Pain.. It's how you know you're alive

We, as CrossFitters, come to establish a symbiotic relationship with pain. We welcome it with open arms and accept that it means we are pushing to our limits and must still be alive or we wouldn't be feeling it. Pain, well, it gets to be here.  A lot.

From yesterday's post to way, way back, everyone here sets new records for themselves all the time. I couldn't be prouder of their efforts and so I seek to lead by example. Here are pictures from last Friday where Brannon and I climb and shrug for all we are worth.

Yes, that's a 2 pood and about 10lbs of chain and carabiner

 Brannon shrugging 405#

"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."

- Jim Rohn

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."

- Kahlil Gibran

"The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain."

- Karl Marx

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."

- Epictetus