The Freedom of the Ground to Overhead

So I am on the road again today. Flew into Tulsa, drove to Northwest Arkansas, hit an awesome box - Crossfit NWA, worked, coffee, food, slept, drove to Wichita, hit another awesome box - Crossfit Wichita, worked, and now I am sitting in my hotel, cheap hotel coffee brewing. The humming of the air conditioner, and the otherwise silent room allowed me some time to think. At the workout this afternoon I had an epiphany. The workout was as follows:
Every Minute on the Minute:
1 ground to overhead @ 155
2 40inch box jumps
3 strict pullups
This workout included a bunch of other things like a Front Squat Strength wod, and a few other small things, but my focus was on the Ground to overheads. As the trainer was reviewing the workout, he mentioned the various ways of going about the Ground to overhead movement, being the obvious clean and jerk, or push press, as well as snatch, and squat clean thruster. Without hesitation, I blew off the last two..Who in the hell is going to do that? I went through the workout, push jerking each time..finishing with plenty of time to spare. Plenty of time to see several people with 115, and 135 loaded on the bar....guys that could easily clean and jerk the 155....the type of guys that show up to the box shirtless....you know what I am talking about. These guys for whatever reason decided that their snatch needed some work, so they worked on it. They didn't care that the RX wasn't going to be written next to their name, rather they identified an opportunity to work on a weakness, which is what the "ground to overhead" movement allows you to do. I feel as though alot of times we are more concerned with efficiency and times, rather than what we originally joined this box to do...work on weakness. So the next time you see Ground to Overhead in a workout, look at it as an opportunity, an opportunity to work on the various ways to transfer that weight from one location to another.
Now a quick caveat to that.....Ground to overhead, affords us the luxury of choice, choosing to alter a workout on your own is something that I don't recommend. The workouts are written a certain way for a reason. Scaling is important if needed, however altering a movement on your own ,easier or more difficult ,without the approval of a trainer is not your call. Remember that you joined your box.., and this is a Crossfit box. We do burpees together, we row together, we run together. You're injured, let your trainer know, they will find an alternative for you. Try to keep in mind that "I don't feel like doing that today" is a dangerous declaration. I have seen instances where burpees are met with "Nope, not today" not for any reason in particular, just because the person doesn't feel like doing the movement. Well,  guess what, this isn't Anytime Fitness, this isn't Golds Gym.  Picking and choosing is not what we do. A lot of thought is put into programming workouts, deciding one day that you don't want to partake is perfectly fine, but opting out of a portion of today's programming will lead to opting out more and more. You pay alot for Crossfit, and the reason it is so expensive is the amount of time and effort that the trainers put into it everyday. The care, attention, community, and programming are what makes it work. You trust in it, it's not going to fail you.