In Affiliation, Rest Day/Theory
November 22, 2012
When it’s time to stuff your face for Thanksgiving, affiliates have the antidote. Andréa Maria Cecil advises you to think of the holiday workout as “preventative maintenance.”
Nearly 391 years ago, the first Thanksgiving feast was documented in the U.S.: it was celebrated by pilgrims in modern-day Massachusetts after a plentiful harvest.
Today, the holiday has retained its integrity: it’s a day of appreciation involving gluttony and ruthless consumerism.
Wait. What?
How Thanksgiving has changed.
But as CrossFitters, we have something more for which to be thankful: the WOD. This allows us to partake in the food orgy as we’ve preemptively burned the calories.
Uh, right?
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Thank you Coach Glassman for changing my life. I can't imagine where I would be today without CrossFit.
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