CrossFit is Special for Many Reasons

"CrossFit is special because it does not focus on one idea of fitness. It punishes the specialist and exposes any weaknesses that we have as athletes by measuring and recording the performance of each and every workout." –Luan Nguyen from WOD Talk Magazine....a magazine for CrossFit created by CrossFitters!

This blog is a two part discussion based off the quote above. First part will be about the uniqueness of CrossFit; and the second part will discuss exposing your weaknesses.

Yes CrossFit is special...I am a strong believer behind it and how I train myself and others. We get stuck a lot of time in the same old routine. Which fine with me, it is better than sitting on your ass and doing nothing. But after a while your body gets use to that same old routine and doesn’t “grow” or become more fit. CrossFit allows your body or your fitness level to ever plateau because it constantly varies each day. “CrossFit is special because it does not focus on one idea of fitness.” This is completely true because it gathers the best type of fitness training and puts it all into one. But besides the different areas of fitness it collects, the community and support behind it is like no other (this is another topic that will be discussed later).

CrossFit will expose your weakness like no other. If you cannot do double unders, you cannot hide it!! Trust me. Ericcson's Deliberate Practice theory (1,000 hours or ten years = expert performance) talks about getting performers out of the area of practice that is not challenging to them (the restless development stage) and expose them to their weakness' and having them practice those specific areas. Athletes will never grow and improve in their performance if they do not work on their weaknesses. This is especially true in CrossFit, 2011 Fittest Man on Earth Rich Fronning, Jr fell to second place (or was out performed, up to you how you want to look at it) in the 2010 CrossFit games because in the last WOD the rope climb was a huge challenge for him. In the last year Fronning has been working on his weakness (the rope climb) to make sure he was ready for the challenge. Spend a little time everyday working on your weaknesses, but also don’t ignore what you are good at either…just make sure to not ignore your weaknesses or you may never get better. Working on our weakness' takes us out of our comfort zone, but it allows us to grow.