Integrity: Noun 1. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principals 2. The state of being whole and undivided CrossFit 1. Completing a WOD to the best of your ability, holding yourself accountable, being disciplined and being truthful about what you do in a WOD It is natural to compare yourself to someone else at the box. Competitiveness may be your motivator, to push yourself to do one more rep or add 5 more kgs. You want to finish with the fastest time or have the most reps in an AMRAP. This competitiveness however, may lead someone down the path to ‘miscount’ reps or add an extra round in that AMRAP. Our coaches and box members trust you to record results accurately. We have to trust that you are counting your reps, and that you are completing the full movements. Chin above the bar, full squats, elbows locked out, chest hits the ground. Are you counting a rep when you have thrown a weight with incorrect form? No rep yourself if needed, even when no one is watching. ESPECIALLY when no one is watching. Hit the WOD with integrity. This means consistently asking the best of yourself, without getting complacent. Focus on quality. You might finish first, you might finish last, but your results are you against yourself. Nothing else matters. Practice technique. Strengthen your weaknesses. Grab an empty barbell. Practice. Everyone has a skill they can improve on. Just because someone is using an empty barbell to overhead squat or light weights to deadlift makes them no less of an athlete, it means they are a good enough athlete to recognise they are aiming for excellence. There is no shame in having a weak area. Or three. Or even ten. Training with integrity might mean sacrifice. It may take longer to finish with quality reps, sacrificing your finish time, your ego, your comfort zone. It means improvement. It sets an example. It says to others around you that you are striving to be the best athlete that you can be, and they should be too. It doesn’t matter if you Rx, scale or modify workouts. We are all at different levels. If you lose count, do a few extra reps, if the clock beats you, finish those last few reps anyway. Ask a coach to watch your form. Everyone is different. We all have different strengths, weaknesses, experience and limitations. Choose excellence. Choose virtuosity. Choose integrity. Be Fitter Faster Stronger. CFP
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:24:59 +0000