Don’t let this happen to you. OUCH!
We all Crossfit for different reasons. Some of us have chosen to make this our sport. Others among us simply use it as a fun and varied training tool. One distinction I like to make between sport and training is that, in sport, we will sacrifice our bodies and well being for the sake of competition whereas in training we prepare our bodies to handle both sport tasks and daily life tasks with more ease and less risk of injury. Training is meant to make you faster, stronger and more durable.
Regardless of whether your sport is skiing, biking, football or even crossfit, what we do on the gym floor at the school is not sport or competition. Sure the guy or girl next to you going hard may motivate the competitor in you to push harder and reach new levels of fitness. And that’s a good thing, but it’s still not sport. Even if crossfit is your sport, you’re not playing it every day on the gym floor, you’re training for it. So the next time you hit the floor remind yourself that we’re not competing, but rather, training for competition…or if not for some specific competition, we’re training for life.
Here’s to pushing yourself to and expanding your limits, but not beyond. Train safe and within yourself.
Lesson Plan for Thursday, July 25th:
Warmup: Running ABC’s
Workout: 4 rounds for time:
run 800m
rest 3 minutes
What if you've got a bummed knee and a busted wrist though? Can't really row, run, squat and can't grip anything. Been going absolutely postal!
it certainly is. me and the rower have become very well acquainted these past 6 weeks.
Ask a coach for a workout specific to your injuries. I'm injured right now and they always find something for me to do.
I am pretty sure rowing is an option for people who cannot run! :)
All this running really sucks when you can't run! I hate missing my thursday workout
very very very well said.
"So the next time you hit the floor remind yourself that we’re not competing, but rather, training for competition…or if not for some specific competition, we’re training for life" - love it!