Well, yet again I have neglected writing for a couple weeks and I apologies to those of you who enjoy reading my blog on the regular!  But I have decided on what I will be doing for Lent.  First off, I have never actually done anything for Lent, never really grew up with it or anything so it never really caught on for me.  And really, I am approaching this first time for me all wrong, but that's ok, I'm really just committing to something and it just so happens to land on the first day of Lent.  I am giving up on excuses for NOT writing on this blog and will be writing a post every single day!  Yep, it's back at posting up motivations, updates, ideas, thoughts, complaints, and on and on.  So, you have that to look forward to!

Other than that, I'll start off with a little update on my training, the progress of the gym space, The Open, training with The Outlaws and whatever else pops in my head as I write!  So, training has been going very well.  Following The Outlaw Way, and getting down to train with Rudy Nielson and his crew on a regular basis has worked wonders on my progress.  I always thought that I just needed to break down one last wall before becoming legitimately good at this whole CrossFit thing, and while I am no Rich Froning, Jr., I feel like I have at the very least figured out exactly what it takes.  I still have my weaknesses, and while they are big weaknesses, I am WAY better than I was even teo months ago.  I feel like that wall I need to break through is still there; but rather than being a 10 foot think steel wall, it's a frail drywall (the link there is for fun, and it tends to be highly offensive and littered with bad language, besides that, it is hysterical.  you've been warned).  Last Friday we hit a threshold workout and something just clicked in me.  I figured out how to push through more than ever before.  And while I've had a few crappy workouts after that, it has really opened my eyes on how to better approach all the other workouts that could and will be offered throughout a competition.  I am bubbling with confidence when it comes to competitions coming up.

That leads me to The Open.  Tonight CrossFit will be announcing the first of five workouts that around 50,000 people worldwide will be performing in what is easily the largest and most divers competition the world has ever seen.  After the same process last year, I can honestly say that the powers that may be over at CrossFit figured out the best method for finding The Fittest On Earth in the given year.  While I am sure there will be some minor changes throughout the years, I think the basic template will stay the same.  For those of you who do not know, it works like this:

The Open:
One workout is announced every Wednesday night.  People have until Sunday night to submit their score, either by video, or by going to a qualified affiliate who can validate your score for you.  Every person is signed up in a specific region, and I think there are 14 regions around the world (I am in the Mid Atlantic Region).

The Regionals:
The top 60 athletes from each reason will make it to Regionals.  They get their by being the best at the workouts announced over the five weeks of the The Open.  This event will be a 3-day event (although the dates posted this year suggest a 4-day event...).  These will be run just like a normal CrossFit event, with 6+ workouts over the weekend, all at the same location and everyone competing for a top spot!

The Games:
The top 3 athletes from each Regional make it to The Games.  This is the big event that will probably be on ESPN and where the winner get $250K!  It just keeps getting bigger and bigger!

It's a pretty cool event all around, and if you don;t want to sign up for The Open yourself (you might as well, it's only $20 and can be done almost anywhere!) you can follow along the world HERE, or me and my adventures on my blog as I'll be updating my process.  Turns out I'll be performing each of the 5 workouts in a different location each week!  Crazy!

Cool, besides that, not much going on!  I have a massive project in the Courage Bars looming over me which is nothing short of insanely exciting, and I am focusing on getting those made up and marketed in some way as I train and get my clients training as well.  I am negotiating a gym space right now, and with all the bad luck that has followed me in trying to open a space since I moved back to the East Coast, this is proving to be the most promising.  I don;t want to spill the beans on the details with this one yet at all, but know that I am still working on a daily basis to get something going!  Obviously, as things roll along I will update everyone, so, staying positive! 

If you haven't yet, or if you know of some people that can vote, please vote for me for Best Personal Trainer in DC here.  It only take s few seconds and I am committing to doing something wonderfully crazy and entertaining (physically obviously) if I win this year!

Ok, that'll be the update for now.  But I'm excited to get to writing on a daily basis, have lots' of great topics to get to!

Never Stop, GET FIT.

Josh Courage
 


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