Working out, or as I call it "training", is as much a part of my life as eating, sleeping, and watching Star Wars whenever it is on Spike TV.  It is part of who I am — what makes me who I am.  For over 18 years, I have been training in some capacity.  Whether it was for high school soccer, basketball or track or just simply looking buff in my college years, I trained.  The key thing in my continued path of fitness and health through training was consistency.  I can honestly say that in my 18 years of training, the longest period of time I took off was when I studied abroad in London for 3 months and the only lifting I did was with numerous pint glasses…"Cheers"!  Consistency was and still is the reason I am still in the game. 

    Now that I am a CrossFitter, consistency is even more important with staying competitive in the "Sport of Fitness".  I am a true believer in rest days, 1/2 weeks, and off weeks, but I have to say that I cannot expect to get better at CrossFit by being inconsistent with training and neither can you.  I cannot expect to achieve strength gains if I don't train for strength.  I cannot expect to get better at a gymnastics skill if I don't practice that skill.  I cannot expect to build my endurance if I don't do metabolic conditioning.  Finally, I cannot expect all those elements to fall in place if my eating and sleeping are not in line.  In order to become stronger, more skilled, and become a metabolic beast, I need to train those elements consistently.  I need to get my eating and sleeping consistent so that my training remains finely tuned.  It all rolls together into a total package and there is only one way to become a total package… by being consistent.

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DAILY TRAINING

5/3/1 Strength

Front Squat

90% x 3+

2nd Strength – 12pm

Hang Clean

Work up to 85% x 2 x 4 sets

Perform 10 Box Jumps after each 85% set

WOD

AMRAP in 12 minutes:

10 Wall Balls

8 Hang Cleans @ 60%

6 Jumping Lunges