Getting (RE) Started

Starting Over You might be back at square one, but the climb is quicker this time. Some times we fall off the wagon. I get it, life gets in the way, things happen and you put whats good for you on the back burner. Then before you know it you have slid all the way back down to where you started. What was meant to be only a short break, ends up being a 6 month hiatus, and now the thought of starting again seems unbearable. I am not going to lie to you and tell you it is not as bad as you think. It will be just as hard as when you first started and you will have to face the fact that you let yourself go and are not as good as you were. There is however some good news. The path is shorter the second ( or third ) time around. Your body remembers where you were and once you remind it, it will go there again. Here are some tips to get you started again. Start Slow. Even slower than you did the first time. You mind will return to its old form a little faster than your body will. So you have to forcibly slow yourself down a bit. Mentally you may get back to your old self but physically, you probably still have a ways to go. Go lighter than you think you should and take a few extra breaths here and there. For you first month you should err on the side of caution by a large margin. You will learn a lot more and be able to focus on re-learning the movement patterns . Check your ego at the door. Just because you used to be able to deadlift 300lbs doesn't mean you still can. This goes hand in hand with point number one, but we want all the weights to feel light the first month back. You should leave every day thinking you could have done more. I promise soon you will be leaving everything on the floor again  but for now learn to be content lifting less and going slower than everyone else. Learn to embrace a beginners mindset. When you first started, you realized you did not know much about what you were doing, and so you asked questions, and listened to the answers your coach gave you. Now the temptation is to tune out when we start talking about the basics again, I know it will be easy to tune out when we start to talk about how to set the feet and engage the stomach for an air squat; you should however try to to approach this first month back as if it were your first time again. You might even learn something new. Choose the program that is right for you. If you stopped because you felt what you were doing was not getting you were you wanted to go talk to a coach about it. We offer a number of different programs and can point you to the one that will best suit your goals. If you do not have a goal, well then, that is where we will start. Talk to a coach and they will help you lay out some simple, measurable and achievable goals. To help you get started again it can be beneficial to take your OnRamp class one more time, In fact we recommend to all our members to revisit OnRamp classes from time to time for these same reasons, and to help with that we have now have OnRamps that are starting every single week. So right now is always the best time to get started (again) If you wish to sign up just email me at owner@crossFitTulare.com OR Call me at 559-901-6647 * some people have been having difficulty with the email if that is You try to copy and paste the email address or just give me a call at the above number.