SUCCEED IN CROSSFIT: TIP #9

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET!?

IF YOU ARE NOT HAVING FUN, YOU NEED TO REEXAMINE YOUR PRIORITIES AND EXPECTATIONS.

IF YOU ARE SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS DOING AN ACTIVITY THAT IS MAKING YOUR LIFE MORE STRESSFUL OR IS KEEPING YOU FRUSTRATED OVER YOUR “LACK OF PROGRESS” THEN YOU ARE MISSING OUT. THE FUN IS THE TRAINING AND THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS NOT ABOUT BREAKING YOUR SQUAT RECORD, AND IT IS NOT ABOUT WINNING COMPETITIONS, CROSSFIT IS ABOUT CHANGING YOUR LIFE.

YOUR LIFE OUTSIDE THE GYM WILL NEED TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO REALLY EXPERIENCE WHAT CROSSFIT CAN OFFER.

THE FRIENDS (I CALL THEM CROSSFIT FAMILY) THAT YOU MAKE AT OUR GYM, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CARRY YOU THROUGH THE ROUGH PATCHES AND MAKE REAL, LASTING PROGRESS HAPPEN.

THE BEST PART OF MY CROSSFIT EXPERIENCE, HANDS DOWN, HAS BEEN THE LONG-LASTING FRIENDSHIPS I HAVE MADE. THESE PEOPLE ARE ENRICHING MY LIFE AS OF NOW THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN IF IT WEREN’T FOR THIS PLACE.

YOU WON’T FIND THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEADPHONES ON WHILE SQUATTING ALONE OR RUNNING ON THE TREADMILL. I’VE ALREADY TRIED.