jon dbl unders 327 ryan dbl unders 402 rodney kb swings 116 alex kb swings 170 kyle 16 kg kb swings 148 caleb kb swings 147 cav kb swings 164 josh b kb swings 155 amber box jumps 157
Pretty good job today HOWEVER if somebody can do another workout after a workout my first instinct would be to look at their time/score and I would bet that it wasn't an earth shattering record. Don't get me wrong. Working on skill development is totally acceptable but if you think you can do another ten minute test and score just as high as if you were fresh then you are crazy. If you can then you didn't work hard enough in the first place. I guarantee that if you had scored 200 reps on the k-bell test the last thing you would want to do is another test. The difference between quality and quantity is intensity. I submit that there is a direct relationship between intensity and score, i.e. as one goes up so does the other. Likewise there is an inverse relationship between rest and score, i.e. as one goes up the other goes down. A good example is fran. You could probably do a few ten minute frans per day but I know that if you are capable of doing a sub 3 minute fran you'll probably only be able to do it once per day. The bottom line is that if you find yourself with a surplus of energy after a test then you should be scratching your head and looking at your score. Attack every workout like it is the last. Stop saving yourself!!!
we're starting to see this more and more which is unfortunate. there are many cf'ers out there whose priority has become time and/or quantity over quality. sure, i could half-ass a movement in order to have a faster time than the next person...but that doesn't equate to improving ones overall fitness. overall meaning all 10 physical characteristics that we strive to improve within OURSELVES. by nature, crossfit is competitive, no doubt. but this competition should first be with ourselves. if you do anything in life incorrectly then in reality is it not a waste of time and effort? correlate that to crossfit. having the "i'm going to blitz through this with poor form and technique so that i can have the fastest time on the board" mentality is not only ego-driven but a show of insecurity as well. the board is only a very small guage of one's performance. we do crossfit to better our lives in every sense of the word. the real wod, the real test is the real world. what you do in the gym is but a small slice of your life. we do what we do to live healthier, stronger and fitter lives for life. short changing one's range of motion, form & technique; half-assing, sand-bagging and just going through the motions during a wod is cheating yourself from all the benefits and endless potential you might have. by not going all out 100% and by cheating yourself out of this DOES NOT make you better. your time is irrelevant at this point. your accomplishments don't mean anything if you aren't doing them correctly to begin with. if this is you, then you my friend, have missed the boat completely. don't fret...we're here to assist you and get you back on the right path. continue having an open mind and trust in the program...done correctly, it will yield endless positive possibilities you never knew you had.
WOW . . . feels like someone sunk an icepick into each of my shoulders. I just want to thank Mike, Chris, Meghan, Jon, and all of the great people at CFJAX for what has been, without doubt, the most amazing, intense, humbling, head-spinning, no-bullshit week of physical fitness I have ever experienced. It's not just "working out", it's a lifestyle. I'm definitely gonna be missing those tense butterflies I get everyday when we make that left turn and pull up to the box for another go. Hope to be back VERY soon!
jon dbl unders 327
ReplyDeleteryan dbl unders 402
rodney kb swings 116
alex kb swings 170
kyle 16 kg kb swings 148
caleb kb swings 147
cav kb swings 164
josh b kb swings 155
amber box jumps 157
Pretty good job today HOWEVER if somebody can do another workout after a workout my first instinct would be to look at their time/score and I would bet that it wasn't an earth shattering record. Don't get me wrong. Working on skill development is totally acceptable but if you think you can do another ten minute test and score just as high as if you were fresh then you are crazy. If you can then you didn't work hard enough in the first place. I guarantee that if you had scored 200 reps on the k-bell test the last thing you would want to do is another test. The difference between quality and quantity is intensity. I submit that there is a direct relationship between intensity and score, i.e. as one goes up so does the other. Likewise there is an inverse relationship between rest and score, i.e. as one goes up the other goes down. A good example is fran. You could probably do a few ten minute frans per day but I know that if you are capable of doing a sub 3 minute fran you'll probably only be able to do it once per day. The bottom line is that if you find yourself with a surplus of energy after a test then you should be scratching your head and looking at your score. Attack every workout like it is the last. Stop saving yourself!!!
we're starting to see this more and more which is unfortunate. there are many cf'ers out there whose priority has become time and/or quantity over quality. sure, i could half-ass a movement in order to have a faster time than the next person...but that doesn't equate to improving ones overall fitness. overall meaning all 10 physical characteristics that we strive to improve within OURSELVES. by nature, crossfit is competitive, no doubt. but this competition should first be with ourselves. if you do anything in life incorrectly then in reality is it not a waste of time and effort? correlate that to crossfit. having the "i'm going to blitz through this with poor form and technique so that i can have the fastest time on the board" mentality is not only ego-driven but a show of insecurity as well. the board is only a very small guage of one's performance. we do crossfit to better our lives in every sense of the word. the real wod, the real test is the real world. what you do in the gym is but a small slice of your life. we do what we do to live healthier, stronger and fitter lives for life. short changing one's range of motion, form & technique; half-assing, sand-bagging and just going through the motions during a wod is cheating yourself from all the benefits and endless potential you might have. by not going all out 100% and by cheating yourself out of this DOES NOT make you better. your time is irrelevant at this point. your accomplishments don't mean anything if you aren't doing them correctly to begin with. if this is you, then you my friend, have missed the boat completely. don't fret...we're here to assist you and get you back on the right path. continue having an open mind and trust in the program...done correctly, it will yield endless positive possibilities you never knew you had.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap Meghan! Tons of respect for you and double unders :)
ReplyDeleteWOW . . . feels like someone sunk an icepick into each of my shoulders. I just want to thank Mike, Chris, Meghan, Jon, and all of the great people at CFJAX for what has been, without doubt, the most amazing, intense, humbling, head-spinning, no-bullshit week of physical fitness I have ever experienced. It's not just "working out", it's a lifestyle. I'm definitely gonna be missing those tense butterflies I get everyday when we make that left turn and pull up to the box for another go. Hope to be back VERY soon!
ReplyDeleteBTW, bro . . . You r lookin' pretty trim in that DU picture considering all the F-in ice cream cake you been eatin'!
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