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What are your goals?

In light of the New Year, goals are a good discussion point. Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions for all kinds of things. I’m not necessarily talking about resolutions here. I’m talking mostly about your training goals but this could apply to anything. What are you training for in general? How are you going to get there? This is a question that does not always have the same answer over time. Maybe when you started CrossFit, you were looking for a different way to work out – to get out of your old routine. Maybe, that’s still where you are? With CrossFit, people find out that they have much more athletic potential than they ever dreamed of and once they’re hooked, they want to get better at everything! Sound familiar? So this question ‘what are you training for?’ is hopefully always evolving. Maybe you are training for a sport or an athletic event? Maybe you just want to get stronger so you can become the office bully? Maybe you just want to look like the guys and gals at the CrossFit games.  Maybe you love the outdoor sports that Colorado has to offer and you want to be in great shape so you can enjoy them. The point is, keep the end goal in mind while training and use other shorter term goals to get yourself there. Once you have outlined your main goal, you can come up with some other shorter term milestones to pass along the way. Whether your goals involve training milestones, nutrition, mental toughness, flexibility, or whatever you have come up with, a great system to use to accomplish them is the SMART system. Make sure your goals are:  Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-specific. If this is vague to you, do a quick Google search of the SMART system for goal setting.  This is a tried and true method for setting any kind of goal. If you need help with goal setting, you can always ask a coach. Happy goal setting and 2013!

Workout of the Day
“Tabata This!”
Tabata Row
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Squat
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Pull-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Push-up
Rest 1 minute
Tabata Sit-up

The Tabata interval is 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 intervals.
Tabata score is the least number of reps performed in any of the eight intervals. Unit for the row is “calories”.