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Carol and Kay-Bird taking on Slippery When Wet

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Crossfits is a sport of generalist. We are generalist in that we specialize in nothing. Through constant variety and change we seek to elicit a continuous series of adaptations across all time and modal domains. The areas in which we are the most developed are the ones which are hardest to have adaptations in. The areas we are the least developed see the most improvement and adaptations. It is important not to think of this adaptations as compartmentalized. Strength bleed over into endurance, double unders bleed over into cleans, ring dips into pushing strength and pull ups, running into snatches. We never build strength in vacuum, nor do we build endurance in a vacuum either; there is carryover everywhere. In the sport of crossfit these various adaptations cause increased power output over broad time and modal domains which is the name of the game.

What does this mean to those of you who aren't interested in sport? Simply put it means you suck less at life. Picking up odd objects transfer to picking up dog food, running lets you get upstairs without sucking wind and a good squat fixes so many damn things in everyday life I can't even list all of them here. Remember why you're in here and work towards that goal.

I know there are some of you out there who avoid heavy lifting for a variety of reasons and there are just as many who turn the other way when a 5k comes up, I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else. Tackle your goats head on, challenge yourself for virtuosity. You'll see greater improvements in life and crossfit by tackling this barnyard of goats than you will by simply staying in your comfort zone. Get out of your comfort zone, become comfortable with discomfort.

-Paul Siegel