Comments on: Measuring Success

By: Lydia Owen

Lydia Owen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:25:24 +0000

it is easy to get Business ideas, just look for a product or service that has demand and fill it;*~

By: Cameron Kelly

Cameron Kelly — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:22:10 +0000

Nowadays, you must be super creative to have a good business idea that works..,;

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:04:07 +0000

Great comments Sandra!

I think the biggest success I’ve seen in myself and others, hasn’t necessarily happened in they gym. The amount of people that have the courage to step up to new challenges, energy to try new things, and spirit to be a leader in their community, amazes me every day. Success to me is in enriching the lives of others and seeing how far fitness can positively effect all areas of their lives.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:10:50 +0000

I’ve been thinking quite a lot about this topic since it’s been posted. As it’s the end of the month, I was glancing over the entire month’s workouts in my log book, and it made it easy to see some of the CrossFit successes I had this month – some were times, some were new achievements or better form, etc. Here are some of the things I was most happy with this month:

press – 85 x 5, new PR for Randy, did Elizabeth rx’d, OHS 90 x 10 – mainly happy because I push pressed it from behind my head which really freaks me out!, didn’t feel like crying doing 95 lb. hang power cleans.

It’s easy to forget about the days when we do have new successes or pr’s when we’ve had a bad day.

In terms of life in general, I know that Bruce & I would not be in the position of starting a new company if not for CrossFit. I think that the success, energy and confidence that being in the program gives us allowed us to realize that anything is possible and it’s worth taking a risk. Hell, if I can do a handstand and climb a rope for the first time in my life in my 40′s, I can do anything!

By: chirokaren

chirokaren — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:00:49 +0000

Yvo!
I think you may have tapped into a new business idea….human rickshaw!

By: Y-vo

Y-vo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:08:10 +0000

For me I found Crossfit to be my catalyst to change many things in my life. I’m not one to talk about fate or destiny, but there was definitely a reason Crossfit and I met. It’s weird how looking at something differently ie.. fitness, can make you question everything you do in life. “Why am I doing this?” and the answer was typically “because that’s how I’ve always done it.” Crossfit and the Crossfit community have given me the confidence to make huge changes in life, and the reward is starting to pay off. My success is measured today by how good and happy I feel physically, mentally and having enough energy to help others.
Of course as a crossfitter I knew I was on the right track when I realized that I could deadlift my boss and well that’s a measure of success right there too! Now the thoughts go through my mind while in line at the grocery store. “Deadlift you, you and you. Probably back squat you. For sure can push jerk you. Farmer carry that guy all the way to aisle 9 and back. Overhead squat that kid so they’ll be quiet….” You get the point. Success is easily measured!

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:48:07 +0000

Great comments guys! We see these successes every day with so many of you. It’s such a huge part of what makes this job so rewarding!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:19:19 +0000

I always compare todays results to yesterday’s hoping to see an improvement but those gains are not the ones that affect me the most. Everyday, when I look in the mirror I see a different person than I saw 2 years ago. Closer to the picture in my mind and even more important, I feel better now than I have at any time in my life. The gains in strength are measured through the wods and the benchmarks, but the personal gains in confidence, emotional strength and overall health mean way more to me than any Fran time or personal best push press.

By: chirokaren

chirokaren — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:33:04 +0000

My measurements of success are beyond pr’s, having been crossfitting for about 3 1/2 years. My success is my energy level, how my body looks and feels, being able to unload lamninate off a palette faster than the schmucks at End of the Roll, happily carrying my own groceries all at once, lifting up the kids I adjust in my office everyday, walking my dogs every day, and just overall a better feeling of wellness and of my health and well being that I ever felt than doing all the traditional ‘weight training’ that I’d done in the past. I also measure my success on how hard I pushed on that particular wod, depending on how I was feeling, sleep, immune system, etc. It’s easy to push hard when you love the wod, feel good, had lots of sleep, but can I do that on my ‘off’ days?
Benchmarks are great, so are amounts of weight that we lift, better and faster, but I hope others all see the big picture of what we do as crossfitters. For me, this is not for an event or workout to PR, but live my life that the best that I can at almost 41. And at 42, 43, 44…..you get the idea.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:27:41 +0000

Well, in terms of keeping track, I’ve used all the methods you mentioned and I really like the log books and feel they will be even more valuable once we establish more baselines. I have even colour-coded my WOD’s on the pages where you view the entire month in the logbook – different highlighters for grinders, benchmarks, bodyweight, etc. so that I can more easily find something later if I am looking for it. I also liked being able to go back using the website when we were still posting WOD’s & results.

Although the bechmark WOD’s themselves are useful, there are lots of different WOD’s and things we do that have let me see improvement since we began. I don’t really view the benchmarks as much different from any other WOD.

I agree that being able to quantify the successes we have is part of what keeps us coming back to CrossFit. You are right, Chad – it’s hard to be endlessly motivated to do something like step aerobics when there’s no measurable outcome to what you are doing.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:25:36 +0000

PR Tracker. Great tool. Allows me to keep accurate records of my achievements. Very easy to look up previous scores.