Standing the Test of Time

This weekend I had the privilege to attend a friend's symphony and listen to some truly inspiring classical music.  The performance included a solo from a professional violinist from the Philadelphia Orchestra, which was truly breathtaking.  Another friend informed me that the violin he was playing, which was on loan from the Philadelphia Orchestra for this particular performance, was built in the 18th century and was worth around $1,000,000.

Um.... excuse me?  Say what?

And apparently its far from the most expensive violins that exist...

My Google research tells me this is the most expensive??  Made in 1741. 

... but I digress.

What I immediately thought was how amazing something constructed so long ago could still produce such unparalleled quality.  All the technological advancements in the past 300 years and still there is nothing that can surpass the beautiful sounds this violin is capable of making.

As so often occurs, I then thought about CrossFit.  I thought about how many people have warned me - even those within CrossFit - that it won't last.  That it has to change and evolve if it will ever be able to survive.

I get it.  Fitness changes.  Trends come and go.  People lose interest in one thing and are enamored by the next big idea.  No different than music right?  Hundred of years ago children listen to Mozart and Beethoven... now they listen to Lil Uzi Vert and 6ix9ine.  I would say thats quite a change.

No tattoos on his face of Jigsaw or the number '69' like today's music icons but I'd say Tchaikovsky was still a pretty good  maker of music. 

But just because now we don't hear classical music being played on every station or we don't see Tchaikovsky on tv does that make it not music or less by any standard?  Does that make it inferior to today's music?

OF COURSE NOT.

And that is CrossFit.  People can add to it or subtract from it to appeal to the masses and that is fine.  They can claim whatever they want but the fact will always remain constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity with a focus on mechanics first, consistency next and finally intensity will ALWAYS work to help obtain higher levels of fitness.

There is more than one way to get fit, and CrossFit is just one of those many ways.  But the fact that it works on so many levels is why it won't go anywhere.  It might change due to outside pressure and the flippancy of the masses, but just like the 300 year old violin that still produces beautiful music, so too will CrossFit produce health and wellness to anyone who partakes in it for generations to come.