Personal Responsibility

I frequently read the content on other CrossFit Affiliate's websites. I find that often times they just say it better than I do. Today I'm posting an essay by Jon Gilson of Again Faster, a CrossFit Affiliate in Boston, MA.

"To A Greater World" by Jon Gilson, Again Faster

We're bringing personal responsibility back. You can't do what we do while shirking your load, depending on other people, or otherwise passing the buck. Your WOD time is yours and yours alone. You cannot turn in a fifty-minute "Fran" and then scold your classmates for the result. Blame is not cast in the gym. Conversely, I can't count the number to times I've seen an athlete turn in an epic time and then thank everyone in the room for making it happen. Adulation is shared.I view the gym as a microcosm of the moral world, one in which control of success and failure ultimately lies with the individual. There is no fatalism in the gym. Your maximum pull-up number is not preordained by some higher power. It is determined by speed, strength, coordination, accuracy, agility, and mental fortitude, all qualities that are within your domain and solely within your control. Others can give to the effort through correction, encouragement, and support, but they cannot make your chin clear the bar. Link to continue reading: http://www.againfaster.com/articles/to-a-greater-world.html