This is how we change things. A group of people in a parking lot on a Sunday morning.
They could be home in their warm beds, sleeping, or (worse) eating sugary cereal and watching television. Instead, they’re in a wet parking lot on an autumn morning at a CrossFit Level 1 Certification, learning to teach the CrossFit Method.
They could be at a regular gym, inside, on the treadmill, walking to nowhere, hating what they are doing, mind-numbing themselves to their very existence in this life. Sleep-walking every day. Listening to the droning voices that say, “That’s dangerous” or “Squatting below parallel is bad for you” or “Deadlifts will hurt your back” or “Don’t drop the weights.”
Be quiet. Be a good girl. Stay in line. Don’t rock the boat.
Well, f*** that.
Welcome to CrossFit. The revolution has begun.
We won’t believe the hype. We won’t listen to the money-making lies in the diet and exercise industry that have resulted in Americans being fatter and more out of shape than ever before. We won’t fool ourselves into thinking that fitness can come without effort, without sweat, without some kind of pain. We refuse to believe that you should eat 6-11 servings of grains every day. We don’t want to end up in nursing homes, weak and tired. We want to be strong to the end — and now’s the time to build that body and that mindset. Whatever your age, it’s not too late.
Toss the Food Pyramid into the garbage, along with your processed foods and your Big Mac crap and the rest of the junk that is killing you. Read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, shop at your local farm stand, eat something that was grown, not made. And then get your a** moving. Lift heavy things. Chase each other. Chase excellence. And see what happens to your body, your mind, your spirit.
If the changes aren’t good, then don’t keep CrossFitting. Go back to your old ways. But, if CrossFit makes your life better in any single way, then abandon bull**** and embrace CrossFit. There are thousands of people around the globe making the same choice today. They’ve left a non-existence behind and decided to really be in the game of life. You could do the same.
A lot of people know the Woody Guthrie song “This Land is Your Land.” What they often don’t know is this verse:
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.”
But on the other side it didn’t say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
See that sign in the photo above? Guess what? On the other side, it don’t say nothing. That side was made for you and me.
(Text by Lisbeth Darsh/www.crossfitwatertown.com.)
October 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Change… It’s a coming
October 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am
However, there is one thing I might not be able to change Lis. I don’t think I can toss my big mac in the garbage. I love me some MacD’s!
Tooner out from DFW gate C-29
October 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I love that last paragraph. Awesome stuff.
October 6th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Great Words Lis.
Love Crossfit!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:07 am
wow expresso this morning?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Love it. When are those pics being posted?! ha.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:27 am
GREAT STUFF LIS!!!!!!!
Welcome to the Thunderdome Bitches!!!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Thanks Lis!
October 6th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Working on the photo thing.
More coffee is brewing.
Two other pieces of inspiration:
“Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.”
And: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLrrBs8JBQo
October 7th, 2009 at 8:09 am
The Revolution is here, and WE are it!!! Everyone else, join or get the F@*K out of the way>
Great stuff Lis.
October 7th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Where were u when I needed papers written?!?!?
October 7th, 2009 at 9:34 am
The past 2 days I hurt so much…I feel like I’m finally able to walk somewhat normal again
Can’t wait for Coach B in may
October 14th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I enjoy the Crossfit workouts as well but don’t understand the need for profanity and four-letter words…..Crossfit loses credibility and respectability when the F bomb is tossed around.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Al, that’s the great thing about America! If you don’t like what you read here, you can go elsewhere and find a community with language that you enjoy. 1600 affiliates (so far) = 1600 websites for you to explore. Happy reading and happy CrossFitting!