AVOID INJURY
SKILLS ARE IMPROVED WITH CONSISTENT WORK.
BUT IF YOU GET INJURED YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK YOUR TRAINING SUFFERS.
SO STRETCH AND WORK ON YOUR MOBILITY. TODAY, NOT TOMORROW. I WORK ON MY MOBILITY EVERYDAY. TYPICALLY 10 MINUTES BEFORE MY WORKOUT AND 10-15 MINUTES AFTER.
I HAVEN’T ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY. WHEN I FIRST STARTED I WOULD SKIP THE MOBILITY WORK AND WAS CONSTANTLY GETTING INJURED.
NOW I WORK ON MOBILITY AT LEAST 5 DAYS A WEEK. I CONTINUE TO BREAK MY OLD RECORDS, DEVELOP NEW SKILLS, AND I CAN CONTINUE TO TRAIN HARD.
HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO TRAIN HARD AND DEVELOP SKILLS?
SCALE. CHALLENGE YOURSELF, BUT DON’T LET ANYONE PRESSURE YOU INTO WEIGHT THAT YOU’RE NOT READY FOR OR MAY INJURE YOU. CROSSFIT ISN’T ABOUT IMPRESSING OTHER PEOPLE. IT’S ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS TO BETTER YOUR FITNESS AND HEALTH. BEING ABLE TO SHOW UP TOMORROW IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOSE TWENTY EXTRA POUNDS ON THE BAR THAT SEND YOU TO THE COUCH FOR THREE WEEKS.
GET HELP. IF YOUR SHOULDER IS STILL BOTHERING YOU AFTER 3 MONTHS, GO GET IT CHECKED OUT. DON’T KEEP IGNORING IT AND DOING A WORKOUT WITH 200 KIPPING PULL UPS. PAIN IS DIFFERENT THAN DISCOMFORT DURING A WORKOUT; MAKE SURE YOU LEARN THE DIFFERENCE AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION IF YOU ARE BORDERING ON PAIN.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG GET IT CHECKED OUT. THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO SKIP GETTING YOUR BUM KNEE OR SHOULDER LOOKED AT.