I had a conversation this weekend with Andy Petranek of Crossfit LA and obviously we got on the topic of the CF Games. Of course i was in the middle of making fun of him for being the oldest person to qualify when we got onto training for the games. I think Andy and myself are alike in many ways. He mentioned that immediately after his qualifier he took some time off then started training really hard, like harder than he usually does. He was tired and miserable. We started talking about how that is not why we do this and that we got into it originally, not to be competitive athletes but to have some fun and mix up our training.

Andy Mentioned something that i really liked. He said you can’t cram for a final exam (CF Games) that is 2 months away. We had a good laugh over that one but it really makes sense.

In training, as much as you want your overall fitness to be measurably better every day, when you are at Andy’s level its just not gonna happen. You have to be patient and spend time on what you know works and make sure that you recover. Andy mentioned that what he was doing after the qualifier was no where near what he did before. Obviously what he did before worked pretty well, so why change it? I feel the same way. My training hasn’t drastically changed either. Luckily i didn’t beat myself up before i realized this but it has certainly gone through my head that i should train more. I am on my second day off in a row and tomorrow is Memorial Day…