The Student of CrossFit Challenge

Accountability- How bad do you want to make Real Change?

I’ll start by apologizing for not doing this sooner.  As a coach or teacher I naturally feel partially responsible for your struggles.  If you aren’t making the kind of changes and progress from CrossFit I must not be doing everything I can to help you.  Maybe we haven’t provided the right motivation, or the attention to your specific needs.  This changes today.  I’ve been intending to use our Blog to share my own experiences with CrossFit and hopefully help with some of the challenges of getting fit outside the Box.  

Ultimately it is up to you, you have to put in the work, you have to be honest with yourself, and be accountable for the choices you make.  

If you are showing up regularly (meaning 4-5 times per week), putting forth a good effort, and not seeing the kind of results you want, then obviously something needs to change (and that change probably has to do with what you are eating and drinking.)  One area that most everyone can improve is our diet and nutrition.  For me, it’s not necessarily eating too much, but rather eating enough, drinking enough water, and making sure to eat good carbs like vegetables.

I’d like to make a challenge to everyone who wants to see real change.  This will start today and continue for a period of one month (maybe longer if it is something people are benefiting from.)  We’ll call this the “Student of CrossFit Challenge”. I’ll explain the title at a later time.

Week One- Nutrition and Diet

1. First I want you to write down the number one reason WHY you chose to walk through our doors.  Why do you show up to workout?  Either use your workout journal or get another one specifically for this challenge.

2. Create a goal that addresses your biggest fitness challenge (for some this might be losing weight, others it’s your flexibility, maybe its a certain skill).  Make this something realistic and attainable.  If your goal is to lose weight, try to have a short term and longer term target.  If your goal is to make it to the CrossFit Games, include something more specific and short term to focus on.

3. For one week.  Track your diet.  Log what you put into your body, when you eat, and how much.  Note how much water you drink.  Get as detailed as you can.  I’d even encourage you to notice your emotional state, if you are stressed, in a hurry, angry, tired, or depressed.  The goal for this week is to bring awareness to our diets.