Definition of a Clock Whore: Person who is so obsessed with beating the clock/others that they will prostitute themselves and sacrifice important and vital components of training such as range of motion, repetitions or other performance metrics for a "better" time.

These people actually miss the whole point of the training. The point of physical fitness training, from my perspective, is to improve oneself both physically and mentally, not necessarily in that order. The people who have taken the time clock or score beyond the extreme and compromised range of motion, number of repetitions, etcetera are doing so at the expense of the utility of the training. If someone judges their performance solely based on their status relative to others it reflects a distinct lack of self esteem. The idea of the style training is to develop self-esteem to increase capacities in many, many different modalities. A person who compromises training in order to beat others harms their self esteem. People know inherently when they are doing something wrong and there is a price to pay when they go against what they know is right.

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John tucks into today's WOD of 5 rounds; 10 Push-Ups/ 15 Sit-Ups/ 20 Kettlebell Swings/ 25 Box Jumps.

Unfortunately, Shawn did not reach his goal of 20 Double Unders by the 14th.  As a result, he faced his consequence (without complaining) of a 1km run in shorts.  No, he's not wearing a sweater;-)  Rob was a good sport and ran with him to get the money shots!

But, we did have some success today with Kim, Cam and Craig all completing Handstand Push-Ups.  Way to get it done under the wire!

1. The importance of the expected outcomes of goal attainment and;
2. Self-efficacy - one's belief that they are able to achieve the goals;
3. Commitment to others - promises or engagements to others can strongly improve commitment

Brian recently demonstrated his ability to reach a goal by setting a personal (and gym) record for his "CrossFit Total".  Brian reached a combined Back Squat/ Press/ Deadlift of 1010 lbs.  Next goal, muscle-ups or double-unders?

Michelle, Thom, Mardi, Janice and Vicki use the bands to help with push-ups and handstand push ups.

Today's Workout:  Skipping Helen
3 Rounds of,
80 Double Unders
21 Kettlebell Swing
12 Pull Ups
(sub 300 skips for double unders)
(sub double jumping pull ups for pull ups)

Congrats to Karen for meeting her goal of three Kipping Pull-Ups, and Erin for hitting 15 Kipping Pull-Ups!

James Watt - 5 Dead Hang Pull-Ups
Rob Readman - 2 consecutive Muscle-Ups
Carolyn Harris - One perfect Push Up. (She went on to do several during the WOD)

ALSO, Mike McConnell won the $100 prize by getting over 100 consecutive Double-Unders, finishing at 111!

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Having some fun with the Gymnastics warm-up.