Change is good

Eugene R. Allen · 01-23-2005, 02:44 PM

For those of you embarking on this CrossFit thing and for those who might find utility in this statement remember that:

"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got."

Variety is a specific part of the CrossFit method where some of your workouts will have quite a few different exercises included in one big set. It is change that makes you grow, stagnation is death.

Don't worry about over-training, worry about under-resting. There is a thread running about the idea of back off weeks, lower effort weeks and cycling your intensity in one of the other sections. Remember that the workout breaks you down and it is during non-exercise periods when you rest that you recover and the benefits of your hard work manifest themselves.

However, you cannot rest yourself to better fitness. When it's go time and the workout calls for intensity...attack the training as if you were a rabid pit bull on meth. You don't have to visit with Pukie every workout, but you should at least wave to him now and then.

Vary the exercise, vary the intensity, very often. Rest. Repeat. Eat.

That's pretty much it.

Steven Stackpole · 01-23-2005, 06:07 PM

Thats a great post Eugene!!
Thanks
Steveo

Jeff Martin · 01-23-2005, 06:29 PM

Eugene,
Wonderfully simple statements. Great post.

Tanner Kolb · 01-24-2005, 04:00 AM

"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got."

i use that quote all the time, great post.

David Easton · 01-24-2005, 05:03 AM

"You don't have to visit with Pukie every workout, but you should at least wave to him now and then. "

Great quote. I waved at pukie after yesterday's W.O.D!!

Brian Gibson · 01-24-2005, 06:19 AM

Awesome post.

Butch White · 01-24-2005, 05:24 PM

Eugene's post is almost as good as "World Class Fitness in 100 Words."

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01-23-2005, 02:44 PM	#1
Eugene R. Allen Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma Washington Posts: 1,715	For those of you embarking on this CrossFit thing and for those who might find utility in this statement remember that: "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got." Variety is a specific part of the CrossFit method where some of your workouts will have quite a few different exercises included in one big set. It is change that makes you grow, stagnation is death. Don't worry about over-training, worry about under-resting. There is a thread running about the idea of back off weeks, lower effort weeks and cycling your intensity in one of the other sections. Remember that the workout breaks you down and it is during non-exercise periods when you rest that you recover and the benefits of your hard work manifest themselves. However, you cannot rest yourself to better fitness. When it's go time and the workout calls for intensity...attack the training as if you were a rabid pit bull on meth. You don't have to visit with Pukie every workout, but you should at least wave to him now and then. Vary the exercise, vary the intensity, very often. Rest. Repeat. Eat. That's pretty much it.

01-23-2005, 06:07 PM	#2
Steven Stackpole Member Profile: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: ottawa ontario Posts: 276	Thats a great post Eugene!! Thanks Steveo

01-23-2005, 06:29 PM	#3
Jeff Martin Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ramona Ca. Posts: 1,318	Eugene, Wonderfully simple statements. Great post.

01-24-2005, 04:00 AM	#4
Tanner Kolb Member Profile: Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Petoskey MI Posts: 265	"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got." i use that quote all the time, great post.

01-24-2005, 05:03 AM	#5
David Easton Member Profile: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Motherwell Strathclyde Posts: 566	"You don't have to visit with Pukie every workout, but you should at least wave to him now and then. " Great quote. I waved at pukie after yesterday's W.O.D!!

01-24-2005, 06:19 AM	#6
Brian Gibson Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Big Stone Gap VA Posts: 424	Awesome post.

01-24-2005, 05:24 PM	#7
Butch White Departed Profile: Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 120	Eugene's post is almost as good as "World Class Fitness in 100 Words."