WE DON’T CARE

…about competing against each other. We’re here to support each other and work to be an improved version of ourselves. We want you to leave a happier, more capable human being so you can enjoy your life the way you want to; longer. You vs. You. We’ll help you beat the You of yesterday.

MINDSET

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been immersing myself into a golf-oriented movement screen program and it’s been really humbling and enlightening to be a beginner. Many of you are feeling “being a beginner,” at The Standard and it’s really uncomfortable and can be intimidating— LOTS of room to feel inadequate and inferior.

YOU BELONG HERE isn’t just a slogan we put out; it’s a fact. Every human deserves the pursuit of better health and each of you who trust us to guide you along that pursuit have a place in our space. There will be challenges daily, you’ll be lost, you’ll mess up a workout, you’ll get corrections and improvements, and as you walk out the door, you’ll have overcome fear, anxiety, frustration, and have done something your body will thank you for.

It’s hard to be a beginner. It’s hard to be around people who already know the ins and outs. See this environment as safety and not threat. Safety because there are people around willing to lend the knowledge from their experience to you. Not threat— no one sees anyone as a burden or inconvenience or stupid or anything negative. We’re all in this together, working to make ourselves just a touch better than yesterday, if you’re working toward that too… YOU BELONG HERE.

TRAINING

HOW does titleist (the #1 brand in golf) Performance institute certification help you?

I learned a lot! I’m the first person to say that CrossFit isn’t perfect. It’s about as close as you can get and we do what we can to get it even closer, but holes will always exist. TPI Level 1 is all about movement screening to determine where physical limitations exist. Those limitations will impact the golf swing in predictable ways once we have the data, but that data also helps to understand our human movement generally. If you don’t possess enough internal rotation of the hip, your squat will look a certain way, if you can’t put your hand over your head correctly, your push press and pull-ups will look a certain way. If we screen to get the data, we have a better understand of the body and how it might naturally respond to the challenges we present each day in the gym.

Just FYI, there are 16 tests and I failed 14. That’s not even a bad thing. It’s JUST DATA. I have 40* trunk rotation and I want to get to 45* to “pass.,” but more so because I want to load up my swing further and gain more swing speed. It’s not about passing, it’s about understanding. The more we understand, the more we can predict and address the areas we’re lacking in.

So what’s that mean for you? If you want to get screened, I’ll help you do that. I need the practice, so volunteers are welcome. It won’t cost you anything for the screen. If you want me to build you a corrective/improvement program, it will just cause it takes time… AND hitting the ball better or moving better is worth it. =)

SECONDLY, I’m going to implement some of these correctives in warm-ups and extra credit. If anything is in there without a video, you’ll know why. Just find me or a coach and we’ll get you set up. Mainly these correctives are about lateral movement, which we RARELY do in CF, balance, and body awareness.

IN-HOUSE

NO NEWS FOR THIS WEEK.

MAIN FOCUSES ARE GETTING MEMBERSHIPS SWITCHED OVER TO CHALKIT AND THE 24 HOUR ACCESS PROJECT.

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LET’S HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

HERE’S A QUOTE FROM THE SEMINAR:

“THE BIGGER THE SCREEN, THE MORE IMPRESSIVE YOU SEEM.”

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