Who’s Really the Selfish One?
By Wes Piatt at
Coast Range Crossfit
For the past seven years I’ve made my life coaching and helping
others find health and wellness in one way or another. As with any
profession, over time you will come across the same problems.
About four years ago, I was coaching at my old gym, CrossFit Inferno,
in my hometown of San Luis Obispo, California. One of our members
pulled me aside after class and asked if I could help her with
something. She was having trouble finding the time to make it to the gym
enough to feel like the membership was worth it.
We spent the next hour writing down her daily schedule from the
moment she woke up until the moment she fell asleep. The disheartening
thing was there really wasn’t much space in her schedule to make it to
the gym more than twice a week. We all know that while twice a week is
better than zero, it’s not going to get anybody the results they want or
need.
After another hour of rescheduling, we came up with a plan that would
allow her to get into the gym three days a week. Still not ideal, and
she would really have to hustle to make it work, but better than what
she was doing now. I hugged her, told her I would be checking in to make
sure she was holding up her end of the bargain and to let me know if
she needed any other help.
That member made it two weeks coming three times a week, then
eventually went right back to her two, one, or not at all some weeks.
When I saw her a few months later I asked her how the schedule was
working out for her (knowing already she hadn’t been coming like we
talked about). With her head down, she said something that stuck with me
and really shifted the way I think. She said, “I just can’t be selfish
and put the gym before my family.”
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Joanna
is a staple at our 5am class, she travels sometimes for business but if
she is in town she will be at the gym. She brings some toughness to a
class with mostly dudes, Ian says "she never quits and always shows up!"
Ady recently hit her 3 year mark of doing CrossFit and she brought in chocolate covered
strawberries to share with the class she was attending. She wanted to
say thank you for everything that CFCP has done for her. Ady is the one
who put in the work and made the changes, she has been consistent in our
evening classes and has done some personal training sessions. She loves
her nutrition program that has helped her hit many of her goals. Thank
you Ady, you are a amazing person and we love having you as a part of
our CFCP family! 
