Conscious Habits (Monthly Mindset, February 2021)

affiliate • Feb 07, 2021

This last year or so has been interesting. A lot has been thrown at you with regards to lifestyles (quarantine, working from home, working out from home) and you will notice that a consistent message from us has been to look for the silver lining among all of the craziness and build healthy habits. This month, we are going to delve a little deeper into habits, more specifically the Conscious Competence Ladder, and how we can apply that to our fitness.

What is the Conscious Competence Ladder? This is a set of four steps outlining the natural progression of a skill. The steps are:

  • Unconsciously unskilled
  • Conscious of lack of skill
  • Consciously working on a skill
  • Unconsciously skilled

How they apply to us in Crossfit is as follows:

Unconsciously unskilled

For most of us, this was before Crossfit. We did not know that we were not skilled [fit], and probably were pretty happy with our current level of fitness. If we did do fitness, we did not do the movements correctly, or maybe even safely. Terms associated with this stage are oblivious and comfortable.

Conscious of lack of skill

And then, BAM! First day of Crossfit. First year of Crossfit, even. We were exposed to many things new and scary, and boy, did we suck! Movements were thrown at us left and right, and in many cases we were not able to perform the movements correctly, if at all. We were very aware in this stage that we were not skilled. Terms associated with this stage are awakening and awareness.

Consciously working on a skill

This is our current day to day for most of us. While it may not seem like it, everyone is in this stage for at least something in Crossfit at this exact moment. In this stage, we now know the correct movement, are performing the correct movement, but it takes a lot of mental power and focus to achieve the correct movement. Terms associated with this stage are awkward and failure.

Unconsciously skilled

The final stage is once you finally master something, and you do not need to think about it anymore to perform the correct movement. At this point, the movement is a habit and the process is so ingrained that it is basically a reflex. Terms associated with this stage are confidence and proficiency.

If you really think about it you will realize that there are millions of skills that we perform each and every day, and all of these skills fall within these four categories in some way. Your mindset this month is to practice the Conscious Competence Ladder in three different areas: the gym, your nutrition, your everyday life. Pick one thing in each of these three areas, assess your current skill level at that task/skill, and then consciously work to improve that habit!

Previous WODs

By affiliate 02 Nov, 2021
Finally on our tour of the macronutrients are Fats! Another term you might be familiar with that is similar is Lipids, and the distinction is that lipid is a broader term. Kind of a square-rectangle relationship if you will. While fat has been the villain in the past, it is making its way back into ... The post Nutrition 101 – Fats (November 2021) appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 02 Nov, 2021
We have a couple new members we would like to introduce. If you see Tony or Mike at the gym, please welcome them! Here is a little bit about them, and what brought them to CrossFit Hakk! Tony DuPont Tony has lived most of his life in the UP, outside of about 6 years affiliated ... The post October New Member Spotlights appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 02 Nov, 2021
Before we get to the definition, I want to finish off the remaining three defining characteristics of foundational movements: Universal Motor Recruitment Patterns – How similar are the movements? Functional movements have tremendous carry over and skill transfer to other functional movements, and by training functional movements you will get better at other things. For ... The post Functional Movements Part 2 (October 2021) appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 02 Nov, 2021
Things just keep getting better – this is biggest committed club of the year so far with 24 of our members attending 15 or more classes in October! Here are the members that made it in October! Renee Hiller Angela Price Katie LaCosse Rochelle Spencer Clint Johnson Amanda Hoffman Sharon Colbert Aaron Persenaire Hannah Soumis ... The post October Committed Club appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 04 Oct, 2021
Here we have our Committed Club members (attended 15+ classes) for September! Renee Hiller Katie LaCosse Rochelle Spencer Hannah Soumis Joanne Coponen Moira Tracey Sunit Girdhar Julie Jalkanen Sandi Mattson Michelle Miller Gerald Huffman Amanda Hoffman Gavin McBride Kartik Iyer Angela Price Sharon Colbert Nicole Heinonen Dana Norman Tanya Kangas Kim Dunnebacke Clint Johnson Laura ... The post September Committed Club appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 19 Sep, 2021
Wow – where has the summer gone?! Here are some very belated celebrations for member accomplishments in the back half of the summer… First – our committed club members for July! Remember – committed club status requires attending at least 15 classes in any given month. Here are the members that achieved this in July: ... The post July and August Committed Clubs and 100 class Milestones appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 03 Sep, 2021
We say that Crossfit utilizes functional movements, but what does that really mean? Plugging the word “functional” into the Google machine gives two definitions, the second of which I like better: “designed to be practical and useful, rather than attractive.” However, this is still not good enough for us in Crossfit and therefore, we have ... The post Functional Movements Part 1 (September 2021) appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 03 Sep, 2021
August Post: Nutrition 101 – Carbohydrates Continuing our macronutrient discussion From June, we will delve into Carbohydrates this month, affectionately referred to as Carbs. Much like protein, carbohydrates are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, however, they do not contain nitrogen atoms. Their primary role in humans is to serve as an energy source ... The post Nutrition 101 – Carbohydrates (August 2021) appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 03 Sep, 2021
Katie Kozma Katie is originally from Hesperia, MI (a small town in the lower peninsula), but now resides in Baraga. She decided to join CrossFit because she was looking to restart her fitness journey and she decided to complete a Spartan race and thought CrossFit would be the perfect thing for training. Her favorite part ... The post New Member Spotlights! appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
By affiliate 13 Jul, 2021
What is Intensity? When looking at the definition of Crossfit, we are presented with three distinct parts. Constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. We discussed “constantly varied” in March, and now we are going to tackle the last part – intensity. And you can probably see where we will be going after that… ... The post What is Intensity? (July 2021) appeared first on CrossFit Hakkapeliitta.
More Posts

Stop missing out

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 

Start My Free Trial Today
Share by:
Wodify Iframe