Want to Get Fitter? - Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

Want to Get Fitter?

We’re going to give you a glimpse behind the curtain. Because getting fitter isn’t about chasing the RX. It’s about understanding the stimulus of the workout, and achieving it.

When we write a workout, it’s not about the weight as much as it’s about the intention.

How it should feel.
How long it should take.
Where it should push you.
What it should demand from your body.

That’s what we’re looking for. RX is just the ceiling. It’s one version of that workout, and the RX really only matters if it allows you to hit the intended stimulus of the workout.

If you can achieve the intended stimulus by going RX, great. But if you can’t, that’s where you need to scale. This is where most people get it wrong. They see RX and think that’s the goal. They think that’s what makes the workout count, and that that’s what makes them fitter.

It’s not, it doesn’t. What makes you fitter is hitting the stimulus.

It’s moving at the right intensity.
It’s being in the right time domain.
It’s challenging the system we’re trying to train that day.

If we’re asking for a fast, high intensity workout that should be done in under 5 minutes, and you go RX and it takes you 12 mins, you missed out on what we were after. You didn’t do the workout we were looking for, you did something else. Your workout was slower, more broken, different pacing, different demand, therefore different result. The same movements, yes, but a completely different outcome.

That’s why we coach scaling. It’s not because you “can’t” do the RX. It’s because we want you to get the workout stimulus right.

Scaling is how you meet the workout where it’s meant to be met.

It’s choosing the weight that lets you move well.
It’s choosing the movement that keeps the flow.
It’s choosing the option that gets you into the right intensity.

That’s not a step back, that’s not less than. That’s training.
That’s how you get fitter.

A quick side note, but no less important. If you are consistently hitting the stimulus, especially at RX, you also need to respect recovery.

CrossFit has always followed a rhythm. Three days on, one day off, two days on, one day off. We don’t program that way here because we’re open six days a week. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t apply. You’re not meant to train hard six days in a row. At some point, your body will make that decision for you.

So we need you to make it first. Make sure you’re taking rest days somewhere.

And as TrackNITE starts back up, keep this in mind. It’s another training session, yes. But it’s not meant to be added on top of everything else without adjustment.

If you’re coming out to the track, you should be taking a rest somewhere else in your week.

Training only works if you recover from it.
So if you want to get fitter, listen up.

Listen to your coach.
Trust the adjustments.
Respect your rest days.
Stop chasing RX, and chase the stimulus.

Because RX isn’t what changes you.
The stimulus is.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

Focus:

Split Jerk
2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2

WOD:

12 min AMRAP
3 Wall Walks
15 Russian KB Swings 32/24
60 DUs

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