{"id":2282,"date":"2020-10-07T18:49:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T01:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2020-10-07T18:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T01:50:12","slug":"south-island-crossfit-coaching-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/south-island-crossfit-coaching-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"South Island Crossfit: Coaching and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s only a few minutes after 8 a.m. and the music is blaring at South Island Crossfit.\u00a0 A half-dozen or so people are working out, but unlike a lot of gyms, these people are working out together, not just at the same time.<\/p>\n

Inside a section of the gym at the South Whidbey Community Center, CrossFit members are in the midst of the day\u2019s first session.\u00a0 Socially distanced in nine-foot squares, they\u2019re industriously pulling at their rowing machines or riding a bike or ski machine.\u00a0 A clock on the wall is counting down the time left in round 4 of the morning\u2019s aerobics session.\u00a0 After burning 20 calories, it\u2019s out the door for a 200-meter run through the community center.\u00a0 This is just part of the hour-long workout.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Coach Daniel tracking workouts.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

In the center of this is Daniel Jensen. \u00a0Coach Daniel is busy writing scores down on a large board he\u2019s carrying with him. \u00a0It\u2019s this working simultaneously that\u2019s Crossfit\u2019s secret. \u00a0\u201cMost people fail at keeping their fitness routine,\u201d he explains, adding that by coming to Crossfit, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be coached (plus) you know you have to be somewhere at a certain time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just because people are working out together does not mean that they are all doing things at the same level.\u00a0 In this morning\u2019s group were people of varying ages and athletic abilities. \u00a0Coach Daniel says he creates workouts for those in good shape, but then, \u201cscales it down for everybody.\u201d\u00a0 Additionally, because many of those working out are older and might have injuries or ongoing physical issues, he works to modify workouts accordingly.<\/p>\n

They also do different workouts each day, so people coming to their sessions get something new with each visit.\u00a0 He explains that the changes keep things interesting and that, \u201cyou need variety to keep yourself working out.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Clearing the fog with a run.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sanitizer and social distancing.<\/strong><\/em><\/div><\/div>

The variety attracts a lot of first responders.\u00a0 But classes are also filled with grandmothers, teens, and people just beginning their fitness journey.\u00a0 A sign at the entrance reminds everyone to, \u201cBe Coachable\u201d and \u201cBuild Community.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, the classes do become a community.\u00a0 People get to know each other and sometimes even have their favorite squares on the workout floor and people notice when other regulars aren\u2019t in attendance.<\/p>\n

Crossfit is not filled with the machines one finds at the chain membership gyms.\u00a0 When weights are used, Coach Daniel directs them to the free weights.\u00a0 He finds them superior for exercise because people are working on real-life, functional movements and what he calls, \u201cbalance throughout the body.\u201d\u00a0 He says that happens when someone, \u201clooks the same,\u201d whether lifting a PVC pipe or a bar with weights.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Crossfit re-opened under strict social rules shortly after Island County entered phase two of the state\u2019s COVID-19 re-opening plan.\u00a0 \u201cWe follow all the guidelines\u201d Coach Daniel says, and then some.\u00a0 Instead of six-foot separation, the workout floor separates people by about nine feet.\u00a0 Rags and sanitizer are plentiful, and people must clean equipment after they use it.<\/p>\n

Coach Daniel looks at these sessions as being more than just an exercise class, explaining he hopes, \u201cthis is a bright spot in their life,\u201d and one of the more interesting times in someone\u2019s day.\u00a0 He says, \u201cthe most important part of coaching is caring for people,\u201d and that he hopes that when they\u2019re done for the day that mentally they, \u201cleave in a better place than they started.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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It\u2019s only a few minutes after 8 a.m. and the music is blaring at South Island Crossfit.\u00a0 A half-dozen or so people are working out, but unlike a lot of gyms, these people are working out together, not just at the same time. Inside a section of the gym at the South Whidbey Community Center, CrossFit members are in the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,17,3],"tags":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwhidbeycommunitycenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}