Last month, I wrote that our Affiliate was going to write a short paragraph on our WOD page each day, describing the rationale and goal for each workout. We've had six new members since who have said, "I've been reading your site for a long time and decided it was finally time...."
I'm a fan of change. I love novelty. Small, incremental changes are critical to the progression of your Box: try a new way, measure its outcome objectively, and then adopt it or ditch it. You've done it with training, where objective measurement is simple and obvious: did my deadlift rise when I adopted the Westside protocol? Yes. I'll keep it!
Few, though, take the time to quantify the effects of changes to your CrossFit Box in a measurable way. If you're using MindBodyOnline, the Reports feature is very robust; you can hold up attendance figures or revenues against new policies in three clicks.
The important part is to make small changes, one at a time. We've all done this, especially in our younger years: start a new workout program; start taking a creatine supplement; start getting more sleep; start eating protein at every meal. 30 days later, you're 5lbs heavier, and your bench press has gone up. What worked? What didn't? What could have worked better, with or without the combination of the others.....
These small steps, carefully planned and measured, is what led us to CrossFit in 2008. Try, measure, repeat. How else would you know?
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