Mind the Gap

There is a rift that can develop in any art between new students and students who have been around for a while. This rift need not be a problem but it can often be a problem if folks lose a sense of perspective.

In all arts, skill is important. Technique matters. This is easy to see once one is immersed in the art but difficult to see from the outside. Sometimes technique just looks like brute strength. Sometimes technique looks like magic (something we could never duplicate). It becomes obvious how people on both side of the equation could struggle.

If you’re new, trust us that skill matters. Do the drills, learn the techniques. Learning to move well IS part of fitness. Capacity and endurance are not the end all be all. Strategy matters. Understanding, knowledge and the ability to apply them matter.

If you’ve been around for a while, remember how silly and annoying all the drilling seemed initially. You just want to get in shape. You just want to sweat and move. Isn’t that what this is all about? Remember what it what like to be new and have patience. The people who get it will stick around. Those who don’t, won’t but we will be able to say that we gave everyone our earnest best.

Don’t let the gap become a rift. Keep perspective.

Battle of Alesia
Part 1: Barbell Technique
EMOM 8
2 high hang snatches
Part 2: Conditioning
With 15 minutes on the clock do
4 rounds
8 snatches (95/65)
12 strict toes to bar
Then run 500m
Then with the remaining time, AMRAP wall ball (20/14)

Check the whiteboard to see how I misspelled the battle name and also for numbers.