Game Face.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Did you ever go to a bar before you were 21? How did you act the time you went and g
ot kicked out? How did you act the time(s) you went and got to stay? I'll put money on the fact that the times you stayed, you slapped on your game face and acted like you owned the place...right?
So how is that different than putting on your game face for a WOD? Some of the people I work with closest often hear me say "fake it 'till you make it" or "get your mind right" or "GAME FACE." Yes, the all caps meant I was yelling.
Many months ago, an idividual I look up to, whose name I will not mention, gave me some priceless advise. I was getting my tail kicked in my pullups in a WOD. I mean, I was churning out a max of 2-3 at a time on my way to finishing. After the WOD this individual pulled me aside and told me exactly when my mind checked out of that WOD. He said it was written all over my face the second it happened. I didn't realize it at the time, but I knew he was 100% right. Instead of my face reading "suck it up, get this WOD done, NOW" it said, "Please kill me, I hate my life, I wanna cry." 
Many months ago, an idividual I look up to, whose name I will not mention, gave me some priceless advise. I was getting my tail kicked in my pullups in a WOD. I mean, I was churning out a max of 2-3 at a time on my way to finishing. After the WOD this individual pulled me aside and told me exactly when my mind checked out of that WOD. He said it was written all over my face the second it happened. I didn't realize it at the time, but I knew he was 100% right. Instead of my face reading "suck it up, get this WOD done, NOW" it said, "Please kill me, I hate my life, I wanna cry." 
Since that glorious workout I've tried to apply my "fake it 'till you make it" policy. If I can convince my face that I'm all in, ready to kick the WOD's ass, no matter how bad it hurts, I can convice the rest of my body as well.
So next time you are struggling through a WOD, check your face. Do you have your game face on? Or does it look like you want to call you momma and cry?
cg
1 comments:
I love this - I apply this all the time - I actually struggle with it b/c I do the "fake it" so well that sometimes people -Myself included- question whether or not I gave the WOD my all. Make it look "too easy" and never fall to the floor is something I try to maintain no matter how I "feel". Carey Kepler once came in and cut 2 minutes off her Spartan 300 (i am 99% sure that was the wod) and KILLED IT. When I asked her what she did - she said she was practicing keeping her game face on! It works.....great post.
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