 We have so much fun while rowing! I absolutely believe that CrossFit makes us better. Not only does our physical health improve, our mental and emotional health also improves. I have been blogging about mental toughness every Thursday for several years now, and I'm so happy to discover that CrossFit has also published articles on mental toughness. I'm sharing this article by John Hermiz a Level 1 CrossFit trainer and a psychologist specializing in behavior change. The article is worth reading entirely, and here a few guidelines Hermiz found useful in helping athletes develop toughness and confidence. Start off at the right level. A beginner needs to experience success, not failure. Therefore, use proper scaling. Set up yourself and others for success. No one gets better by constantly failing. It won’t help to get injured either. Don’t try to run a marathon without proper preparations. It will be a horrible experience, and if you manage to push yourself through, there’s a real risk of injury. Remember to represent your favorite Super Hero or Super Heroine in class tomorrow! It's the CrossFit Open Workout 20.2. It will be released tonight at 6pm. What do you think it will be?
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Are you ready for The OPEN? GREAT! We are, too! The Open is a world-wide online CrossFit competition and it's SO.MUCH.FUN. We are doing an Intramural Open which means that EVERYONE in the gym is on a team. We have divided everyone into two teams based on the median age of the gym. We're calling this year's Intramural Open the The Battle of The Young & The RestOfUs. Everyone 36 and younger is on Team Young and everyone 37 and older is on Team RestOfUs. So far Team RestOfUs is in the lead! What? How can that be? Well, you can earn Pre-Season points be officially registering for The Open. Team RestOfUS has FOUR people registered and Team Young has only ONE person registered. Come ON Team Young. What, are you scared? The Open is a change in our routine and often we coaches see athletes do things they don't normally do. Check out this video from WODPrep on the 5 most common mistakes folks do during The Open. Make sure you're taking care of yourself and that you're ready for the workout BEFORE you get to class. Good luck! The Battle of The Young & The RestOfUsThe CrossFit Open starts TOMORROW! Are you ready? We will do the Open workout in every class on Friday. Want to earn a point for your team? Show up to class on Friday? Want to earn more points for your team? Dress up in blue and gold. Each week of The Open has a theme and this week's is MSU Homecoming. Be sure to show your spirit and make sure your coach gets a photo. Good Luck!   Sarah G. practices the pistol with a band assist. You often hear us Coaches talk about the difference between training, practicing and competing. In class, everyday, you are training and practicing. This means you're scaling complexity, managing load and volume for a specific stimulus, and working on mechanics and consistency. Training and practicing are what make you better, more efficient, and ultimately faster, stronger and more fit. If you're competing in class by comparing your times/score to others you are missing a HUGE opportunity to work on your own fitness. If you are competing in class you are letting your ego get the better of you. Your ego is not what's going to make you faster, stronger and more fit. Your ego only cares about right now. It doesn't care about the progressions, the process, the mechanics, or the consistency. But, you need the progressions, the process, the mechanics, and the consistency to get faster, stronger and more fit. The time for being competitive is when you're in an actual competition like Row'd Royalty, The Open, or Festivus Games. We LOVE competition. Competition reveals our character, our grit, our fortitude. Competition is the culmination of months of training and practicing. And, competition season is upon us. The CrossFit Games Open starts October 10 and we are, once again, hosting an Intramural Open. The Intramural Open is a friendly in-house competition in which everyone in the gym can participate. There are Prescribed, Scaled, Masters and Teens divisions with appropriate modifications and scalings for everyone. We will do The Open workout every Friday, Oct 11 - Nov 8. This year's Intramural Open is called The Young & The Restless We have divided all of you into two teams based on the median age of our gym which is 37. Everyone who is 36 and younger is on the Young team all of us 37 and older are on the Restless team. You earn points for your teams in the following ways: PRE-SEASON POINTS 1 point if you officially register for the Open INTRAMURAL POINTS 1 point if you do the CrossFit Open Workout 3 points if you finish in the top 3 Scaled, Rx or Masters 2 points if you do something for the first time or get a PR 5 points to the team with the best SPIRIT - Organize your team for group photos, costumes, etc. during The Open You have the opportunity RIGHT NOW to earn a point for your team. Get after it! Happy Birthday Coach James!! You ALL are invited to our Birthday WOD Party for Coach James tonight.
We will do a special birthday workout in the 5:30pm class followed by cupcakes and bubbles. Hope to see you all there!  During the last Open, Jessie tried for her first chest-to-bar pull-up. She ended up getting over 20! There is magic in The Open and it is more probable to strike YOU if you're prepared. You often hear us Coaches talk about the difference between training, practicing and competing. In class, everyday, you are training and practicing. This means you're scaling complexity, managing load and volume for a specific stimulus, and working on mechanics and consistency. Training and practicing are what make you better, more efficient, and ultimately faster, stronger and more fit. If you're competing in class by comparing your times/score to others you are missing a HUGE opportunity to work on your own fitness. If you are competing in class you are letting your ego get the better of you. Your ego is not what's going to make you faster, stronger and more fit. Your ego only cares about right now. It doesn't care about the progressions, the process, the mechanics, or the consistency. But, you need the progressions, the process, the mechanics, and the consistency to get faster, stronger and more fit. The time for being competitive is when you're in an actual competition like Row'd Royalty, The Open, or Festivus Games. We LOVE competition. Competition reveals our character, our grit, our fortitude. Competition is the culmination of months of training and practicing. And, competition season is upon us. The CrossFit Games Open starts October 10 and we are, once again, hosting an Intramural Open. The Intramural Open is a friendly in-house competition in which everyone in the gym can participate. There are Prescribed, Scaled, Masters and Teens divisions with appropriate modifications and scalings for everyone. We will do The Open workout every Friday, Oct 11 - Nov 8. We have divided all of you into two teams based on the median age of our gym which is 37. Everyone who is 37 and older will be on the "OLD" team and 36 and younger on the "YOUNG" team. We desperately need team names! What do you suggest? You earn points for your teams in the following ways: PRE-SEASON POINTS 1 point if you officially register for the Open INTRAMURAL POINTS 1 point if you do the CrossFit Open Workout 3 points if you finish in the top 3 Scaled, Rx or Masters 2 points if you do something for the first time or get a PR 5 points to the team with the best SPIRIT - Organize your team for group photos, costumes, etc. during The Open You have the opportunity RIGHT NOW to earn a point for your team. Get after it! 
Double Unders, Thruster, Toes to Bar and Pull-ups have been programmed in every single Open. Will you be ready when they show up this year? To help you get your first pull-up or link your first 10 Toes to Bar, Coach Leslie is offering a one-hour gymnastics clinic on Wednesday, Oct 2 at 6:30pm.
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