In seeking out articles or writing material for this blog, I always look to keep the focus on you guys: the athletes of Crossfit HEL. Occasionally I may share something from my own experience that I think may highlight some of the unique challenges we all encounter as crossfitters in a big-box world. Mostly though, I just try to include helpful tips, training tools and some recognition for those athletes that I see around the Lab going above and beyond the call. Each week at my keyboard, slowly pecking away, I remind myself: "Its not about me."
When coaching the 12:00 WOD, I try to see each athlete who comes into HEL as an individual bringing unique skill sets, goals and motivations. And within that framework, I look to scale every WOD, exercise and application to meet each athlete's needs so that they can bring it 100% and be successful: get better, stronger, faster.
For myself, I am what hardcore CF-ers refer to as a 'sport-specific athlete using a crossftit modality.' This means that the primary purpose of my crossfit training is just simply to become a better athlete within my discipline. To that end, I am always tailoring and modifying my own workouts in an effort to move closer to those sport-specific goals. This week I've decided to begin sharing my training log on this blog in hopes of encouraging each of you to look at your own unique goals and to find the most direct path which will lead you to them. It is located under 'My Training Log' in the links section to the right. It is bare bones, no frills, and easy to ignore if you're not interested. If your eyes are on a prize and crossfit is the vehicle to get you there, then let us know...together we can formulate some fire-breathing WODs customized to get you dialed in!