Motivation Monday: What is your "why"- Eric Moore

Each and everyone of us walked through the door at EHP for a different reason. The reason "WHY" is unique to us as individuals. What you don't know is your "WHY" might be the motivation for someone else to start or even continue walking through the door.

Why did I start Crossfit?

I started doing Crossfit after a buddy of mine told me to watch the Fittest on Earth on Netflix. After watching it, I realized how much I wasn’t getting out of just lifting. Sure I was getting stronger and bigger, but thats about it. I was falling under the typical Marine category of lifting and eating just to get big. Shortly after watching the Fittest on Earth, I had to take my yearly physical fitness test. Which consist on a timed 3 mile run, 2 minutes of sit-ups with 100 being the max and 20 pull-ups. Pull-ups and sit-ups were never an issue but the run always brought me down. It was then after that I realized that, what’s the point of being as big as you can be if you can’t even run? Which was a big problem for Infantrymen, everyone wanted to be big, but if you can’t continue the fight after a 10k+ foot movement with 35 lbs+ on you, what use are you. So I decided to take the leap of faith and ask a friend of mine to show me the ropes of this “crossfit” thing. After our first workout together I knew I wouldn’t want to do anything else again. What motivates me to continue? What motivates me to continue is the constant drive to make myself better. There is something very fulfilling about seeing your movements improve and becoming more efficient. So any day I can come in to EHP and work on getting better then thats enough motivation for me. Why did I choose to coach? I decided to coach because I thoroughly enjoy helping people. I love the feeling you get when you have the ability to teach someone something new or different and watch them apply it. It may not always help them out immediately, but that just means I have to work harder to find something to help them. What works for one person doesn’t always work for another. So the constant challenge of helping people and finding solutions is a big reason I decided to coach.