Articles | CrossFit Watertown, Oakville, CT

The Real Suck

9. June 2010

The real suck is in the middle. It's not at the beginning of the workout, when your lungs are fresh and the rush of getting started carries you along, like the blood pumping through your veins.

Crossing Over

24. May 2010

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If I really think about it, I know the barbell can't save me. It can't offer me eternal salvation. Or money. Or even peace with all my decisions . . .

Having Perspective

18. May 2010

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Some days, we will be better. Some days, we will suck. That's life. Just work hard and get the **** over it.

Is My World is Different Than Yours?

14. May 2010

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In CrossFit, there is no sense that we will never be as good as we once were. There is only the sense that we are not even close to how good we can become.

There's this person we become when we decide that simply surviving our CrossFit workout is not enough. It's another level, another gear, another mindset. It's when we look at the person next to us and think "I want to beat their score."

Inside the CrossFit Coach’s Mind

29. April 2010

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I'm not here to hold your hand or stroke your ego or lie to you or tell you that you look pretty. I'm here to hold you accountable and help you get results. And, along the way, you're going to become a better person. And you're going to love life more than you ever imagined.

Stomping the “Easy Button”

21. April 2010

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We run these stairs. They’re not pretty, but they’re real. CrossFit Watertown is on the second floor so every time the workout calls for sprinting or running, we have to factor in about 18 concrete stairs, 2 corridors, and 3 wooden stairs that get slippery when wet. On each round. It’s not fun. Life would [...]

Get Off Your Knees

7. April 2010

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Nobody is going to like what I have to say today. Women, get off your knees. Seriously. I was in class the other night and I watched lots of strong women in a metcon on their knees. WTFO? Stick with knee push-ups and you know what you’re going to get really good at? Knee push-ups. [...]

Confessions of a Recovered Globo-Gym Addict

24. March 2010

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Jason ring dips . . . It’s hard to change. Really hard. Pre-CrossFit (P.C.) I was a globo-gym addict. Five days a week, sometimes six. Waiting on the doorstep at 4:45am for the Air Force base gym to open at 5. Free weights, cardio equipment, leg presses, and even some machines. Leg days, tri/bi days, [...]

Call It What It Is

17. March 2010

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Rachel stretches after the 5pm workout. This is how I want you. On the floor, mobilizing after a workout, and about to rehydrate. After the workout. Because, quite honestly, drinking water during a WOD that lasts less than 20 minutes is just another way of announcing to the world that you are a p****. You [...]