Around the corner is a new decade. It is the season for New Year’s resolutions, restarts, and the time to once again promise ourselves we will cheerfully pursue the path to positive change. Maybe it is one too many holiday cookie-comas, but by the new year, we feel motivated! Gyms are packed and we stock our grocery carts full of vegetables and lean meats. Some of us dry out and lay off the alcohol, sugar, and dairy for the month of January.

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I would be lying if I said I never had a poor reaction to a coach’s critique during a WOD. There have been a number of times when a coach (poor Mikey) has given me a friendly reminder, a correction, or a cue in the middle of a workout and I reacted badly. When he has reminded me to fix my shallow wall ball or stand up my box jumps all the way, I have responded with an evil side-eye, an excuse, or sometimes a snippy remark. Not my proudest moments….

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For obvious reasons, we measure progress in CrossFit by way of reps, times, weights, and rounds. Numbers are markers that reveal the most obvious type of progress and are easiest to track: if we do two more rounds of Cindy than we did last time, we feel as if we are getting better at the movements in Cindy. The day feels like success.

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