We love events at CrossFit Alberton 2.0
HYROX.
Deadly Dozen.
The CrossFit Open.
Triathlons.
They give us something to work towards. They challenge us. They bring people together, and they’re a great way to see how our fitness is progressing.
But here’s something I think more people need to hear:
Your event shouldn’t be the reason you get fit.
It should be an opportunity to use and test the fitness you’ve been building all year.
Because the real goal is much bigger than one race.
Build the Foundation First
We regularly meet people who come to us and say:
“I want to get fit for HYROX.”
Or:
“I’ve entered Deadly Dozen. How should I train?”
These events are brilliant gateways into fitness, and I love seeing people excited about taking on a new challenge.
But preparing for them isn’t just about practising the movements you’ll see on race day.
You need a foundation.
You need strength.
You need aerobic fitness.
You need the ability to work at higher intensities.
You need to move well.
And above everything else, you need consistency.
That’s fitness.
And when you build that foundation properly, you become capable of doing so much more.
The Event Is a Checkpoint
I want our members to enjoy competing.
I want them to enter HYROX.
I want them to take on Deadly Dozen.
I want them to test themselves in the CrossFit Open.
But I want these events to become checkpoints along a much longer journey.
You train consistently.
You get stronger.
You build your engine.
You improve your movement.
Then you enter an event and see what your body can do.
Afterwards, you keep training.
That’s the key.
Because your health journey doesn’t finish when you cross a finish line.
Fitness Has to Become Part of Your Life
One of the biggest breakthroughs we see in members happens when their reason for training starts to change.
Maybe they originally joined because they wanted to lose weight.
Then they entered their first event.
Then they wanted to get stronger.
But eventually something shifts.
Training simply becomes part of their life.
They become someone who trains.
Someone who looks after their health.
Someone who wants to be strong and capable.
That’s when we often see real consistency.
You stop bouncing between challenges, diets and quick fixes.
You build a lifestyle.
And that’s what we’re really after.
So How Do You Actually Do This?
If you’ve spent years starting and stopping, here are five practical things you can do.
1. Build a Training Schedule You Can Actually Maintain
You don’t need the perfect training programme.
You need one you can stick to.
If you can realistically train three times per week, start there.
Put those sessions into your calendar.
Treat them like appointments.
If you have extra time one week, great.
But build your foundation around something you know you can maintain when work gets busy and life gets complicated.
Three sessions every week for a year will take you much further than six sessions a week for a month followed by three months of doing nothing.
2. Train More Than Just Your Event
If you’re preparing for HYROX, you don’t need to spend every session doing HYROX workouts.
If you’re doing Deadly Dozen, you don’t need to practise the event every day.
Build the complete athlete.
Get stronger through resistance training.
Build your aerobic capacity.
Develop your ability to work at higher intensities.
Improve your mobility and movement quality.
Practise event-specific skills when appropriate.
Your event-specific training sits on top of your fitness foundation.
The stronger that foundation becomes, the more you have to work with on race day.
3. Use Events to Measure Your Fitness
Instead of thinking:
“I’m training until HYROX.”
Try thinking:
“I’m training consistently, and HYROX is where I get to test myself.”
That’s a completely different mindset.
Your event now has a place in your fitness journey without becoming the entire journey.
Finish the event.
Celebrate what you’ve achieved.
Learn from it.
Then keep training.
4. Have a Plan for After the Event
This is a big one.
You’ve spent 10 weeks training.
You’ve completed the event.
You’re exhausted, happy and proud.
Awesome.
Take some recovery time.
Then get back into your normal routine.
Don’t allow one finish line to become the end of your fitness journey.
Before your event even happens, know what you’re doing afterwards.
Maybe you return to your regular CrossFit classes.
Maybe you focus on building strength.
Maybe you spend time developing your aerobic engine.
Maybe you choose another goal.
Keep the habit alive.
5. Ask Yourself a Bigger Question
Instead of only asking:
“What event am I training for?”
Ask:
“What do I want my body to be capable of 10, 20 or 30 years from now?”
For me, that’s the bigger goal.
I want our members to be strong at 40.
Capable at 60.
And, God willing, healthy at 73 and still able to play with their grandchildren.
That’s why we train.
The events are fun.
The PBs are exciting.
The medals are great.
But being able to live your life?
That’s the real prize.
Train for Life
At CrossFit Alberton, we want to help people build fitness that lasts.
That might include CrossFit.
It might include Weightlifting.
It might include Engine Room to develop your aerobic capacity.
It might include HYROX-specific training.
Your goals will change throughout your life, and your training can change with them.
The foundation stays the same.
Move.
Get stronger.
Build your engine.
Challenge yourself.
Stay consistent.
Enjoy the process.
Make fitness part of your life.
Because ultimately, we’re trying to help you become better at life.
Struggling to Find Your Fitness Groove?
Maybe you recognise yourself in this.
You get motivated.
You enter an event.
You train hard.
Then the event finishes and your routine disappears.
Or maybe you’ve tried diet after diet and challenge after challenge, and you’re tired of constantly starting again.
We’d love to help you find some stability.
Our goal is to understand where you are, what you want to achieve and what your life actually looks like, then help you build a realistic plan you can stick to.
Let’s get you fitter.
Let’s get you stronger.
And let’s build something you can carry with you for the rest of your life.
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