Additionally, as humans, we are constantly driven to improve ourselves and be better than we were yesterday. In essence, we are competing with ourselves to improve. We might want to improve on a benchmark WOD, achieve better form in our snatch, or train our bodies to lift more weight for more reps. Our mind might think we can’t do something that our body wants to try, or vice-a-versa. As a WOD gets longer, we have rising doubts about our ability to finish that we have to overcome. We fight with doubt and ego from one moment to the next.