How can you tell if a trainer is worth the money?
A long time ago, before I knew anything about anything, a friend asked me to train him.
“I don’t want to have to know everything you know, I just want you to tell me what’s good,” he said. “It’s like a mechanic, I don’t need to know how to fix the car, he does. I just want to drive it.”
That was fourteen years ago. Today, I still don’t know nearly enough about training, competing or eating. But thanks to my friend, a man who isn’t hear anymore that I can never thank enough, I have never stopped learning and I never will.
He pushed me into something I was already doing, he simply urged me to share it. Then he put a price on it.
Putting a price on something you love to do is awkward. On one one hand, it’s always too cheap. Think about it, if a trainer helped you lose weight, have a higher self-esteem, eliminate medications, improve your relationships; what’s that worth? Exactly, it’s priceless.
I say this because a I received an email from a girl the other day who lives in a more rural part of the Midwest. She said there was no CrossFit and that she was trying to decide on who to train with for a local power-lifting meet.
I asked her to think about both training options that she was considering. What kind of people they really were.
“If you gave both trainers a poster and a marker; what would they do?,” I asked. “If you think one guy would write ‘SALE’ and post it on his window, but the other guy would hand it back and have you write down what you want out of life, not just training, that’s your guy.”
Training is more than knowledge. It’s something someone would do for free, but something that’s worth more than anyone can afford. It’s something that a resume doesn’t seem to sum up very well. Something that is purely people, and zero process.
If you’re searching for a place to train, this is your guide. If you’re a trainer and you would write “SALE” – quit.
Warm-up:
Coaches choice
Strength:
Rest
For time:
10- Rounds of Cindy
30-Front squats 120/185
10-Rounds of Cindy
*Cindy is 5 pull-ups/10 push-ups/15 squats.
Auxiliary:
12-Banded swings
EMOTM 10 Minutes
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C’mon morning wod’ers, lets hear some times!!!
McDaniel was the first one done @ 6 a.m. 22 and change I believe.
Mitchell was right behind him at 25 I think.
30 and under is a good gauge.
Bart, Shane, Sara, Nick C, and Rex, thanks for sticking it out.
Ok. Since no one wants to talk. 26 and change modified to let my chest heal.
It’s ok to put times even if you modified or didn’t finish.
34:15
5/5/15 (situps for pullups the last 5 rds)
FS @ 85#
30:10 rx
Note to self… Less coffee, more water during the day.
33:09 RX
At the Y since I had to work today. Couldn’t miss out on this super fun wod
35:00 (15+10RX)
First WOD back in almost 2months…..played it safe because I refuse to go backwards!
Treated like a AMRAP then 30 push press ended at 26 minutes…modified completely but awesome to be back. Numbers and scores don’t mean much to me….maybe that’s bad but it is me. I want to best I can be….and sometimes numbers don’t show that.
Couldn’t do swings but hey…I could lift weight! Lol
Awesome Cindy! I hope I have your determination to build back up if I ever have a set back. Glad you can throw some weight around again! Good job:)
35:54RX
These are the WODS that bring us closer. Fun to suffer together. Maggie, great to see you back in the gym. Loved working out beside ya!
Debbie, so cool to see you back there repping out those pull-ups!
Awesome work to everyone!!!
30:49 m @155#
Went to the cap that Chas set of 36:00 minutes but got a full 7 rounds out of the ten we were shooting for. this was a great WOD for seeing just what I can do. did the 30 FS’s with 105 lbs. was a challenge but i did it.
great class Chas, thanks for your help.
Everyone did a great job!
35:08rx
Wow! This was a tough one! It took me 45 minutes to recover and feel like I could safely drive home
32.31m Cindy Rx. But 95lb fs