During Day 1 of the crossfitgames, there were some mental hurdles to overcome. BethanyCF hadn’t pulled heavy from the floor in months, or squatted much more than a barbell. With heavy Fran, heavy Diane, and a 1RM Front Squat slated for that day- pessimism was easy to come by. A big thing I have worked on in my relationship with Bethany is when to shut up. She’s kind of like a sister in the way we banter, but at the end of the day I want to see her succeed more than anything- and sometimes that means ignoring her desire for me to stop talking and trying to get her to be optimistic about what she is truly capable of. Before each event, I started saying what is now my new mantra: “Learn or Succeed”. Obviously you can do both at the same time, but the entire weekend these athletes were either going to learn from them their mistakes, or succeed from their gambles. Bethany learned that she needed to break the Strict HSPU earlier from Diane, but she succeeded when she Front Squatted over ...