The 626 House Rules
The box is your home, your family, and your happy place. Here’s a quick review of the 626 rules of etiquette to ensure we keep it that way:
Thou Shalt Be on Time.
Warm ups start promptly and we want you warm for the workout! Be on time to class to respect your coach and classmates, and so you don’t miss crucial warmups.
Thou Shalt Have No Ego Inside These Doors.
We are a small box. There is no room for egos. Noone cares how much you lift. We care about your passion, your drive, and your form. Be a bro on your own time.
Thou Shalt Never Be A Stranger.
If you don’t know someone in class, introduce yourself and welcome the new kids on the block to the 626 family. Embrace the freshmen with open arms, and show ‘em the ropes around 626.
Thou Shalt Stay For The Whole Workout.
The workout is over when the last athlete has completed the wod. If you finish the workout first, awesome! Your cool down is to cheer on your peeps. You can break down your equipment once everyone has completed the workout. Until then, support your classmates to help them get thru those last few reps.
Thou Shalt Never Partake in A**hole Ditching of Equipment – Ever.
Yes, we know you’re cool and we know how empowering it is to drop a barbell from overhead. You know what’s not empowering? When you barbell drops to the floor and dances into someone else’s shin injuring them for weeks. That goes for dumbbells and kettlebells too. Not sure what a**hole ditching looks like? Ask your coach next time in class. Ditching should be used is a safety precaution, not a way to feel like a man.
Thou Shalt Treat An Empty Barbell Like It Is Your Newborn Baby.
Would you drop your baby from two feet above the ground? We certainly hope not. We use an empty barbell a lot in class for drill and form work. When putting the barbell down, gently place in on the ground with the utmost care and admiration for the fine piece of equipment that is a barbell. The sound of an empty bar dropping on the floor breaks my heart into 100 pieces. Please don’t break my heart. *Urban legend is if you’re nice to your bar, you PR.
Kindergarten Rules Still Apply.
Clean-up after yourself. It’s your responsibility to get out and put away your equipment, count your own reps, get your own tissue, and clean off your bars. We love you, but please wipe down your own slippery sweaty (medicine) balls.
PS- It’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 disinfectant wipes. Enough said.
Thou Shalt Keep the Chalk in the Bucket.
Chalk stays in the chalk bucket. Yes, you’ll have to walk all the way to the chalk bucket to dust your hands. Chalk is not magical fairy dust… And more is not better. A little goes a long way.
Thou Shalt Bring It.
Every athlete pushes themselves in a different way. Feel free to scream, cuss, cry, go to your happy place, bleed, or even rest…just don’t quit. Do work. And have fun.
Adapted from our good friends at CrossFit Roots.
WOD: Sorensen / 1RM DL / Max Weighted Dip / 400m run TT