Check Your Surroundings and Stick to Your EquipmentThe shop is not your oyster, it’s many people’s oyster.  If you set up on one pull-up bar, don’t take someone else’s bar just because they’re not there.   If your wallball is further away from the rest of your equipment than you would like, well then, run to the wallball, don’t use someone else’s just because it’s closer.

Kindergarten Rules Still ApplyYou have to clean-up after yourself.  It’s your responsbility to get out and put away your equipment, count your own reps, get your own tissue, and clean off your bars.  Plus, by carrying those huge Rogue boxes all the way across the shop you’ll gain a lot of fitness.

Clean Off Your BarsIt’s quite possible that at some point in your CrossFit career you may bleed on a pull-up bar or barbell.  Please, please clean off your bar with one of the shop disinfectant wipes.  Would you like to grab a barbell from the rack and see someone else’s blood on your bar?

Chalk UsageChalk stays in the chalk bucket.  Yes, you’ll have to walk all the way to the chalk bucket to dust your hands.  While some people believe that chalk is the magic fairy dust of CrossFit performance, the fact of the matter is that a light dusting of your hands is all you need.  

Children at the ShopChildren who can sit on the couch or at the white desk while their parents workout are welcome to come to the shop with Mom or Dad.  They are not allowed at any point to come onto the shop floor or training area.  Sure we like kids, we even have one; however, the safety of the children and quality of the athletes’ training environment demands this arrangement.

Go the Distance Every athlete pushes themselves in a different way.  You can scream, cuss, cry, go to your happy place, bleed, or even rest…just don’t quit.  The human body is capable of more than you can possibly comprehend; challenge it accordingly.

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