Learning from your mistakes

 The Longcycle kettlebell competition at Complete Kettlebell and Fitness has come and gone. It was a great event and Michael Cricks did an amazing job putting it all together. His gym is top of the line and very creative, His staff was great and very welcoming and I think they all did a great job hosting this event. That being said time to get down to what I learned this past weekend. First off this was my first competition without my Coach Chris Duffey and my friend and teammate Will Metcalf there and this made a big difference now that I look back. We usually help each other out and chalk bells and of course there is always the pep talks and pointers that we give each other and I didn't really notice this or appreciate this until I didn't have it. All these little things add up and can take a toll, I was chalking my bells right after my last warm up set and it was already time to lift. This takes away precious time to get yourself ready and prepared to lift and of course when your in your set you have your teammates cheering you on and giving you advice, Duffeys famous quote " just survive this minute" or " you can relax when the set is done" just these little things can make a huge difference and I learned that this weekend.
  I already new GS is all about going the full 10 mins and I usually do but with this competition I got so caught up in my MS numbers and the speed I had to go that it literally made me forgot about what the sport is really about and I was all about greed. Once I realized I wasn't making my target of 55 reps my whole mental game went out the window and I threw in the towel and gave up. I have to say I am very disappointed in myself for letting this happen, and I will not let it happen again it was a shitty lesson to learn but that is part of competing and lifting kettlebells. Its a journey of learning,suffering,over coming pain and the fear of pushing yourself beyond your limits, and to strive to never stop trying to get better. So as long as you can learn from your mistakes you have to just take it and move on and put what you learned to the test, which I will be doing right away.

June 23, 2012
Longcycle comp 2x32 30 reps in about 6 mins

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