crossfit - Arv' Musings

Is it possible to quit your favourite thing?

It is a tool and a tool you can use to learn a deeper skill. That you can deprive yourself and be comfortable with the discomfort.

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What's the key factor in crafting a new habit?

You stop doing something when it no longer works for you. And that's necessary. It was a tool that did a job. Now, you move on to a different tool.

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the exploding fitness industry and the opportunity

cult.fit will open the door. For millions and millions of people to take that first step. Maybe a few of them will stay there for longer, and maybe quite a few will move on. That's okay.

ArvTraining

on impatience and trying to create efficiency

This was the time when I felt like a kid in a candy store. Suddenly, an entire universe was accessible to me.

ArvTraining

don't think, feeeeel!

Finally, one day, Adrian just smiled when I asked my inevitable question after he explained the workout. And told me some of the most important words I needed to hear - "Arv, turn that brain of yours off".

origin stories

where I fell in love with fitness

I still call "my gym" even though I haven't trained there since 2010, is closing its doors permanently this weekend. It is the place where I fell in love with fitness and where my journey towards founding The Quad began. Without SFCF, I would not be here today, doing what I am doing.

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on shiny objects

Shiny objects can derail us. Shiny objects can confuse us, even when we are on the right path. Shiny objects can make us spin our wheels more. But they have their place though.

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ups and downs

At SFCF, one of my coaches Angel tried something. Instead of traditional metcons, he had a 6-week squat progression based on the 5/3/1 system. That was my first experience with progressive resistance training

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Brute Force

I was weak. I had a better-than-a-year-ago levels of conditioning, which had moved from zero to running a half-marathon at 10 minute mile pace. It is an average number, absolutely

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Are you guys warmed up?

Back in late 2008 or early 2009, I joined San Francisco CrossFit (after I thoroughly embarrassed myself at the other CrossFit). The first 3 sessions were about getting beginners introduced

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the story of my first-ever CrossFit class

When we start off, most of us suck. Fact. Or at least, I did. But you flounder and suck it up and keep going. Let me tell you one of my stories and you'll get a better idea.