Another year has come and gone and 2018 will bring each of you new goals in and out of the CrossFit Beloit gym. Last year we had a "Goal Board" and had each of you write down your goals for 2017. I was reading the board the other day and saw some people cross of many goals and some crossed off zero goals. I even talked to a few members about why they didn't reach their goal and a common answer was that they didn't spend the time working towards their goal, or they made to lofty of a goal. Just because you didn't reach your goal you wrote down for 2017 doesn't mean it is a failure. What it means is that we may need to go over what a better goal is for you and what can be done to reach that goal. Maybe a PR in every lift isn't a great goal, I haven't had a PR in a major lift for 2 years... it happens! Making smaller goals and a road to reach those goals is something we want to emphasize. If you are having a hard time making or reaching a new goal, talk with a coach on a plan that will work for you. We will be leaving up the goal board for another 2 weeks, the erasing it to make a "Celebration Board", you can write up any new things you have accomplished in and out of the gym to share with your fellow CFB family members! We want to celebrate you and your awesome lives!
In a short 7 weeks, the 2018 CrossFit Games Open will begin. It seems just like yesterday we were doing endless thrusters and double unders to end the 2017 Open. For those of you that are newer to CrossFit and may not know what the Open is, it is a World Wide competition that acts as a qualifier for the CrossFit Games. We hate to burst any bubbles, most likely we will not have any CFB members make the Games, but we like to encourage as many people to sign up for the Open ever year. Last year we had a record number of people sign up and we would love to see us beat that number this year! The Open is 5 weeks long with a new workout announced each Thursday night at 7pm, you complete that workout that CrossFit puts out by the following Monday evening (submitting scores on line). Sign up for the Open is $20 and we encourage each member to sing up. You will hear us talk a lot about the Open and even seen a switch in programming to ramp up our cardio during those high intensity Metcon workouts! The Open is a great way to get people outside of their comfort zone and to try new movements or weights they normally wouldn't. Keeping a positive attitude is something that we want to encourage as well during the open. Maybe you don't have pull ups down yet, or maybe double unders are a struggle for you. We want you to keep working on those skills through the year so that when they show up in the Open you will have more success. Talk with a coach today to get some more information on the Open!
Each week we will be posting a video of tips and techniques to move more efficiently at the movements that come up in the Open. Here is a great article that talks about common movements in the Open
You can even go back to the CrossFit.com site and see past Open workouts , every year there is a re-peat workout and it's always fun to guess which one it will be!
One last read on the Open and a history of common movements
Check out these links for past blogs on the Open:
http://crossfitbeloit.com/wod/2017/1/18/the-crossfit-open-2017