CrossFit Athletic Group

I was hoping for a little more discussion in Part 3 but I understand that not everyone has the experience or point-of-view to think like a new head coach. Or the topic is simply not as interesting as I think it is. No biggie. This topic should be easier to participate, even though you may be against it at first.

Ever since Andy Bernstein came to visit us on September 25, I have been trying to think of a way to practice ActivInsight as a group. I think I have a good idea to start, and it comes courtesy of our friends the track people.

Through the process of ActivInsight, Andy Bernstein showed us a way to see reality as it actually is, as opposed to how we think it should be. This helps not only with stress but with problem solving as well. Many issues that come up are due to the thought, "He shouldn't have done that," or "I could have done better;" basically something that has already happened that we believe was not an intelligent decision. However, we learned that people are much smarter than we give them credit for.

"Relative Peak Intelligence means that, at any given moment, you're acting with the maximum amount of intelligence you have at your disposal in that exact moment. You're at your peak. This doesn't mean you're at your absolute peak - five minutes later you might know more and make an even more intelligent choice. We're always learning and gaining more experience. But in the moment it's the smartest action possible, and so relative to the experience you have at the time, it's your peak. It has to be." - Andy Bernstein. Myth of Stress chapter about regret.

Unfortunately, this means that even the people we hate the most are trying their best to be smart in that moment of hatred. This applies to your teachers giving you too much homework, me not feeling sympathy for your excuses, or your parents keeping your curfew before midnight.

Or track people being track people.

Our friend Matt Fecht has done nothing but overcome every obstacle thrown in his face over his running career. From friends backstabbing him, to former coaches shunning him, to sponsors dumping him, to injuries from Sir-Grips-A-Lot; Matt has worked unfathomably hard to get where he's at (Olympic Trials) and he deserves all of the success that comes his way.

Then the one and only time he asked for a favor, track people ruined everything. For full exposure, click the link below.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6924339

But believe it or not, the track people on the letsrun thread are showing intelligence... peak intelligence that they are capable of for the time being. So here's where we are:

In reality, the track people should have trashed Matt and our gym at that time.

How come this is true? Your job is to find proof for the statement above. I need at least 11 different people chime in with negations (proofs) before another post comes up. Guidelines:

1. Just post one or two that you believe to be the most true. If you think of another one, post that at a different time.

2. Try starting with things about track people before working to things about Matt.

3. Exclude joking ones "he's too handsome" and personal shots "track people are retarded."

4. If you weren't at Andy's thing in September and aren't familiar with ActivInsight, just try to put yourself in track people's shoes and investigate why they thought it would be intelligent to go at Matt and our gym. See my 2014 editorial Track is Like for ideas.