How to approach a workout - Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
How to approach a workout
When you walk into the gym and see the whiteboard, (or the blog the night before) it’s easy to focus on the reps, the rounds, and the weights. But before you start strategizing your split times or scaling options, it’s worth pausing to remember what CrossFit actually is.
CrossFit is defined as:
“Constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity, across broad time and modal domains.”
It’s simple, but powerful. And that definition is exactly how you should approach every single workout. Let’s break it down more.
Constantly varied
No two days are the same, and that’s the point.
We vary the movements, loads, time domains, and formats to make you adaptable. In life, you never know what kind of “workout” the day will throw at you, so your training should prepare you for anything.
When you see something new or uncomfortable on the board, that’s not something to avoid, it’s an opportunity. Step up, learn, and lean into the variety. That’s where growth happens.
We should also say that constantly varied for us does not mean random. We have a method to our programming, but that’s ours.
Functional movement
Every movement we do in CrossFit has purpose. They’re the movements that mirror what we do in everyday life: picking things up, standing up, jumping, pressing, pulling, running, climbing, carrying.
When you train functional movement, you’re not just building fitness, you’re building capacity for life. You’re training to be better at everything outside the gym: from carrying groceries and chasing kids, to hiking, skiing, or just getting off the floor with ease.
Performed at high intensity
Intensity doesn’t mean redlining every workout, it means giving your best relative effort for that day. Your intensity won’t look like anyone else’s, and that’s okay. It’s meant to be personal.
Some days that means going heavier. Some days that means scaling smart and moving consistently. Either way, intensity is what drives results. It’s how you get fitter, faster, and stronger over time, physically and mentally.
Across broad time and modal domains
This is the part that makes CrossFit so complete. You’ll sprint one day, lift heavy another, and grind through endurance work the next. You’ll build power, stamina, agility, and strength, because fitness isn’t one dimensional.
By attacking each type of workout with intention, short, long, heavy, or bodyweight, you’re training to be ready for anything.
So, how should you approach a workout?
With purpose.
With humility.
And with effort that’s honest to where you are that day.
Every workout has a stimulus, the intended effect the coach wants you to get from it. Listen to your coach, understand that purpose, and choose weights or scaling options that let you hit it.
Don’t chase a score, chase the intended feel of the workout.
You don’t need to “win” every WOD. You just need to train with intention, stay consistent, and keep showing up.
At CrossFit Indestri, every workout is programmed with the definition of CrossFit in mind. Constantly varied, functional, high intensity, designed to build fitness that lasts a lifetime.
So the next time you step up to the whiteboard, remember, this isn’t random.
It’s deliberate.
And it works.
Approach every workout with purpose, not panic.
Train to better yourself for tomorrow, not just for the leaderboard.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Focus:
Back Squat
5 - 5 - 5 - 5
WOD:
5 x 3 Min AMRAPs w/ 2 min rest between
6 x 25 foot Shuttle Runs ( down+back=1 )
12 KB Swings 24/16
6 Alt KB Goblet Lunges
* start next AMRAP where you left off
Check back each night at 8pm for the next days WOD .
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