Be Kind. Lift Heavy‪.‬ West Little Rock CrossFit

The answer I give everybody about motivation.

What if you could run forever?



What monster would ask such a question?



Me. I am that monster.

Ever been to a retirement home bingo night? 

Let's take three friends: a powerlifter, a marathon runner, and a CrossFitter to a sick and twisted bingo night where we replace all the ping pong balls in the hopper with as many different physically demanding tests as possible.

 It's gonna be a party for those grannies and grandpas to watch.

Eddie Hall holds the world record deadlift at 1200lb. That's:


Insane.
Really weak for a gorilla.

Becoming fit enough to accomplish only a few things (or even just one thing) really well, comes at the cost of sacrificing our fitness to do many other things. When you specialize, you pay the price by losing your ability to generalize.

Why you should care:

Because, when you want to get away from zombies, you want Eddie hall with you. They'll catch him and eat for days while you skedaddle.

Seventy percent of deaths in the United States, attributed to chronic disease. 


What does all this have to do with you? A lot. 

One Dollar, Four Quarters, and CrossFit.



If you put a dollar in the change machine, that paper bill is reduced into four quarters almost immediately. It's a done deal. There's no waiting or reassurance needed. 



But if it took the same amount of time to produce those quarters as it did to design, mock-up, and print that dollar bill, you'd be in suspense for a while. That's waiting for a result that may not come. That's seeing the same number on the scale after weeks of hard work...