Going deeper into the RX - Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
Going deeper into the RX
Athletes tend to look at the RX in a workout as the holy grail. Striving to RX the weights, or the higher level skills that might make the workout RX. But what often gets overlooked is that when we program, we also have an intended stimulus of a workout.
RX is not just the prescribed weights and movements. It’s range of motion standard on each movement, and it’s also intended stimulus of the workout.
The load, reps, movements, and time domain are simply tools to create that stimulus.
That’s why two athletes can both be “doing the workout” but only one is actually training as intended.
If an athlete keeps the RX weight but:
Moves at a drastically slower pace
Breaks every set into singles immediately
Loses movement quality early
They’re no longer training the intended stimulus, even if the numbers on the bar match the board.
That’s also one of the reasons why scaling exists.
Scaling is not “less than.”
It’s how athletes preserve the stimulus. (read that again)
An athlete who scales load, reps, or movement so they can:
Maintain good mechanics
Hit appropriate intensity
Stay within the intended time domain
is actually training more correctly than someone clinging to RX numbers and missing the point entirely. ( read that again too)
This is baked into CrossFit’s methodology.
Mechanics first.
Then consistency in those mechanics.
Then intensity. ( Speed/Load/etc)
RX is the expression of that for a given workout, not a badge of honor.
That’s also why good coaching matters. Coaches don’t just say “RX is 225.”
When we brief the whiteboard, we brief:
What the workout should feel like
Where athletes should be breathing
How often athletes should be breaking
What time range they’re aiming for
Because when you understand the stimulus, you can choose the version of the workout that actually makes you fitter.
RX is not about ego.
It’s about intent.
And the stimulus is the point.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
Focus:
Power Snatch
3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
WOD:
Open WOD 13.1
17 min AMRAP
40 Burpees to Target
30 Snatch 75/45
30 Burpees to Target
30 Snatch 135/75
20 Burpees to Target
30 Snatch 165/100
10 Burpees to Target
AMRAP Snatch 210/120
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