Train What You Suck At

There is no better feeling than coming in to the gym and seeing that the WOD was made just for you and that you are going to nail it!


If we continuously train only those things that we feel comfortable with or are good at, then we will only be good at those certain things. What this means for you.... dread for the next WOD because you know that things are constantly varied and that "Your WOD" or anything close won't be back around for a while.

Train at what you suck at! Nobody likes to look bad or clumsy but guess what.... you have to to get better. You can't run without learning to walk first. If you want to shorten the clumsy bad times then practice what you suck at more often.


Find your trainer... ask for advice, ask for progressions, or just do it on your own. DO IT!!! You will find that the more you train at the things you suck at, the less time you spend actually sucking at them. Every time you work on a skill.... you get better. Better at more skills means that you are less afraid of more WODs.


I hated double unders! Couldn't do one to save my life when I first started crossfit. I worked on them occasionally but because I got so frustrated and angry, I would throw my jump rope and walk away to go do something else. I only got more frustrated instead of better. One day I decided that I would incorporate double unders into my warm up every WOD. Very frustrating, but I kept with it. After a couple weeks I was stringing a few of them together. Then before I knew it.... I was doing 10, 15, now 20 at a time. I still practice them but now I'm not worried when them come up in a WOD. I know that I can do them...and believe me... they are so much easier than doing tuck jumps.


So... train at what you suck at! Push yourself, get better, become adaptable and you will see that it gets much easier the more you do it! You just have to start. Know this... you are not the only one around that is working on the skills that you are.