Top 10 Reasons Not To Train At CrossFit Saints Forge
Friday, January 1, 2010 at 6:23PM 10. You have to make it through indoctrination - Just having a credit card and a pulse does not a member make. Who wants to have to be a part of something selective and elite?
9. They train way too hard - You sweat, breathe hard and generally find out what you're made of every workout. You train at your edge, which makes it too hard to read a magazine or have a conversation about last night's episode of the "Bachelor" while working out. They don't allow you to be a part of the program if you just want to go through the motions. Who would want to train hard enough to actually feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction after their workout?
8. They literally COACH you - You cannot just walk aimlessly around the gym; they make you learn and develop skills. They video workouts so people can see what they are doing and so they may coach you on how to improve. You have to learn how to move better so you can lift more weight faster - which means you get stronger, faster and lift properly. You have to learn technique - which means developing timing, agility, coordination and athleticism. Who wants to be coached to be stronger or faster, more coordinated or agile, or more athletic? I mean seriously, what idiot would want to be seen in public and have someone mistake them for an athlete or model because of their physique or body fat percentage?
7. They do not like whining or excuses - Complainers and criers are shunned, ridiculed, run off and are generally treated like lepers. They don't consider the "woe is me" attitude to be a good thing or a badge of courage. It is the right of every human to paint him or herself as a victim in everything and be pathetic - just not here. Who wants to go to a place where you can't complain about everyting under the sun and whiners are flogged and chased away?
6. They teach you new things - They make you learn new lifts, workouts and training methods and they expect you to master them. They teach and re-teach the fundamentals and use weird words like "virtuosity." Who wants to learn and perfect movements until they become "virtuous" at them?
5. They don't do "cardio," they do real workouts - Your "cardio" respiratory training will take place at the same time as everything else and actually DO something that turns into results you (and others!) can measure, feel and see. Who really wants to actually focus on training when looking "good" in the gym is so important?
4. They get in your business... and your life - They get involved in every aspect of your life and expect you to participate and take an active role in transforming your own life, from your stress and hormone levels to your medication, your training to your recovery, your nutrition to your performance. Who wants someone to find out how screwed up they really are and then actually help them fix it all?
3. They expect you to get better and expect you to actually "train" - They expect you to add weight, go faster and pursue excellent form as a regular part of your training. They expect you to try harder to overcome the weakest links in your performance. They expect everyone who has a membership to actually come to the facility to train. Who wants that kind of stress to constantly improve and show up?
2. They track and record your progress - You can actually see, measure and verify your own results. They expect you to work with them as they produce results in every facet of your life: from changing your cholesterol profile to eliminating inflammation; helping you lose fat to getting ripped; getting physically stronger to becoming "harder to kill;" having a 6 pack to becoming "300;" being mentally stronger to eliminating the words "quit," "can't" and "impossible" from your vocabulary. Who wants to be one of the few and stand apart from all the rest.
1. They charge too much - They charge enough where you may actually feel compelled to show up and train. They think that if they provide a top level, fully equipped training facility and expert coaches to coach you, it is of value to their members. Who wants to pay for a fully equipped and professionally staffed training center that expects people to workout and requires people to get results?