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Originally Posted by loco
He has heart for sure, a lot of ex cross fitters do. But he also trains in a flash in the pan kind of way. Will he still be around in a few years? Only time will tell.
one thing I can guarantee is that as long as I'm physically capable, I will be training & exercising regularly. I'm 49 now and I've played sport and been in gyms my entire life and it's a vital habit that I will persist with for as long as I am physically capable. The only two times that I haven't trained at least 4x per week on average were after my ACL reconstruction and when I was treating my disc issue and both times I was depressed, fat (fatter
) and unmotivated during those periods.
the intensity with which I train will vary, which I think is normal. I have a busy life and sometimes other priorities re-emerge and this results in me ticking over on auto pilot (exercising vs training), but I'll always be active.
there's a good chance I won't post in here during those periods, because I'm not sure there's much point...albeit I've enjoyed connecting with a few other people in here, getting inspiration from others and charting my workouts publicly.
And probably the focus of my training will change at some point too. I'm already being tempted to try surf skiing with the thought that it might become a regular habit and that might dent my rowing. And out of the blue recently, I was asked to join a veterans rugby team. My ego and competitive spirit is tempted, but I think that will be a fools errand.
but while I guess I am an ex crossfitter..but I really identify far more as a former rugby player. While I'd always been very active and interested in being fit and playing sport, trying to make it as a rugby player was the reason I first really committed to becoming stronger fitter faster in a formalised way. But...my last game of competitive rugby was 1999 so I'm way past the statute of limitations on that. My last crossfit WOD before last week's Arjun encouraged attempt was probably 2013.