now. They make me stronger. I learn from watching how they move or don't move. I smile when I work and catch myself over joyed inside because this is my job. To coach dedicated, hard working, caring, wonderful people. People that want to achieve more, in multiple facets of their life. Watching peoples bodies and confidence change, dropping from the thickest band for pull ups to unassisted dead hang pull ups for sets of 5. You inspire me. To hear you took 2 minutes of your 5k is amazing. Push, Push and continue to push.  Fight the sedentary lifestyle, leave your comfort zone and thrive. I think of you when I work out. When I feel like this is a tough one, I think if I quit or if I don't push myself more then I would be failing you. I want to work out with you just so you can chase me, because I want you to improve. So graciously thank you, thank you when you say i checked out your video "wow, good stuff", or "great job at the competition", but take some credit for yourself too, you make it worth it, and make me proud to wear my Rubicon shirt at any and every event.