Bob levitates as he snatches
One of my favorite conversations to have with people when I’m 5/8 drunk is: If you had one super power to choose, what would it be and why? Most people who have never thought about it usually say that they would like to fly or be invisible. I’ve put some serious thought into this and I am on the fence between two different powers. The first power is the power to stop time. This power would allow me to walk into a bank and take some spending cash, never have to stand in line again, never be late, take naps whenever I was sleepy and get a 7 second Fran time. The second power would be the power of mind reading and mind control. This power is different than being able to Jedi mind trick someone. It’s more like being able to control their thoughts. You would be able to get anyone anywhere to do anything you wanted. The Catch-22 is that you would never know what was genuine anymore and you may end up reading thoughts that you didn’t want to know. The super power conundrum is one of my favorite conversations.
Brooks just starting CrossFit at 16. How many of us wish we would have started CrossFit at his age?
This is like how we go about CrossFit. We have different natural abilities. Some of us are extremely coordinated but lack strength whereas others have endurance but no speed. There are super powers within CrossFit that we can affect. If you had to choose one power in CrossFit what would it be? The true CrossFitter would answer, “All of them”. Well congratulations you selfish bastard, you’re correct. Luckily, we can train to move toward attaining all 10 tenets of CrossFit. Pick some of the areas and systematically begin to get better at them. Work toward getting better at those areas where you are most deficient. If you aren’t flexible, make it a point stretch every day and set up goals for yourself. If you don’t have endurance, start supplementing some of your workouts with some CrossFit Endurance style workouts.
It’s more likely that you will be able to achieve these goals way before I am able to stop time or control minds. Get after your CrossFit super power today.
Workout of the Day 7/27/2010
A. Front Squat 4-4-4
B. 3 Rounds
25 Clusters (clean to a thruster) (95/65)
25 Slam Ball
650M Run (around the block)
*This is a happy birthday WOD for Clint. Not sure if he actually likes these things but I thought it would be tough nonetheless. Happy Birthday Clint!
If I had a superpower it would be the ability to be on time for the warmup
Maybe not a superpower, but I’d be real happy with consecutive HSPU or some decent (weighted) Pistols
My crossfit superpower would be to do burpees without feeling like I’m going to throw up.
What Cheli said. Oh, and the ability to run more than 50 feet without sounding/feeling like a rhinoceros in congestive heart failure.
I want my CrossFit super power and my real life super to be the same: Mind control/reading. I wouldn’t have to keep yelling for you to stay on your heels and get full range of motion. I would be able to tell who hasn’t introduced themselves to each other then mind control you to do your 30 burpees. I could also mind control Matt and Vinny to stop spooning during the workouts. Boom!
Forest- I think you do have mind control already. I heard you in my head last week- You said my wallball sucked and that I couldn’t count the ones that didn’t go over the line. Sure made “Greg” a lot harder on friday
I wish Forrest would teach me how to dance better in my videos.
My super power would be to do a box jump, and actually land on the freakin’ box, rather than crashing down the side, losing the skin on my shins. What a novel concept. Any one have a coupon for “coordination”? I think people are beginning to think I am a burn victim going through a series of skin grafts….
Ahh, its been awhile since I’ve blogged or CF’d but I had to reply because this is one of my favorite questions to ask people too, and I get that similar reply, mine always change. But in regards to CF, I would want speed, that way I could do quadrouple drouple unders and sprint like no other!
I would love to fly, but hey that is impossible without a jet pack. Anyways, my CF super power would be to do “Fran” without getting a freakin blood blister everytime!!! Or just not to get blisters or calluses on my hands at all!
Does being more photogenic count? Cuz it’d take a superpower to get me to stop making those faces….
But I’d settle for actually getting my hips to do something during cleans/snatches.
My CF Super Power would be to stop myself from laughing in my head every time someone said Snatch. Forrest, I know you can hear it every time and sometimes I think you make me do it.