Sunday Story...The Open, Week Three

We're in the last week of the Open. Some of us have already done this third workout. Some of you are looking at it with mild trepidation. Let's be honest, it is a burner. It's going to punish some people who decide to go out too hot, but it's going to really punish everybody in the end. This is the beauty of Open workouts in general. We are doing our absolute utmost in the workout.

Most of us won't qualify for any stage of the competition past the Open, and that's fine. We don't need to. If we do well, let's go to the quarterfinals and see what it brings. Maybe it's not because you're going to go to the Games or anything else. Maybe it's just to challenge yourself a little bit further. How hard can you go? Can you go for an extra 10 seconds? Can you go with an extra 5 reps? Can you lay it out there a little bit further? Can you go deeper into that pain cave and stay there? This is part of the challenge of who we are as humans: challenging ourselves to do really hard things, and to do them voluntarily, not because we must.

The fact is that you never know; you don't know how strong you are until strong is the only choice you have. The fact is that when you voluntarily try to do things that are so hard, you are going to move the needle on so many other things in your life, not just your fitness, but your mental toughness, your trust in your capacity, the confidence that comes from knowing you can do hard things. This is where the beauty of the Open lies. See you on the leaderboard.

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John Mariotti

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