One Month From the Rush — What September Will Ask of You
In a month, something predictable happens. The first week of September arrives, the holidays end, and a wave of people decide this is it — the restart, the new routine, the year they finally sort it out.
September doesn't lack motivation. Motivation will be everywhere that first week — it's the easy part, and it's also the part that's gone by October. What September asks for is the willingness to start before you feel ready, at a slightly awkward time, as an ordinary person who isn't fit yet, in a body that's had a summer off. The people still training at Christmas aren't the ones who felt most motivated in September. They're the ones who started anyway, booked the thing, and let the motivation catch up later — because it always lags the action, never leads it.
When the September rush comes, which version of you turns up? The one joining the queue of fresh starts, full of the same hope as last year? Or the one who used August to keep a thread going, so September is just a continuation — stepping it up while everyone around you is starting from cold? A month out, that's still entirely your choice to make.
Better than waiting is to start today. Get your No Sweat Intro and your five 1:1 sessions done in August, so that when September comes you're ahead of the pack.
If you'd rather start now, in the quiet, than join the September queue, book a free, no-obligation 15-minute chat with Jeremy or Beth at crossfitchiltern.com — no hard sell, and most of us hadn't trained in years when we started.
