Just this morning I was telling our newest member Jen about the “tool stare down” also known as the “CrossFitter gaze”. After she left I uploaded the pictures from this past Saturday’s workout only to see her staring down the box during a break in her box jumps. I think Travis just finished his jumps in this photo but he might be giving the box a bit of the death stare out of the corner of his eye.
All of our athletes do it and the better you get the less staring you’ll do. Why stare at the implement when you could be doing another rep? Easier said that done, I know.
Welcome to CrossFit Jen. Its nice to have the law enforcement community starting to join us!
In the comments Jon points out an amazing video of a firefighter over at Albany CrossFit. Check out their post on “Quitting” too and you’ll read about another CrossFit “stare. The look you get from the uninitiated when you try to explain your workout. The dumbfounded stare usually goes with questions like “You did what?” or “That was one workout? 100 reps?”
