When CrossFit Goes Too Far

CrossFit trainers are really good at saying 3-2-1-GO, and then keeping you going.  I’ve gotten through some workouts I never thought I would because the trainers can motivate and keep me going.  But the other day, the trainer did something even more important than keeping me going.  He got me to stop.  I didn’t want to stop.  But my body clearly needed to stop.  Crouched under the bar, sweat running off me in unhealthy and unusual amounts, my eyes ready to roll back in my head, the trainer got me to see reason.  ”You need to stop.  You need to go on the side and rest.  You need to end this one, so I don’t lose you for a week,” he said.  He was right.  It would have been easier to get loud and try to motivate his client, but the trainer saw the right thing to do and got it done.  Sometimes CrossFit, and I suppose everything else, has to be about saying “it’s time for a rest day.”  Thanks to the trainer at Ctown CrossFit for knowing when to say when.  I’ll be back on Monday, rested, and ready to go.  I wonder what Monday’s WOD will be…