Weaknesses and working on them to be a Projoint Plus better CrossFitter is something you'll hear talked about a lot at a CF gym. For some it's getting their first muscle ups, a better snatch or a better 'Fran' time. However, one thing you'll probably never see on there is goals relating to flexibility or a better overhead squat position. Why is that? Is it because we all feel we are great movers already or that it's not as important as getting that PB or that new skill. Or is it because we focus on our strengths, or what we feel is an easier goal?
Kelly Starrett, if you haven't heard of him, is CrossFit's official mobility guru and he has helped bring something fresh to the table and more specific towards mobility. He talks about 'brakes on the system' a lot. What he refers to is the kinetic (fancy word for movement) dysfunctions and poor patterns that hinder your performance and put a brake on your ability to carry out those movements efficiently, which in turn limits performance. In a particular CrossFit journal video he talks about CrossFit as being one of THE best programmes out there for exposing flaws in movement and people's biomechanics.
Some people wait for pain to be the stimulus to address a mobility issue but do we need that to happen to improve what can be a weakness in our CrossFit game? The pain may have arrived because you have continued to work through an inefficient position. A coach can only cue you into good position but if you physically cannot go there, and for example, your knee continues to cave in on your squat, or you struggle to maintain the rack position on front squats or cleans, we can do very little about that. We can advise and direct you to sources that can assist with such issues but it is up to you to follow through on your "brake on the system"..or not. That brake on the system could be the difference between that PB you wanted or that skill on a movement you had long put to the back of the "I'm not so good at that" closet.
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