Positivity Is Positively Infectious
We’ve all been there. It’s Monday morning at 5:45am and you wish you were still asleep. You’re Struggling through the last round of a grueling 5 round WOD. You’re one of the last to finish and not only do you hate squat cleans, but you can also feel a raw spot forming on your hands and your back starts to tighten up. Your sweating buckets and letting the negative voices creep in, telling you to quit. You’re staring at the bar way too long before picking it up again. It’s just not your day.
You’re about to throw in the towel when you hear a single chant; “You got this (insert your name here)!”. Some positivity starts to trickle in. “10 reps and you’re done!” You are able to fight through the burning in your quads and pick back up that med-ball. “Don’t give up!” You don’t. You grit your teeth and grind it out, giving all you have, leaving everything out on the floor. Now you’re through and unconsciously making a new sweat angel on the floor. You get a couple of high fives or pats on the back or maybe even a “good effort!” from a fellow peer. The burn in your muscles starts to fade and you begin to think clearly again as new oxygen is flowing through your body. You made it through. You battled yourself and won. The hardest part of your day is now over. You are a part of the team.
CrossFit works. That’s no secret. Community is fuel to the fire that is CrossFit. Without community, things get a lot harder (and heavier). What I’m getting at is that the small things like peer support and cheering sometimes go overlooked. Hearing someone else gunning for you when you’re trying to finish up a WOD can make a world of difference. It will also make it that much easier for them to cheer you on when you’re having a tough time at the gym on any given day. We have been having more newbies at the gym recently, too. One of the best ways to introduce them to the EDCF community and make that uncomfortable feeling fade quicker is to be supportive. So step outside your comfort zone a little today and pick a person to cheer on. Get rowdy. Get loud. Make The Suck more bearable. Who knows? You might just make their day..