Jake Baxter Training

Here’s what I can tell you about training after programming for a 250+ person CrossFit gym

It only works if you work. If you don’t put in the effort it doesn’t matter what program you do. It’ll never work if you’re soft and train at a 6/10 RPE

Everyone thinks they’re a genius when they take an untrained individual and adds 20kg to their squat in 8 weeks. Anything works if you’ve never trained before.

If you’re no longer making progress after 12-18 months your program is probably dogsh*t.

If you’ve been lifting the same DB or barbell weight every session you will stall, I don’t care if you’ve hit Rx, you still need challenged and you need to hit the correct stimulus if the workout.

You also need more time to practice your skills and might need more frequency, volume or intensity to progress them.

A 60 minute class can only give you so much time.

A generic program can only give you so much of what you actually need.

It’s okay to out grow class programming and want more.

Maybe you need a strength bias? Maybe you need more gymnastics? Maybe you need more aerobic work? Or more power work?

Nothing beats a big class with the music pumping and everyone getting after it. I still love it to this day but the people who keep progressing mix some of that into a program built around their life, their goals and their individual strengths and weaknesses.

This is my experience from what I’ve witnessed and seen in CrossFit gyms since 2013