i want a muscle up...

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He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
Friedrich Nietzsche


over the weekend i attended the NW Crossfit Regionals competition and watched some AMAZING athletes bring an entirely different capacity to a workout than i even knew was possible. some of these women were lifting two times their body weight- multiple times and fast!


each person impressed me in their own way but of course, some looked like straight up professionals when it came to certain moves, like the muscle up for example. the female winner of this year's nw regionals-a woman named samantha,  flew through the air on gymnastics rings-looking more like a crossfitting pterodactyl. it was insane--ly beautiful. she didn't look like an olympic gymnast...this woman isn't short and petite...in fact she seemed tall compared to some other competitors and her stature seemed lankier than i would have forecasted. that said, she pulled the rings out to her side and then flew through the air, with a forceful but calculated kip sending her upward where she then crouched into a ball. from there she turned into a jack in the box and popped open and fully extended at the top. initially it looked completely out of control and at one point, some of us were concerned she might wipe out our top athlete who was in front of her. it made me realize that sometimes things appear to be "out of control" when really it is more like controlled chaos. she was completely open to being one with her body in space. it was fluid, intentional, explosive, and organic....all of the things that make me want one even more than i did before...
but i do think nietzsche is right, there are steps i have to learn first. i need to appreciate the task at hand no matter how big or how small-because when i finally get a muscle up...it won't be because i muscled up into a muscle up...it will be because i first learned all the progressions, stayed focused, practiced practiced practiced,had fun, and trusted myself...because i am capable which means it's time to stop "wanting" and start "getting"