I was at a bachelor party this weekend for a good friend of mine.
I only knew one other person there, so I spent most of the weekend making new friends with guys I’ll probably see one or two more times before life takes over and we go our separate ways. That’s just how it goes.
I usually dislike these kinds of situations. As someone who spends most of his days talking to people and engaging in conversation, the last thing I want to do on a weekend is burn through my social battery making small talk with strangers. Getting past “what do you do for work” and “tell me about your family” takes energy, and I don’t always have a lot of it left by Friday.
But I was glad to go and support my buddy.
The Conversation I Didn’t Expect
In one of the downtimes between games of spike ball, I ended up talking with a firefighter from Oshkosh. Fit guy, easy to talk to, and the conversation naturally drifted toward CrossFit and what the gym is like.
We talked about the training, the community, all of it. But what really stuck with me was his experience with CrossFit. He said he had tried a class once, really enjoyed the workout, but couldn’t find the consistency with his schedule. He also stays pretty active through sports and other activities outside the gym, so training at the fire department makes the most sense for him.
Then the conversation went somewhere I didn’t expect. We both started talking about how, as we’ve gotten through our twenties, we’ve softened on the idea that training has to be done a certain way. That there’s one right answer.
There isn’t.
The Best Workout Is the One You’ll Actually Do
What makes the most impact for people is the type of training they will actually show up for consistently. That might be group fitness, CrossFit, personal training, small group training, a garage gym, or a park. The best thing you can do for yourself is find a way to train that keeps you coming back for a very long time. Ideally, the rest of your life.
The way we do that at CFW is through a blend of strength training, conditioning, community, and coaching. We try to make it the best it can possibly be.
But it’s not the best for everyone, and that’s okay. What matters is that you find the thing that is.
