HOW I
COACH
What Sets Crash Apart
I believe in guiding athletes while also allowing them to explore their fitness, especially what facets of it are most important to them. I think it’s very important to give athletes the freedom and autonomy to tweak workouts in order to get the most out of each one, specific to goals they may have.
Over the years, members have felt comfortable enough to tell me things like, “Dude, every time we snatch, I just get a little nagging shoulder pain for the rest of the week. Are you cool if I clean instead?” There are battles you should pick as a coach and especially a gym owner. But here’s a question for you…Are you so set in your ways that you would tell this person, “No, we should work on your movement patterns and prioritize mobility”? Are you willing to lose a loyal client because YOU think they have to Snatch to be doing CrossFit?
I think it’s most important that my members get a great workout while knowing they are safe. After that, small modifications based on chronic ailments, specific goals within or outside the gym, or simply how they are feeling that day, are not only accepted,
but encouraged.
The whiteboard brief is VERY important to me. While great coaching can be delivered throughout the class, I think the whiteboard time is the best opportunity for the coach not only to organize the group but to give them those unique bits of deeper knowledge and understanding of the day’s session that they wouldn’t be able to discern on their own. While it’s not meant to be a lecture on stimulus and programming nuance, I encourage my coaches to give them more than just reading and demoing the movements. Many at CRASH want to know the “why,” and that’s what I’ll provide to you. How and if you communicate it is up to you.
HOW I
PROGRAM
We all have programming biases. If this fact surprises you, you’ve probably never spoken to someone who is self-aware. WPTH programming for CrossFit CRASH is biased to fitness. Over the last 10 years, my loyal members have provided lots of feedback, and because of this, I’m confident I’ve found a sweet spot for providing a MED (Minimal Effective Dose) on a daily basis to push the fitness needle toward for each of them over the years.
Like all programmers should, I have tweaked and refined the design to align with both my clientele’s goals and abilities over the years. The average member has been coming to CRASH for 5-7 years. Over time, both volume and intensity have been dialed up to push the fitness needle while prioritizing mechanics and the ability to train 5-6 days a week injury-free.
