No, it doesn't
ever get any easier. You wouldn't want it to either. Greg
Glassman.
I admit I am a
Crossfit junkie. Difficult, continually novel workouts that you
never quite master and leave you gasping on the floor are somehow
fun. As Marc Twight said "it doesn't have to be fun to be fun."
While Crossfit has spread in popularity and garnered support among
big name climber types - Will Gadd for example - Crossfit will never
be for the masses.
Nor will the
Crossfit corollary - the Paleo diet. Both run counter to
conventional fitness and nutrition "wisdom". Imagine, not
eating grains and eating fat - nuts, seeds, avocado, olives, all
types of oils and nut butters, even butter - and fueling your
workouts, climbing days, ski trips on a diet heavy on protein and fat
and light on carbohydrates. Almost like asking the Pope to shack up
with a couple of gay guys, practice contraception, and take off that
ridiculous head piece he wears (he could ditch the robes while he's
at it). Just ain't gonna happen.
For those of us
that have been fully assimilated into the Crossfit work-out ethic and
the Paleo lifestyle, we can't understand why people - particularly
people who want to excel at their sports - don't train hard Crossfit
style, eat Paleo, and find themselves crushing their sport. Probably
there are a multitude of reasons, but a big one, I think, is not
being willing to be humbled. Crossfit workouts are hard, you will
suck at them - especially at the beginning - you'll have to learn a
lot of new skills, most likely, you'll find that you aren't the big
shot you thought you were. After all, a goldfish looks big swimming
in a pool of tadpoles.
So don't come out
with this excuse - or any variation thereof - "I can't do the
workouts/moves/exercises, so I quit." No shit, Sherlock.
No-one said it would be easy.
Starting A Sierra Ski Traverse, 7 day pack, skis, walking,
good thing you did all those killer workouts
No comments:
Post a Comment