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Constantly Pursue Progress
In previous blogs “Longevity” and “Can’t Judge a Painting from One Brush Stroke” we talked about trusting in the process and training for the long term. At CrossFit 8 Mile, we preach about constantly pursuing progress. It’s a cliché that’s repeated over and over again. “It won’t happen over night”. It won’t even happen in a few weeks. Nothing that happens that fast will last. There are 3 important principals to abide by in order to be successful in your health and fitness journey.
1) Eat right. Like everyone didn’t already know this? Sure, everybody thinks they know how to eat right but plain chicken and broccoli can get old and still in itself has holes. Get with someone who really does know and develop a plan. They can tell you things you didn’t know you didn’t know! It’s about eating the right things, at the right time of the day, everyday. When people see athletes and are astonished by their physique they just chalk it up to genetics or steroids. WRONG! It is days upon weeks upon years of seeing food as fuel, not a past time. They don’t indulge in the family parties of fried foods and baked goods. That needs to be your mentality too. Your “why” needs to be greater than the temptations. Your “why” has to be just as strong as your will. Just like every day, and work out matters, every meal matters too.
2) Show up. Excuses are so easy to find. 5am comes early. Work gets out late. The kids have sports. Burpees suck. Blah blah blah! Eric Thomas, a motivation speaker, has a great talk about making sure your “Why” is greater than the punch. Stuff is going to come up, legitimate excuses or not the reason why you work hard has to be greater than the excuse. It is really important because one missed day easily turns into two days, then a real reason why you can’t go comes up and now it has been three days since you’ve been to the gym. Now when you do make it you’re too sore to come back the next day. Before you know it you only trained one day out of 5. That’s not going to cut it. If you really want improvements in health and wellness you need a consistent 5 days a week of exercise. Be bigger than the excuses. Make sure your “Why” is strong than the punch.
3) Trust in the process. If you followed step one and developed a nutrition plan with a coach and consistently show up to a good gym then the final part is easy. Trust in the process. Assuming you’re in an environment of competent coaches and programming all you need to do is complete the training as written. I don’t care what your style of training is. It doesn’t matter if you’re a kettlebell guru, a yogi, a CrossFit firebreather or a globo gym rat. If you go at it hard and make the most of the program set before you, you will find success.
Common Theme: The one thing that each of the above points requires is this: an unrelenting commitment to be consistent over the long term. People that don’t last is because they can’t see the big picture or it isn’t happening as fast as they would like. As long as you follow these three points you’ll be able to look back and compare where you are now to where you came from. CrossFit is not a quick fix. It’s not something you’ll find in a few weeks or even months. It’s something that will one day shock you with “wow I can’t believe I was just able to do that” or “Man I’m really glad I do CrossFit right about now”. You’ll compare pictures and realize at that point what a change you have made. It’s worth it. Eat right. Keep showing up. Trust in the process.
Nick Carignan
CrossFit 8 Mile
Fun Fact: When I started CrossFit I was 200lbs, trained 5 days a week in cross training and mixed martial arts. Just under 6 years later of doing CrossFit I weigh 205lb and look totally different and can do so many greater things now then I could before. I went from a 315lb deadlift to 575lbs, went from 5 strict pull ups to 27 strict pull ups, went from a 10 minute mile to a 6:30 minute mile. These jumps didn’t happen over night. They happened over 6 years. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16701″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” qode_css_animation=””][vc_column_text]Amanda Tahmouch went from never working out in her life to losing over 100 lbs! The picture on the left is in 2010. The picture on the right is 2016! The one in the middle is both Amanda and her cousin inside her old pair of pants![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16702″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” qode_css_animation=””][vc_column_text]Jamie came to CrossFit 8 Mile with an extensive fitness background. After 3 years and a lot of hard work she has transformed not only her body, but range of motion in major movements…..while at 40 years old![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”16715″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” qode_css_animation=””][vc_column_text]The first picture is from when I was 22 years old before CrossFit. The second is after 6 years of CrossFit and never having taken more then 2 days off in a week for those 6 years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/3″]