The Point

I have referred to fitness as a conversation.

For those that understand this, this will seem reasonable.

For those yet to grasp it, start by being curious.

If we take “fitness is a conversation” to be true, then the next question becomes: “what is the point?”

I have my own ideas. But these are irrelevant.

A few weeks ago, we explored how to define fitness and arrived at such: “fit for purpose”. This was the broadest, and therefore most appropriate way to conceptualise it.

One can start digging as deep as they like here but ultimately, it is a call to action to establish what is purposeful.

We use context to create parameters around purpose on a given day. For example, fitness/purpose on Monday is finishing the work as fast as possible, but fitness/purpose on Tuesday is sticking to the tempo.

In short, fitness differs depending on how it is contextualised.

Our program offers a generic way to do that. It provides a structure to start thinking about, scoring or doing fitness – or in the case of the program, ways to experience sustainable progress – differently.

Most of us had or still have a preconceived idea of what CrossFit is. The website reads as such: “constantly varied functional movement at high intensity”. This is one way to characterise a physical practice.

But depending on the context, these six words are infinitely explorable. Only a few are based on how fast you finished your thrusters.

If we take “fitness as a conversation” to be true, then it seems in our best interest to utilise the vocabulary at our disposal.

At the very least, there is transferability: the idea that exploring outside the sphere brings benefit to the aspects within it.

And at the most, it opens up the conversation; to continue to explore and speculate beyond what is known.

Now we are only scratching the surface.