Have you ever complained about a weight you put on yourself?

Yep. Me too.

Here’s the funny thing about CrossFit. Nobody sneaks in and loads your barbell while you’re getting water.

You pick the plates. You slide them on. You lock the collars.

Then you stand over it, looking at it like it did something to you.

Lol.

It’s heavy, and nobody’s pretending it isn’t. Your legs and arms definitely know.

But I’ve never once looked at that bar and thought, “Why is this happening to me?”

I know why. I put it there. I wanted what it builds.

Heavy doesn’t mean wrong. Sometimes heavy means it matters.

You’ve got your own bar.

The family trusting you with the biggest purchase of their lives. The client who calls after hours because they’re scared. The kids watching how you handle a slow month.

Some of that is going to feel like pressure. It should. You care.

But pressure gets a lot harder to carry when you forget why you picked it up.

And not every weight on your bar is yours.

If you can’t remember choosing it, and you can’t find a reason to keep it, you’re allowed to take that plate off.

It’s still heavy. It’s still yours.

And, it matters.

In peace,
Shonn