A little less than one year ago, Kevin Yurchak came to the shed to prepare for his firefighter test. Needless to say, he prepared himself mentally and physically at the shed, and rocked the test!
Fast forward to yesterday, and now Kevin and his partner Rich are proud owners of CrossFit West Essex! As much as I would have loved for Kevin to have stayed with us at the shed, I LOVE IT even more that he branched out on his own, and started his own CrossFit Affiliate journey.
As we pulled into the parking lot of CFWE, I was very excited. Excited to see the gym, to use the new Rogue equipment… and to be one of the athletes to christen CFWE. As I was foam rolling the kinks out, I did my best to look around and take inventory of what was going on. From my point of view, I saw something awesome.
I saw another gym full of awesome people coming together for the same purpose. I witnessed the RedShed Family growing before my eyes. I met genuinely good people, interested in working hard at getting better. I saw an altruistic group of athletes who have as much respect for CFWE as they do for RSCF.
We now have relatives to visit a couple of times a month!
The CrossFit journey is different for everyone. I know that as a Coach, it became a lot less about me, and a whole lot more about all of you. It is so much more important to me to see you succeed and grow, than it is for me to impress you all with my athletic ability. My personal CrossFit journey is about striving to be better today than I was yesterday. You see, I put myself out there. My name goes on the board with everyone else’s. Sometimes it’s fast, sometimes it’s slow and other days I’m in the middle of the pack. Do I fear the whiteboard? Nope… it is not about me. It’s not my job to be the fastest ShedHead, it is my job to make you better…. the best you can be.
My coaching journey is just that… a journey. Everyday is another challenge on how to reach you. How to get you stronger, faster, mentally tough and injury free. Programming to pinpoint weaknesses and reward strengths.
Now, I have two more coaches to join forces with along my journey. Very cool!
Good Luck CFWE! Looking forward to working together in the future!
And to all the ShedHeads…
…You Rock!
Coach Pat
