I had an interesting conversation with one of our athletes the other day. She expressed frustration that she is usually the last person to finish the WOD and that she is so exhausted during the workouts.

This particular athlete is special in that her technique and range-of-motion is always above reproach.

If your last rep is as perfect as your first, and if you never cheat on range of motion, you are going to get pretty tired. In all likelihood you won’t be the top finisher.  But you’ve still achieved a more durable and meaningful victory than anything that can be expressed on a whiteboard.

We have another athlete who never cheats herself.  She is consistently a top-finisher and can hang with anyone, anywhere.

Both are exemplary CrossFitters. So what’s the difference between Athlete A and Athlete B?

Time.