Why aren’t you getting results in the gym? And why are you blaming others?

I’ve been in CrossFit for 5 years now and I could probably count on two hands the number of people that complain CrossFit isn’t giving them the results they want—whether its getting stronger or getting slimmer. Usually its the latter.

As a coach, I’ve trained 100s of military personnel in physical training, trained at two different CrossFit gyms with over 300 total athletes, and there are some people that insist CrossFit doesn’t working for them.

I’m sorry but CrossFit works.

There can be more than 3 reasons why you’re not getting results, you know like sleep, nutrition, mental stress, all those important factors of health but here are a few things we can work on right now;

Inconsistency – Are you going to the gym as much as you say you are? Maybe you started at 4x a week, and some weeks you do make it that many times. However, you’re getting to the gym 2x a week, maybe its Monday and Tuesday when you’re feeling ready for the week! However, now you take 5 days off till you “work out” or move again. 2 days of training with 5 days of rest isn’t the most effective attempt for results. Now that’s inconsistency with training…How about your nutrition? You use to have 1 cheat meal a week, now you cheat every day (just a little cheat right?). How consistent are you really being?

Intensity – If your workout has a run/row in there, are you using it as recovery or are you really pushing your limits? Can you pick up the bar sooner than later even though you only have 2 more reps to go? You have 30 seconds left, instead of doing another burpee you decide to stop working. Intensity is the independent variable in your fitness. Fitness isn’t easy. But fitness/results are rewarded by hard work and high intensity.

Negative Self-talk – “The man who says he can, and the man who says he can not are both correct.” Confucius speaks the truth then and other leaders speak the truth today. Mark Divine from SEALFIT speaks of the mental component of your entire being is just as important as the physical. Your thoughts become your actions. Negative self-talk is probably the reason you missed your last PR. If you’re not giving yourself positive encouragement, or keeping your emotions healthy, then you’re setting yourself up for failure.

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People who blame external distractions as their reason for failure usually have internal conflict. Do you really think constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement in a training program that is broad, general, and inclusive is the reason for not getting results?