Your Own Apocalypse

When Justin and I came up with the concept of Zombie Fitness-training for the Apocalypse, it was out of the fun spirit of being fit enough to survive a horrific catastrophe where mankind was faced annihilation and zombies ran rampant. Being able to survive such an event meant being in peak physical condition because every minute would be a do-or-die situation.

But on a basic level, we all have those moments when we feel like our world is coming to an end: whether it be losing your job, a loved one to an unfortunate accident, not making the cut for your team tryouts, or having a broken heart: these moments all feel earth-shattering on some level. Now imagine having to deal with these moments with an injury, or being sick, or being alone with no productive outlet to deal with those emotions. You see, own personal hell seems to deepen by a few more levels. It's like that saying goes, "At least I got my health."

This is why Crossfit seems to be the best way to train-it's programmed to train you run, jump, and climb, push and pull your way through any physical obstacle. But it also trains you to be mentally tough as well. It takes a lot of fortitude to gut it out through a WOD like Fran or Murph. It takes an inhuman amount of drive to eat correctly in a world surround by chain zombies like McDonald's and Wendy's-now those are some bad ass monsters there! And Crossfit allows you to train side by side with people who share the same views on having kick-ass, gut-wrenching workouts just like you and me. And speaking from personal experience, you develop a genuine camaraderie with someone you spend time suffering through the "Filthy Fifty".

Crossfit is built to give you the toughness to get through a WOD, your bad at the office, and if necessary, yes-escape from a horde of flesh-eating zombies while your milkshake-drinking friends are buying you more time to flee by being digested. Everyone has a role in your life.


So train hard, and think harder. Remember, there are zombies everywhere. And sometimes they look like people.