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Goats and goals

I thought after 3 years of doing Crossfit I had heard of all the crazy acronyms and lingo by now: AMRAP, GTOH, WOD, Rx, C&J, C2B, CTB, EMOM, BW, etc. etc. etc.

Then a few weeks ago the coaches started talking about GOATs. Goats? Seriously? Like skin-the-cat style some kind of movement called kill-the-goat?

No, turns out in Crossfit lingo, ‘goat’ refers to a movement that you suck at. Why? No idea. But apparently going after your goat and working on it is a thing.

So last week I worked on one of my goats – pistols.

My trouble with pistols is that I simply just fall over when I try to get up. Having a plate under my heel helps so that’s what I’ve done in the past but the coach said my ankle mobility was fine and I just had to learn to lean forward more when coming up and made me use a light kettle bell as a counter balance.

And a goat mask.

Just because Crossfit is totally normal.

Having worked on my pistols I started thinking about my other goats a bit. I still have a lot as I’m one of those slow-and-steady-wins-the-race Crossfitters, not the go-hard-or-go-home kind. My kind benefits from not getting injured, but of course doesn’t benefit from fast improvement just because I’m just very, very cautious.

I’m not willing to throw all caution in the wind and become reckless but I have decided to jot down some goals so when I do work out, I remember to not just cruise but that there are targets I’d like to reach. Just because I like numbers and stats and getting stronger and better at all this Crossfit stuff.

So here are some of the things I’m aiming for:

Double unders (unbroken)