For those of you who don't know or haven't heard...What is CrossFit?

In their own terms, "CrossFit is constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. All CrossFit workouts are based on functional movements, and these movements reflect the best aspects of gymnastics, weightlifting, running, rowing and more. These are the core movements of life. They move the largest loads the longest distances, so they are ideal for maximizing the amount of work done in the shortest time. Intensity is essential for results and is measurable as work divided by time—or power. The more work you do in less time, or the higher the power output, the more intense the effort. By employing a constantly varied approach to training, functional movements and intensity lead to dramatic gains in fitness" (Crossfit, 2016).

This is what I have learned in the 4 months I have been doing CrossFit.

1. SCALES DO NOT MATTER
This is the biggest thing that I've had to work on realizing because scales are everything to women in society these days. Guess what though? I've gained over ten pounds since I started working out but I feel 300x better about myself.

2. YOUR BIGGEST COMPETITION IS YOURSELF
Yes, if you sit down and cry during a workout, the other people in that gym at that time are going to yell at you because they want to motivate you but it's your decision to sit it out if you want. You are the one who needs to change.

3. THERE ARE NO EASY WORKOUTS....FOR ANYONE!
Refer back to #2, you are always pushing yourself! Seriously, always.

4. GETING STRONGER IS THE ONLY OPTION
In the last 4 months that I have been there, I have gone from only being able to squat 30 pounds and now I can do 100.... There's no way I would've been able to do that without this gym. Everyday you go in there is a day you can get stronger.

5. THERES ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
Again, refer to #4, every single day you make the decision to walk into the building is a day that you are bettering yourself.

6. YOU'RE NEVER ALONE
Especially with burpees.... We will all die together. Family, right?

7. IT'S NOT JUST A GYM, IT'S A HOME AWAY FROM HOME.
Where naps are totally acceptable after a WOD.