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A little push
Written by Jim Chaput
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After a 19-year career in financial services, Jim left a leadership position to focus on health and fitness. Jim is a Master Practitioner of Applied Movement Neurology and holds Certificates in Applied Functional Science and 3DMAPS from the Gray Institute. His passion is empowering people to help resolve the pain, tension and insomnia that prevents them from living well.
Sometimes you do more that you thought you could because someone else expects you can. Self-doubt can restrict your progress.

I went to the gym for what looked to be a really tough workout:

3 rounds, as fast as you can
750 meter row
25 foot handstand walk
25 toes to bar (hang from a bar and bring your toes up to touch the bar)

Like all CrossFit workouts, you adjust it to your level of fitness. I expected that I would need to do something other than handstand walk. Although I love a good handstand, walking upside down is not my forte.

When I arrived to the gym, Coach Paul said he knew I would be there. He knows I love handstands, so he expected me to do the handstand walk. As I walked Roli around before class, I started thinking that maybe I could do it.

We warmed up and I tried walking a few steps. It wasn’t great, but I could walk a few steps at a time. As we got ready to start the workout, I decided I would go for it. If I don’t want to push myself, I might as well stay home.

It was as tough as expected. The 3 rounds took me just over 23 minutes. I only managed to handstand walk a few steps at a time, but I got it done. I left feeling really happy that Coach Paul expected so much of me.

Are you limiting yourself with self-doubt?

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