In Greek mythology Sisyphus was a king who tried to trick the gods.  As punishment he was condemned to push a gigantic rock up the side of a mountain for eternity.  Every time he neared the summit, the rock would roll back down and he would have to start over from the bottom.

Sound familiar?  Like all Greek mythology, this story is a metaphor for life. Who hasn’t experienced frustration? If you haven’t been frustrated in life then you need to put more skin in the game.  For CrossFitters frustration is a familiar bogeyman lurking around every corner. You might be the man in your gym, but can you hang with Mikko?  On Monday you finally get that muscle-up, but then on Tuesday your coach programs a WOD with 30 muscle-ups. That’s the boulder rolling back down the mountain.

CrossFitters are elite in the sense that nobody else can do what we can do.  But we’re elite in another important sense: we’re never satisfied. We’re always trying to be better.  If we see an obstacle we have to overcome it. It’s in our nature. When the boulder rolls back down the mountain we may groan but secretly we’re pleased. When everyone else is feeling sorry for themselves, we roll up our sleeves and get back to work.