“Constantly Varied”

Crossfit’s founding statement is “Constantly varied, functional movement, performed at high intensity”. All three parts are important, but I’m just going to address the first part here, “constantly varied”.  How can you make your training more constantly varied?

- Use dumbbells

-Use kettlebells

-WOD at different times of the day

-WOD more than once in a day

-Use sandbags

- WOD with an empty stomach

-WOD with a full stomach

-Pair of shoes (Olympic, Chucks, sneakers)

- Pull up bar thickness

-Barbell thickness

- Jump rope type

- Running route

-Workout with different people

- Get to your pullup bar from a box instead of jumping

-Don’t use chalk

-Tape your hands and wrists

-etc.

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Why does this matter? For most run of the mill CFers it doesn’t make too much of a difference. However, for those of you with an eye on competition, this is terribly important. I’ve seen lots and lots of people who didn’t do well because “This isn’t my jumprope” or “I didn’t have any chalk”. You aren’t always going to workout in the afternoon, on an empty stomach, with your bar, with your friends, and your rope.

Find the variables. Mix them up.