Do you think Matt Fraser is learning how to air squat today? Matt Fraser is a professional exerciser. He’s awesome to watch (I hope you got to see him in Madison last weekend; I did.) He won the CrossFit Games and was crowned “Fittest on Earth” for the second year in a row. If you’re in his shoes this morning, do you go back to basics? Tom Brady has a throwing coach. After every season, he starts from scratch with his coach: learning the forward pass, just like he did as a six-year-old. Greg Glassman said: “Stick to the basics and when you feel you’ve mastered them it’s time to start all over again, begin anew – again with the basics – this time paying closer attention.” Steven Pressfield wrote “The Legend of Baggar Vance” and “The War of Art”. He also wrote “Turning Pro”, a book about developing habits and committing to a higher level in life. Steven is ALSO a professional exerciser, even though it’s not his career or even his passion. He’s a pro because he turns up to meet his trainer at the gym every day, even when he doesn’t feel like it. He learned to be a pro exerciser by being a pro writer. He doesn’t always feel like writing, but he does anyway. And on an interview this morning, he said: “The defining feature of a professional is the willingness to go back to basics over and over again.” Sounds familiar, right? When you finish OnRamp, you earn the right to call yourself a CrossFitter. That doesn’t mean you’re a professional CrossFit athlete. Not yet. You have a lifetime of learning ahead of you–and you’ll have to practice the air squat all the time–but you get to wear the same badge as me. Welcome, friend! When you take the CrossFit Level 1 course, you earn the right to call yourself a coach. That doesn’t ...
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