08/21/2026
There's a running joke about people who do CrossFit - "How do you find a CrossFitter at a party? You don't have to. They will tell you about it in two minutes."
Ha. Ha. But there might be an element of truth to this also, and we might as well admit this.
Why? Because when you get a bunch of people in a room working hard, making healthy lifestyle changes, seeing themselves get stronger and fitter, and making friends in the process... don't you think you would want to share that as well?
Being part of a community that values health and performance, actively supports one another, and whom you probably see more often than your friends from other areas of your life - this all makes it "cool to care" about your physical capabilities, your nutrition, and getting enough sleep.
In a world where people joke about being out of shape, where drinking a glass or three of w**e daily is normalized, fast food is considered a reasonable meal option, being constantly "busy" is glorified, and where people get in their car to drive places that are a 10-minute walk away... it's often NOT cool to care about how much you can deadlift, or what your mile run time is, or how many pull-ups you can do.
BUT... if you DO start training, and you DO start to realize the value of being strong, capable, healthier, and having a clearer head to face your day with -- you might just be on the road to thinking that it's cool to care.
Because it IS cool to care about having strong legs that keep you out of a nursing home.
It IS cool to care about not getting out of breath when you go up a flight of stairs.
It IS cool to care about putting good fuel in your body so that you have energy all day long.
It IS cool to care that your friend next to you just got their first pull-up after working at it for six months.
Don't get me wrong here. I'm not saying that doing CrossFit will make you objectively "cool", because who knows what that actually means.
Life is too short to worry about if other people think you're "cool".
Just do your thing. If you've got fitness goals, find other people who share those goals. Because in THAT room, that space... it IS cool to care. WE think you're cool. ๐