You know, everything in your life could get worse. Megaworse. The “Holy shit my world just ended” worse kind of worse. Could happen. Or not. Listen to yourself when you …
How to Be Better
You’re sick of your life of silent mediocrity and you’re ready to make a change. You’re ready to sacrifice and work and get results. What now? First, edit sentence #2. You’re …
The Tunnel
It’s the space you go to in the workout. When pain is a big black blanket trying to suffocate you, you go into the tunnel and stay there.
Non-CrossFit Shirts?
“Do you have any t-shirts that don’t say ‘CrossFit’ on them?” Somebody asked me this question once, and it took a moment before I could reply. “Yes. The ones I …
Change Is …
We are many now. We used to be few. Does that matter? These growing legions of people doing CrossFit: Are they CrossFitters? Or are they dilettantes? Dabbling here, trying there, …
Question Everything
Do you take answers simply because people give them to you? At least some of the time? I’ll admit it: sometimes I do, and I have to remind myself that not to …
Skill Work You Might Need
We can be a bunch of jackasses. No, seriously, we can. We get all caught up in our CrossFit world like it’s the ONLY thing that ever matters, ever mattered, …
10 Things I Learned at the Open
1.) You can’t just want it really bad. You have to train really freakin’ hard all year too. Duh. 2.) You can always do more than you think you can. …
The Clock Never Stops
The clock never stops. This reality hit me in about minute 5 of Open workout 13.2. I was stepping onto the box and thinking about how painful it was to …