so a few months back i was inspired by another crossfit outfit that was wiping the slate clean with all PR records and starting over again with good form on everything. no more partial squats. no more sloppy burpees. Butt to calves squats, deep thrusters, chest to floor pushups, etc. Folks with 4 minute frans were suddenly doing 7 minute frans. Folks that were squating 225 were squating 185. Fight Gone Bad scores went down, etc. Athletes were reporting that it was hard on the ego at first but in time, they were getting fitter and soon approaching their previous partial rep/sloppy form PRs. The athletes that made this change were athletes who were physically capable of doing the correct form. They weren't asking people to do things they weren't physcially capable of(They weren't asking a new person to do chest to bar pullups or an overweight person to do a butt to floor squat)After reading about that, I decided to commit to good form and full range of motion(i blogged about it already i think.) Well, for the firs several weeks i was finishing the WODs a good 10 minutes after class was over. Many times i was finishing WOD's a good 10 to 15 minutes after the next to last person was finished. We would even joke about needing to extend class times so that i could finish them. I've always been one for quality over quantity. Over the last week, i started to feel like my body was able to keep up with the class a little better. I think the effort and commitment to good form is starting to pay off. i'm feeling pretty pleased about the results i'm starting to see in my strenght and mobility. I know its all a work in progress but i'm starting to really feel a difference. I think it also helps that at this point i have complete trust in the programming we're receiving at Recreate Fitness.
Workout:
none
Diet:
noon: veg burrito
5pm: Banan Royal Sundae
9 months ago
2 comments:
Congratulations, and I'm a big fan of that goal! It's the reason I do box jumps on the big box, jumping both up and down.
Well, actually, it's also because I don't want to go down to San Francisco Crossfit again and look like a noob.
thanks Todd. I'm sure you'll make us all proud when you're in san fran.
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