Jon Meuzelaar
October 19, 2017 10:36
Did you accidentally let yourself get out of shape? And by "accidentally" I mean "willfully spent several months / years doing nothing except 12 oz curls like me". Let's look at my excuses for not joining a gym and why I'm so glad I joined Bluprint.
It's hard.
Yes. Yes it is. New routines, no idea what I was doing there, I was sore all the time. But so worth it. I have a routine, and the coaches encourage me to stick to it. They actually coach: they show you what to do and how to do it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Even for things I've done hundreds of times. It helps you learn and get better. That's what coaches should do. And the soreness, it becomes like a good friend who reminds you that you did something good for yourself.
Everyone there is going to look like Adonis and will judge me.
I'm not the only person rocking a righteous dad bod there and my guns are more of the Nerf variety. No one judges. We're all here to be healthy.
I'll hurt myself.
I've never been yelled at, encouraged to lift more than I could, or told to do something faster with poor form. I've been given positive encouragement, shown proper form, told to SLOW DOWN on movements to focus on form, etc.
Cross fit is a cult.
It definitely has it's own language (AMRAP, EMOTM, T2B, etc.) and it's kind of addictive. But you're not forced to eat low-protein gruel and watch indoctrination films.
I might die.
I mean, I haven't yet, so that's a good thing.