5 Rounds for time:
40 Foot handstand walk
20 Medicine ball cleans, 20#(14#)
20 Abmat sit-ups with medicine ball, 20#(14#)
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It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, but it’s been brewing. CrossFit gets a bad rap. For a lot of things. Sometimes people watch the CrossFit Games and we get labeled as crazy followed swiftly by shocked face emojis when someone gets hurt. People hear about CrossFit’s fight against big soda and think the company is ridiculous for caring about what people drink. And most recently, following a tweet from a now former CrossFit HQ employee, people may have been led to believe that CrossFit is intolerant.
CrossFit athletes, the professional ones that have chosen to compete in the sport of CrossFit, are not crazy. They are professional athletes, similar to that of NFL players, who subsequently also get hurt during their sport. The other 99% of CrossFit enthusiasts are also not crazy for taking their health and well being into their own hands and simply taking one hour a day to be fit.
I will not dive too far into the battle against big soda other than to say, the fight is hugely misunderstood. The fight is not against what you drink, the fight is against a company like big soda funding research into the health world. A company that sells sugary drinks should not be the company that pays for researchers to tell you what is and is not healthy to consume. There might be a bit of a conflict of interest.
And then there is this tweet. A tweet from a well known figure head at CrossFit HQ stating that celebrating pride was a sin. As I said earlier, this person is now a former employee. We can argue back and forth about his right to say whatever he wanted in his personal twitter account, but that argument stops when he added a few additional items to his tweet clearly indicating his involvement with CrossFit. As employees of any business, our words have consequences. Free speech exists but so do employee agreements. So say what you will but be prepared for those consequences.
None of this means anything to me.
I do not care how people view the Games. I do not care about hefty lawsuits. I do not care about someone’s personal religious beliefs. Because none of these things change how I choose to represent my business. I can talk to people about how to push themselves and avoid injury. I can help educate about nutrition and diet. And I can stand at the front of my gym and welcome anyone and everyone in to this amazing community. Verve is CrossFit to me, and to me CrossFit is:
- Not caring about your age, gender, sexual preference, religious beliefs, or job. If you have the fastest time on the board, you are legit, and I want to beat it.
- Not caring about your age, gender, sexual preference, religious beliefs, or job. If the trainer says grab a partner, my only question is, are you conveniently standing next to me?
- A 65 year old man doing personal training sessions to regain a range of motion that was lost decades ago. And this same man not running “since the 90’s” and joining some friends for a half marathon on a weekend, and finishing it.
- A 65 year old woman having had two hip replacement surgeries, getting excited for doing box jumps, walking lunges, and squatting below parallel.
- A husband and wife, a wife and wife, a husband and husband, and “roommates” having one hour to come together and encourage each other. To workout as partners and see each other’s strengths.
- Someone building a base of fitness to take a once in a lifetime trip around the world, hike amazing wonders and tour monuments.
- Someone building a base of fitness to take their kids on vacation and chase them around a beach.
- Building a base of fitness to later race mountain bikes, run marathons, ski the slopes for hours upon hours.
CrossFit is taking the hour a day in the gym to make us healthy, happy, and live long enough lives to thoroughly enjoy them. CrossFit Verve wishes this health, happiness, and longevity to everyone.
