What is CompRx?

Let me start off by saying that this blog has taken me a while to get around to because it's taken a long time to put a definition to what the specialty class is. Here is what I've come up with….

First off, let me tell you what CompRx is not.....

It is not the cool kids of CFRR. It's not the favorites. It is by no means a class that you come to and just go hard all the time. It is not for the everyday cross fitter who just wants better or more intense wods. No wod can bring a level on intensity. That responsibility lies solely within the athlete. It is not a class that is only about lifting heavier weights or moving faster in general. Sure this will happen, but it is not a forced situation. Forcing heavier weights and faster repetitions is a great recipe for injuries. I've been in plenty of competitions and something I've learned is that it's less about how fast you can do the actual repetition but rather about how little you can rest during a series of tasks or wods presented to you. The difference between the actual speed of the rep from one athlete to the next is very little. The difference in someone who gets 25+ rounds on Cindy and one who gets 12-15 rounds lies in the ability to recover between sets and reps. The aerobic/anaerobic capacity is different. It's not a class that ignores weaknesses. It throws your weaknesses directly in front of you and forces you to confront movements that you fear the most. Humbling? Yes. Rewarding? Without a doubt.

What CompRx is though is a much more in depth definition….

It is a specialty class centered around athletes who are looking to compete in the sport of CrossFit. The class offers programming that goes beyond what standard, everyday CrossFit classes may offer. The focus of the class is less on basic instruction and dives deeper into more advanced movements that require more time and dedication to excel at. It is a class for the athlete who wants to train for the sport of CrossFit and not for the everyday fitness that other CrossFit classes offer. There is plenty of dedicated time for mobility, skill, and strength. Most people look in at the CompRx side and see people killing it and going hard towards the end of class, and yes, this happens. But it isn't because of the "special wod" that is written only for that class. No wod can create that. That is up to the athlete and the mindset they have going into a workout. The mindset is one of a competitor who will stretch to any means necessary to be the best they can be. There is a fine line between going all out and keeping proper from and that is stressed with the utmost importance. It does no box any good to just worry about speed and moving as fast as possible if every athlete is injured or cannot recover from one day to the next. We are 100% ok with people who don't want to compete in competitions at any level. For the CompRx athlete, entering competitions is an expectation. Placings will not matter and how big or small the competition is becomes irrelevant. The bottom line is simple: I want to better myself at competitive CrossFit workouts and test my fitness level against others doing the same workouts.

The other part of CompRx is the strategic aspect of how to approach wods to achieve the best possible score. Some people may call this "gaming" the wods but during a competition, the whole idea is to have the fastest time right? So, why not develop strategies on how to achieve this. The winner may not always be the athlete who redlines first or goes all out. In fact, this is hardly ever the case in wods outside of the 4-6 minute time domain. It's about playing SMARTER as well as going hard.

Competing is just a small piece of the entire CrossFit community. It wasn't built on the competitors, rather than the everyday crossfitter who was attracted to the idea of fitness being more than machines and treadmills. That is what CrossFit and CFRR is built on. At the end of the day, competitor or not, the common bond is the love for pushing yourself to the limit of what your own abilities are and moving beyond them. The common bond is CrossFit.