112117// Programming! FREEDOM!!!

I don’t need to tell you this, but an awesome benefit of belonging to a CrossFit gym is the programming! You get the freedom to just show up and trust us with your fitness. Thinking is taken out of the equasion— you can show up and we’ll tell you what to do and how to do it. Really, if you make it to as many WODs as your schedule allows,  and consistently, success is inevitable! 

That is really easy for some people. Trusting someone else to help you reach your goals just makes sense to most of you. This can be really difficult for some of you though.  I can totally understand having a goal in mind, but the WOD on the board doesn’t seem like it’ll get you there. “I just want to loose fat, but it’s a heavy Day.” “I want to get bigger, but the board says 20 minutes of gymnastics work.” “Running and Burpees?! No thank you!”

Here’s the thing though, as hard as it is to show up to a WOD you don’t think you’ll like, when you skip one, you’re essentially programming for yourself and not only that, you’re doing a poor job of programming. We program with a bigger picture in mind. Every WOD fits into a greater body of work. Imagine reading your favorite book but with every 4th page missing. CrossFit is a General Physical Preparedness Program  (GPP). We increase your work capacity across every modality and time domain together. Growth and progress happen outside of your comfort zone. Stay in that comfort zone and you risk becoming more and more like your old self physically. Becoming more like your old self?! Is that really why you joined CrossFit?!

Try this the next time you see the WOD and it makes you want to crawl under a rock— remind yourself, “Devin and MacLarin love and care about me, they programmed this to make me better.” Then after reminding yourself that, then decide whether or not you’re coming to the gym!