Online Coaching is going LIVE!
The coaching elves remain hard at work. We are excited to tell you that our Coaches are currently testing out our NEW Online Coaching Platform which means it is almost ready for launch! The goal is to go live and launch Online Coaching on Monday January 4th. That’s right! We are days away, so buckle down and read this blog for some details!
As mentioned in previous posts, keeping up with your health routine at this time is vital. If you have not had a chance, then start your routine now by setting up your home workout area. We want to see our community stay ready in order to be ready next week.
We have gathered experience from the previous lock down, all the feedback from the community, and have spent hours researching how to make you successful at home, and used all of this to design a new Digital format. Anyone that was part of the CFW community during the previous lockdown, will immediately notice the differences. We wanted to bring this to you as quickly as we could so that means we will not be able to launch with all the benefits that we have envisioned quite yet. However, as we progress into the design, we will introduce further benefits that suit the needs of our community. In order to know which areas to focus on, we want to hear from you to continually to help us.
Okay, enough chatter. Let’s get to the details of what Online Coaching really is:
The Online Coaching Platform
We have over engineered, invested, and added a ton of value to our digital format. Our goal is to allow you to continue to benefit by keeping up with your goals. We recognize that to do this, direct coaching is required. What our active members will get during the lockdown, is online coaching from your coaches of CFW. If you have been working out alone at home, now is the time to join us again virtually!
Being able to coach all the CFW members with the movement tool that we called CrossFit, it will allow us to continue to deliver the results you get from the workouts. Using this digital platform to coach our members will also enable our community to stay connected. In order to recreate our community online, we have created a digital community that will be accessing it by using an App we have invested in for our new digital platform called “TrainHeroic“.
How it will work
All workout videos and whiteboard overview will continue to be accessed through our YouTube channel, and right on the TrainHeroic App along with your daily workout prescription. By using TrainHeroic, we will plan out your workout schedule with you. If you want to work out 3 times or 5 times a week, then we will work with you to plan out the days and workouts. Our Coaches will individually be working with a Team of members. Teammates will be assigned to a team based on common individual goals. These goals should reflect areas that you wish to work on during the lockdown (for participants of the Double BLT, the team assignment will take a similar approach).
Get started by picking your goal, so then we can assigned a Coach to you. Your team Coach will be checking in daily and providing you the motivation and direction needed with your workouts. This will also be a great tool for us to Coach modifications to your workouts, adjust with any restrictions of equipment at home, or have a specific question. As well it will provide you access to chat with your coach everyday. We will be here to guide you during the lockdown, and also to assure that you are keeping up with your workouts at home. Someone will be watching 😁.
Stay Connected with the CFW Community
We understand and have always recognized the importance of the community. This is why we have been working to provide a solution that allows you to stay connected and workout with the community. By providing an online platform like this, it will allow members to check in with their team. This was a key factor in our strongest Double BLT team this year; they were able to stay connected with digital chatting.
As well, by using the app to track your workouts, it will allow us to create leaderboards. Having leaderboards has been successful with the CrossFit Open, not only for scores but also in creating connection with communities.
If you do not journal, now is a great time to start. Coaches will be using the tracking system to help you get the most out of each workout by adjusting and adapting where it is needed, pushing where a push is needed, and tailoring all cues based on your capabilities. After all, this is like working out beside any member; we get the push from the class but we workout for our own goals.
Prepare for Online Coaching
Success is in your hands! All our members can be assured that they will receive the same high standard of coaching that CFW provides. In order to prepare for next week, get comfortable in your routine and have your workout space ready.
Secondly, fill out our survey to tell us what you would like to work on during the next few weeks. This survey will be accessible on Saturday January 2nd, so start planning your goals of 2021!
Once we have the surveys completed, we will start creating teams for our Coaches. After the teams are made, invitations to join the team will be sent out. This invitation will link your TrainHeroic profile to your team. At this point you can download TrainHeroic from the App-Store or android Play-Store.
We will follow up with further communication and training required at that point to help everyone transition next week.
By taking the measures that CFW has taken at this time and adjusting from the previous lockdown, we want to create the healthiest community during the lockdown. We may not be excited for the lockdown, but we are eager to move the community forward at this time. We believe that we all will be able to remain connected, benefit from individualize coaching and work towards personal goals in order to attain the results that we are after in our health.
Next week when we come together digitally, we will work on the transition first. As we work out any kinks that present themselves, we will then start working towards equipment solutions. We look forward to seeing you all digitally next week and assure you that we will progress in the direction that the community requires. Let’s get through this together and stronger!
Eddie & The CFW Team