Quality over chaos: We don’t fitness race. We TRAIN. - Thursday, July 31st, 2025
Quality over chaos: We don’t fitness race. We TRAIN.
Let’s clear something up: not every EMOM is a sprint, not every AMRAP is a test, and not every workout is a competition.
We train, and that’s a very different mindset.
We see it more than we should, the clock starts, and suddenly it’s chaos. Athletes rush through movements like it’s the final event at the CrossFit Games. Reps get sloppy, depth disappears, transitions turn frantic. Deadlifts become back pulls, and wall balls, barely hit the target. All to finish a little faster.
But the thing is, faster doesn’t mean better. It honestly just means faster.
If you're trading good movement for speed, you're missing the point. Because training isn’t about chaos, it’s about control. Training is about moving with purpose, not with panic. Training is where we build the habits that carry us through the heavy lifts, the hard metcons, and the tough days. It’s where consistency matters more than intensity.
When a workout gives you a full minute to complete your work, use it. There’s no prize for being the first one done in training. Rushing through in 30 seconds just to collapse and recover for 30 more doesn’t mean you won. It means you might not have taken the time to dial in your movement. It means you survived, but you didn’t necessarily improve.
Progress comes from doing things right, not just doing them fast.
Training is where we earn our fitness, rep by rep, round by round.
It’s where we get stronger, more capable, and more resilient, not by racing the clock, but by respecting the process, because when it is time to test, to compete, to push the limit, you want to show up with a foundation that holds up under pressure.
That foundation is built through quality, not on chaos.
So slow down, train with 70 to 75% effort more often than not. Move with intention. Hit every rep like it matters, because it does.
We’re not here to win the buy in, or race the recovery.
We don’t fitness race. We TRAIN.
Thursday, July 31st, 2025
Focus:
5 Sets for Quality
10/10 Single Leg Deadlifts w/ KB
10 Sumo Deadlifts w/ KB
1 Length Death March
10 Good Mornings
WOD:
5 Rounds for Time
10 SDLHP w/ KB 24/16
10 KB Swings
Right Arm Down Suitcase Carry
Left Arm Back Suitcase Carry
Check back each night at 8pm for the next days WOD .
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