The 2021 CrossFit Open season is going to begin in a few weeks! Whether this will be your first rodeo or you’re a seasoned Open vet, it’s time to think about it and enjoy whatever the 3 weeks of the Open will bring to you.

There are dozens of articles out there about finding your why, motivation for completing the Open, and why the Open is for everyone. I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of Open inclusivity and the diversity of reasons to get involved with it. We certainly hope you will find value over those coming 3 weeks!

The Open is just as much individualized as it is a competition.
Simply put, it’s all about perspective. Perspective in how well you find the value and use of the numbers you will score. Use this info to see how they relate to your past, current, and future performance and aspirations.

There is value in knowing where you are currently at. It’s good to know what movements you struggled with. This helps to know where you’ve been and where you can go.

All of those have caveats though. This should be free from judgment or angst. These 3 weeks shouldn’t be win at all costs or loss of light-heartedness and fun. That appreciation shouldn’t convert to frustration over the distance between you and anyone else.

Be humble and enjoy it.
Some of these workouts leave people soulless and sprawled on the floor having an existential crisis. Own it, love it, use that to develop mental toughness and perseverance. We hope you will learn to respect a workout that forces you to feel some misery and intensity like you may not necessarily be used to.

That isn’t to say you should overextend yourself physically to the point of risk or injury (that’s why we train form and consistency in mechanics), but once you’ve there, breathe deep, find your fire, and go to war. It’s a powerful introspective tool to get outside of a comfort zone and keep on keeping on.

This Open will put you face to face with discomfort and driving the struggle bus. Learn something new about yourself, your capacity, and your capability. We as a community are all around you, doing the same thing, and supporting you!

Train how you fight, fight how you train.
An old adage in tactical, martial arts, and boxing worlds and true enough for the Open. You’ve already been hitting workouts, you may have already played in the CrossFit Open sandbox with old Open workouts sprinkled into our regular programming, you’ve already learned new techniques, you’ve already seen jumps in your strength or speed or performance.

This isn’t anything alien or unfamiliar, you’ve got this because you’ve done things just like it before, and if for whatever reason you haven’t, all of the coaches are going to make sure you’re aware and prepared of how to knock out the movements, whatever they are.

You’ve been here before and will be here again. When it’s over, you’ll get to take a look back at how you felt about your performance those 3 weeks. Then use that. Be honest about your daily efforts at the gym. Have you sandbagged and held back on your workouts? Maybe it’s time to put your head down and just do whatever workout gets thrown at you each day. Unknown and unknowable. Prepare for anything and everything. No matter what, give everything you have each day!

Having Fun.
That’s the most important part. You got to high five your teammates, smile, laugh, sweat, and enjoy all the small and large moments of what surely brought some tests of your strength, will, and grit. Think of all the amazing moments you are going to witness!

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