CrossFit is Beautiful - Monday, June 29th, 2026

CrossFit is Beautiful

The other day as I stood back and watched three different classes take on the same workout. It was four sets of a three minute AMRAP of 2 Devil Press, 3 Dumbbell Push Press, 4 Dumbbell Thrusters, and 5 Dumbbell Front Squats with 35/20 lb dumbbells.

On paper, it doesn't look like much. The rep scheme is small, the weight is very manageable for most athletes, and each work interval is only three minutes. If you just read it on the whiteboard, you might even wonder if it's going to be enough.

But by the end of each interval, athletes were lying on the floor trying to catch their breath.

I'll admit something. When I sit down to write programming, my goal isn't to crush you. I don't think good programming is measured by how many people are flat on their backs after every workout. I want you to leave feeling accomplished. To feel challenged, successful, and like you moved the needle more towards fitness. There is a difference between writing workouts that simply make people suffer and writing workouts that make people better.

That's why, if I'm being honest, I don't always love seeing an entire class laid out on the floor between rounds.

But then I watched our 6:00 p.m. class. It was a smaller class, and almost every single athlete was lying down between the three minute intervals. As I watched them recover before the next round, I wasn't thinking, Wow, we really crushed them today.

I was thinking, Wow... what we do is so beautiful.

CrossFit has this incredible ability to take a workout that looks almost to simple, from the movements, to a manageable loads, and short time domains, and create an experience that humbles everyone equally. There are no tricks, no complicated machine or secret formula. Just thoughtful programming built around functional movement, intensity, and the right combination of volume and pacing.

The beauty is that the workout doesn't discriminate. The newest athlete is challenged. The experienced athlete is challenged. Even the fittest person in the room finishes wondering if they're really as fit as they thought they were. That's exactly what we want. It’s meeting every athlete where they are while giving each exactly what they need.

This workout in particular wasn't designed to expose weaknesses. It was designed to develop strengths. Yet somewhere during those four rounds, everyone found a place where they had to make a decision. Slow down or keep moving. Rest a little longer or pick the dumbbells back up. Give in to the discomfort or lean into it.

That's where fitness is built.

Those moments are why we love CrossFit. It's not because people end up exhausted. It's because a simple workout can teach you so much. It reminds us that fitness isn't about flashy exercises or impossible weights. Sometimes all it takes is a pair of dumbbells, a clock, and a well written workout that looks far to simple, to show us that we still have another level we can reach.

I genuinely don't understand why more people don't do CrossFit. What we do every day is thoughtful. It's measurable. It's endlessly scalable. It's challenging, and every once in a while, a workout like this reminds us just how remarkable that is.

CrossFit isn't beautiful because it leaves people lying on the floor. It's beautiful because with such simple ingredients, it has the ability to humble every athlete, reveal something about them, and make them just a little fitter than they were when they walked through the door.

CrossFit is beautiful.

And maybe there's another blog to be written about something else we've come to appreciate over the years. Watching athletes move well is beautiful too. Watching someone perform a technically sound snatch, a perfectly timed kipping pull up, or a set of air squats with flawless mechanics can feel like watching a performance on a stage. There is an art to movement, just as there is an art to programming.

But that's a story for another day.

Monday, June 29th, 2026

Focus:

5 Sets
1 Snatch Grip Deadlift
1 Hang Power Snatch
1 Power Snatch
1 Snatch

WOD:

For Time:
800m Run
60 DU's
40 Power Snatch 75/55
20 Burpees over Bar

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