Why Workouts Don't Work Out

Writing Workouts vs. Writing a Program

Writing workouts is fun, pick your favorite movements, make a challenge, get amped up, ready to go, and throwdown. Result.

What result? This is where workouts don't work out. A workout in isolation doesn't have a direction, a structure, an expectation for gains.

That's where programming steps up, where wisdom meets workouts. Where real progress is seen.

There's a Lot of Ways to Cook an Egg

There's lots of approaches to programming.

Linear periodization, daily undulations, you can make Macrocycles, Mesocycles, Microcycles. You can aim for overreaching phases with deloads. You can work with RPE's and RIRs.

But lets not over complicate it. Good programming expects a specific result and keeps you motivated.

Our Approach

At CrossFit Bodmin, we've always liked programming which is general physical preparedness, with a bias.

Recently we've had a squat bias, which has also kept true to classic CrossFit by keeping variation across workouts to maintain gymnastics and cardio capacity.

Guess what, people got stronger in the squats, and kept hold of general fitness.

Programming that expects results and gets results.

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