Cherry Picking - Wednesday December 20, 2017
Cherry Picking
With the new year just around the corner, and new goals about to be set. We wanted to take a moment to talk about something that could hinder you from achieving those goals. We talk about from it time to time, for newer member you may have heard the term in passing. We've found a great definition of 'Cherry Picking' in CrossFit on the CrossFit Roots blog.So what is Cherry Picking with respect to CrossFit?
Cherry-pick
cher·ry–pick verb \ˈcher-ē-ˌpik\
First Known Use of CHERRY-PICK: 1965Cherry-pick in CrossFit defined:Selecting which days to attend CrossFit classes based on the workout or waiting until the workout is published to determine whether or not one will attend class are the acts that define cherry-picking in the CrossFit world. The athlete hand selects workouts that seem to confirm their belief about what they are/are not capable of doing, what they “need” or “don’t need” to do, what seems “extreme”, or what will get them fit. The result is a contradiction between the resulting capabilities and fitness level of the athlete and CrossFit’s goal of creating a general physical preparedness. Selective workout visitation is a pathway to plateau.Examples of cherry-picking:“That looks hard, I’m not going.”“I don’t like running, I’m not going.”“It’s “just” a lifting day, I don’t need that.”“Longer than 10 minutes? Arghhh. No way I want to sweat for that long.”“That looks AWESOME and EXTREME. I NEED EXTREME! I’m totally signing up.” Not only do workouts get Cherry Picked, but so do coaches. While you might favour one coaches style of coaching, you get comfortable with that coach, but you'd be surprised by what you might learn from another coach. We're lucky at CFI to have an extremely knowledgeable and talented coaching staff, each with a their own strong and amazing skill set. If you have the opportunity, we recommend trying to hit each of their classes!And please remember, whether it’s strongman day, an Oly lifting day, cardio day, a benchmark or hero WOD day, or a movement or workout that you just don’t like, cherry-picking workouts inhibits you from becoming the athlete you could be.Have you cherry-picked a workout before? Have you ever ended up at a workout that you were scared shitless about and found that “it was all ok” in the end? Trust the process, everything has its place, and if you do Cherry Pick a workout because of an injury, please remember, our coaches are phenomenal at scaling or modifying moment, so don't use that as an excuse, they're happy to help you!Now, while you're setting some goal for the new year, how about you write down, mastering one of your weaknesses!
On the tenth Day of CrossFit our coaches gave to me...
10 Calories (bike/row/ski)9 DB Push Press8 Goblet Squats7 Jumping Lunges6 KB Swings5 Pull ups4 Wall Balls3 Burpee Box Jump Overs2 ATLAS STONES G2Shand1 HSPU .
Wednesday December 20, 2017
Focus:
Bench Press5-3-1+75%-85%-95%.
WOD:
Tabata
Ski Erg (Cal)Hang Power Clean 95/65 (Reps)OH KB Carry 24/16 (lengths)Power Snatch 95/65 (Reps)Heavy Low Belly Keg/D-Ball Carry (lengths).
Level 2:
Ski Erg (Cal)Hang Power Clean 75/55 (Reps)OH KB Carry 20/12 (lengths)Power Snatch 75/55 (Reps)Heavy Low Belly Keg/D-Ball Carry (lengths).
Level 1:
TabataSki Erg (Cal)Hang Power Clean 65/35 (Reps)OH KB Carry 16/8 (lengths)Power Snatch 65/35 (Reps)Heavy Low Belly Keg/D-Ball Carry (lengths).
Level 4:
TabataSki Erg (Cal)Hang Power Clean 135/95 (Reps)OH KB Carry 24/16 (lengths)Power Snatch 135/95 (Reps)Heavy Low Belly Keg/D-Ball Carry (lengths).
Cash Out:
Coaches Choice.Check back each night at 8pm for the next days WOD.
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