Be Smart About Your Training

There is nothing like killing a WOD! There is nothing like walking away knowing you pushed yourself beyond where you thought you could never be. I encourage each and every one of you to push yourself to this limit and beyond, however....there is a catch.

In our spirit of competitiveness and personal drive we forget some very important things.


FORM, FORM, FORM!!! I can't say it enough... FORM, FORM, FORM!!!


There is nothing that I love to see more than someone hit a new PR or get the top score for the day but it should not come at the price of an injury. Do not sacrifice your back, shoulder, knees, hips etc simply because you chose to throw good form out the window for a stellar time or heavier weight.


Take the time to practice perfect form. You have all heard the saying... "Perfect practice makes perfect play" right? This is what I am talking about. We all have weaknesses. Focus on fixing the weaknesses and you see that your strengths are that much stronger. Focus on perfect form and you will see that you can lift more with less effort.


It's not that your trainer is trying to prevent you from being a rock star, we just want you to be the rock start with the best form. Good form = less injury = bigger, better, and stronger faster. So, if your trainer happens to mention something about your form I ask you to investigate what is it that caused poor form? Was it that you just weren't focused or you were lifting more than you could safely handle?


To do a workout prescribed is an awesome feeling but you are cheating yourself if you are not doing each exercise in full range of motion. (which by the way means that you are not doing the WOD prescribed) You are cheating yourself if you are using poor form as well. You are increasing your chance of becoming injured to the point where you will not be able to work out at all.


There is no substitute for perfect form! Trust me.... better form = bigger, stronger, and faster with less effort. If your problem is not being able to achieve full range of motion, then using heavier weights is not the answer. Perfect form assumes that you are able to achieve full range of motion for the exercise to start with. If you are unable to do this... then lighten the load, drop the ego and perfect your form. If you were able to lift the heavy weight with poor form, then you will only be able to lift more weight (eventually) with perfect form....