You're signed up for the challenge. Now what?
There are a few things you can do to make sure you get a flying start on the Deathproof Challenge.
Remember, the basis for your success is how well you develop new, healthy habits. Here's some of the stuff that you can do right away to decrease the stress as you hit day one.
- Get familiar with the app
- Login to the Deathproof app by visiting DeathproofCrossFit.com and clicking on the member login button on the top banner.
- Sign in using your email address and request a password reset. This will be emailed to you.
- Login using your new temporary password.
- Follow the instructions shown by hitting the black [Get The App] button in your profile.
- Complete your profile
- Fill out the profile info. We need your birth date (for macro calculations), a profile photo (so everyone can recognize you instead of yelling "dude!"). Emergency contact info and health issues, medications, allergies is also needed, just in case. We've never had to use them but you never know.
- Sign your waivers. There are two links. Once for each. One is the liability waiver, the other is the photography waiver. Jase can explain these in detail if you need him to.
- Explore the features of the app
- There's a lot of functionality in there. Not all of it is turned on yet but explore the features. Progress photos, journal, records, leaderboard to name a few. Most importantly, to begin with, is the schedule.
- Use the schedule to reserve your place in class.
- You can select any class except Rock Steady Boxing. Everything else is open to you. If you can't make it to class, please cancel your reservation so someone else can take your spot. If the class is full you can be added to the waitlist. More often than not, a class place will become available.
- There are time limits on some class reservations. That means you have to sign up a predetermined time before class or cancel a certain time before class. This is mostly for high traffic classes so that people don't just swing by only to be disappointed when there's no spot available.
- Explore DeathproofCrossFit.com
- This isn't just a marketing page. It's a repository of info that forms the central hub of the Deathproof community. There's a ton of great content on there. You don't have to read it all at once (there are hours of it) but you should take a look once in a while. The more time you spend doing this, the more you're engaged in your fitness and health and the more your new habits will stick.
- Stop eating or drinking anything containing sugar.
- Sugar is addictive and therefore when you stop you WILL have withdrawal. Better to suffer this now rather than when your stress levels are increased as the challenge begins for real. Expect these symptoms to subside after 9 to 13 days. Jitters, headaches, bitchiness, irritability and short temper, and lightheadedness especially when working out are all possibly connected to this withdrawal. Get it over with...for good.
- Come to class
- The more you come before the challenge, the better you'll feel, the less you'll ache and the more fun you'll be able to have when it begins in earnest.
That's enough for right now.
Git onnit!
Cya in class real soon,
Jase
