Johnny's W.O.D.: BREAK THE MOLD

20130910

BREAK THE MOLD

Read the words on the tag pictured above.....process the words in that fucked up mind of yours (wow-that didn't take long----for me to drop the F-bomb that is). Now relate them to something in your life. Anything. What comes to mind? I found this attached to a new pair of shoes I just received from a friend. Think you're gonna get through this post without hearing what comes to my mind? Talk about a fucked up head. Now before you go off and say "Geezus Johnny....does everything in your life come back to CrossFit?" - Just hear me out! It is just so clearly obvious that CrossFit relates to damn near every facet of life. If you read the tag and don't think of CrossFit then I don't like you anymore and you're asshole! (it's okay if I call you asshole - I say it to all my friends - If I don't call you an asshole at some point it means I truly can't stand you) As soon as I read the tag - it hit me. The sentence is so CrossFit! "If the past is a blueprint for the future, then "WE" just broke the mold." WE broke the mold. WE break it everyday. Every time WE enter the box or the garage or the office or wherever it is WE happen to train/work on any given day - WE continue to prove this statement. Always evolving, not just once or twice but constantly. The fight to get better is something that we must embrace everyday in life......and.....in CrossFit. There are days when WE want nothing to do with the fight, and then WE show up and do something amazing. In those situations WE are left to wonder how long we can continue this positive evolution. Stop wondering. Accept it at face value. It's hard data that if WE are constantly evolving and applying new ways to get better, then together WE will continue to break the mold. That goes for life and CrossFit....am I right? OR am I right? Let's hear it one more time - If the past is a blueprint for the future, then WE just broke the mold. I highly recommend WE keep breaking it......be present.....forget the past.....WE are so far ahead of it now.

PEACE

Stay Strong!

-Johnny

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Johnny's Bio

*CF-L1 Trainer

*USA Weightlifting L1-Sports Performance Coach

*CF Endurance Certification - October 2013

*Director of Competition
CrossFit Games
North Central Region 2012

*Ranked 35th Worldwide
CrossFit Open 2012
Master's Division Athlete

John DiMercurio
a.k.a. Johnny D.
immersed himself into CrossFit training in November of 2007. At age 50 he now excels as a coach and as an athlete practicing and applying the methodologies, concepts, and movements of CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting. Johnny has made it a point to build a solid and respected network of resources within the fitness community. His combination of knowledge, leading resources and the ability to lead by example are just a few areas where you'll find success with Johnny as a coach.

Upon graduating from Western Michigan University in 1989, he pursued and won the job of selling medical devices into the hospital operating room arena in San Diego, California. For the next 8 years Johnny experienced fitness in the Southwest and came to realize that there were real goals to becoming fit which did not include a great bicep and 8 pack abs. “When I moved out to San Diego, I didn’t know a soul. So to kill the boredom I started making up workouts that involved old school moves like jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups, sprinting on the beach coupled with swimming, biking and even surfing. 15 years later I found a blog regarding CrossFit which linked me to the CrossFit website and I haven’t looked back since.”

Favorite quote: “Let the first impulse pass. Wait for the second." -Baltasar Gracian

Favorite Hero WOD: “NATE” 20min. AMRAP of:
2 Muscle Ups
4 Handstand Push-ups
8 70# Kettlebell Swings

Favorite Lift: Overhead Squat