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- There are really only 2 types of Athletes when it comes to Integrity; those who have it and those who don’t. Yes, I believe that you fit in to 1 of 2 categories… But remember, you can always change…The first step is admitting you have a problem.
- There will be CrossFitters who cut corners, go through the motions, and are okay with not fully completing a task. There will be those that might lie just a little and only some of the time. Big cheating, small cheating, big lies, little lies, cutting some corners or just one, missing a lot of reps or a few reps…IT IS ALL THE SAME.
- This topic has been discussed lots of times throughout the CrossFit Community and people often say ‘who really cares, because that person is just cheating themselves and their results’. But maybe, just maybe, this article will help some individuals recognize what type of athlete they are, and the type of athlete they want to become.
- When I am watching athletes or coaching it is VERY easy to tell what type of person I would want to surround myself with, who I would trust, and which athlete I would want on my team.
- What type of athlete are you? Are you okay with it?
Type I Athletes: Fully commit to whatever the WOD is for them for that day, whether it is on-ramp, rx’d, rx’d+, foundations or a warm-up.
Type II “Athletes”: Complain about a movement or 2 in a WOD, try to modify the on-ramp or tone-up/tone-down their WOD & quickly identify movements that ‘suck’.
Type I Athletes: Complete an extra couple of double-unders, pull-ups or wall balls when they have lost count or think they may have missed a couple of full reps.
Type II “Athletes”: Think that when they mess up at 48 double unders, it is ‘good enough’& move to the next exercise before finishing the last 2 reps, or are okay with not getting their chin over the bar on the final hard rep.
Type I Athletes: Work up to the buzzer, even if it means they will only get 20 meters of the next 200 m run because there is only 10 seconds left.
Type II “Athletes”: Finish the round they are currently on and lay down with a little time remaining on the clock.
Type I Athletes: Never ever would consider lying, not even 1 single rep when the coach asks “how many did you get” before writing the score on the whiteboard.
Type II “Athletes”: Justify lying that they got an extra rep, an extra round or lifted a few more pounds because they think “they could have, or should have” or don’t want to look bad.
Type I Athletes: Ask their coach to closely judge them, give them pointers and makes necessary adjustments when given a ‘no rep’ call for not getting full depth on a squat.
Type II “Athletes”: Roll their eyes at a coach for correctly judging them, scoring them, or giving pointers on how to get full reps. They try to ignore the coach, hide from the view of a coach and continue to ‘sneak’ through bad reps.
- Okay, okay, you get the point. It is easy to cheat… we all get tired. Someone is beating you, the class is waiting for you to finish, you are sick of doing burpees, your elbows got close enough to full extension, or you forgot what number you were on.
- THE LIST GOES ON & ON PEOPLE. It is plain and simple it takes a great deal of INTEGRITY to be a Type I Athlete, the reward is also plain & simple…deeply fulfilling, gratifying, humbling & satisfying. Not to mention the physical reward of becoming a faster, stronger, more dominating badass.
“I will never cheat reps, cut corners or finish early…no matter how bad I may want to, I deserve better than that.” Commit today to your coach, your workout buddies, your box and yourself. Those of you who are already Type I Athletes… keep rocking on.
Copyright FletcherFitness: Dawn Fletcher has an M.A. in Kinesiology with a focus on Sport Psychology. She is a CrossFit Coach and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) in San Diego, CA. She specializes in the mental aspect of performance and works with CrossFitters on achieving elite fitness.
Starting this Saturday we will be changing our morning schedule. Many of you have asked about stretching and mobility so our resident nerd, Sean, will be offering a mobility class Saturday mornings at 9am. This class will feature a 20-30 minute mobility warm up that will loosen you up in your functional end range of motion (ex. the bottom of your squat, shoulder flexion in your kips, hip extension in your deadlifts, etc.). Immediately following the mobility warm up there will be a MetCon (body weight WOD). YOU MUST SIGN IN TO THIS CLASS ON THE SCHEDULE.
** People have also been asking a lot of nutrition questions lately. Sean will be giving a talk on Saturday at noon (12pm). There is a sign up sheet on the cork board for it. Sign in under the inevitable list of ridiculous names so we have an idea how many people are coming. The talk will cover the following topics: The science side of diet; why eat paleo at all? Eating paleo for health vs. eating paleo for weight loss. The impact diet has on your workout recovery and inflammation.
WARM-UP
400M RUN
THEN:
10 GOODMORNINGS (BAR)
10 DEADLIFTS (135/95)
DYNAMIC STRETCHES
STRENGTH
WEEK 3 DEADLIFT
75%X1
85%X1
95%X1+ (AS MANY REPS AS POSSIBLE)
WOD
2K ROW FOR TIME (PR BOARD WORTHY!)
***** IF YOU WANT SOME ACCESSORY WORK HIT
3 SETS OF 15 SUPER-SETTED:
HAND RELEASE PUSHUPS
BACK EXTENSIONS
GHD SITUPS
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| RESULTS FROM 9/27/12- |
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