Have you found yourself "cherry picking" workouts lately? Looking at the website in the morning, before you make it to the gym... and upon seeing the workout, deciding NOT to show up because you don't feel like doing THAT workout today? We certainly make that option available to you, since we post the workout of the day on the site at 2 am every day. However, it usually holds true for me, that the workouts I feel least like doing, are the ones that I stand to benefit the MOST from. So usually, when you feel most like not coming, see if you can overcome that urge and show up at the gym anyway. Don't cherry pick... just show up.


Brothers three - Nareg, Armen and Z going for it on Bring a Friend Day.

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Today's Workout
Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes:
400m Run
max set shoulder press (95/65)
max set push press
max set push jerks

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Butt Back Z!

I agree with Andy. On the days that I don't want to do the workout - it is even more imperative for me to show up! 1) Because I probably NEED to work on those skills the most and 2) If I don't want to do the workout, I certainly won't want to do it on my own - so doing it in a class, with the community will help me to get through it

To me the idea of Crossfit is to be a well-rounded athlete and Cherry Picking workouts is exactly what you don't want to do. So just say No!!!

Depends... are you a pro athlete in training for an upcoming event? It might make sense to cherry pick if the WOD conflicts with your speciality sport. I believe for a majority of people who do CrossFit though cherry picking isn't really helpful ESPECIALLY if you see the WOD and say to yourself "I hate that (insert dreaded movement)... F^@k I'm not going." And I believe unless you are 2 - 3 weeks out form your pro event you shouldn't cherry pick either.

Heh. I'm the other way around. If I see a workout that looks horrible and fills me with dread, I'm more likely to want to see how I do. It's the workouts that I know I can do well at on my own that I'm less likely to want to show up for (which isn't many, so it's not such a problem for me).

Solution: don't list the WOD daily and then no one complains about cherry picking! simple.

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