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Saturday Feb 7, 2026

Ashley Y, In The Open!
Ashley Y, In The Open!

Push Ups Today: 100

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Mental Models: How to Train Your Brain to Think in New Ways by James Clear (author of Atomic Habits)


What looks like expertise is often a limitation. As the common proverb says, “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

When a certain worldview dominates your thinking, you’ll try to explain every problem you face through that worldview.

Consider this example from biologist Robert Sapolsky. He asks, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Then, he provides answers from different experts.

  • If you ask an evolutionary biologist, they might say, “The chicken crossed the road because they saw a potential mate on the other side.”

  • If you ask a kinesiologist, they might say, “The chicken crossed the road because the muscles in the leg contracted and pulled the leg bone forward during each step.”

  • If you ask a neuroscientist, they might say, “The chicken crossed the road because the neurons in the chicken’s brain fired and triggered the movement.”

Technically speaking, none of these experts are wrong. But nobody is seeing the entire picture either. Each individual mental model is just one view of reality. The challenges and situations we face in life cannot be entirely explained by one field or industry.


All perspectives hold some truth. None of them contain the complete truth.


Relying on a narrow set of thinking tools is like wearing a mental straitjacket. Your cognitive range of motion is limited. When your set of mental models is limited, so is your potential for finding a solution. In order to unleash your full potential, you have to collect a range of mental models. You have to build out your decision making toolbox. Thus, the secret to great thinking is to learn and employ a variety of mental models.


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OT90 x 15 sets

  • Sets1-5: Snatch

  • Sets 6-10: Clean and Jerk

  • Sets 11-15: Deadlift


30 Snatch (95/65)

20/13 Bar Muscle ups

40/30 Cal Row


30 Clean & Jerk (135/95)

30 CTB Pull ups

40/30 Cal Ski


30 Deadlift (225/155)

40 Pull ups

40/30 Cal Bike

Upcoming Dates:

  • 💕 Sat Feb 14 is BRING A LOVED ONE Day at 8:00am or 9:30am for a partner workout

  • Sun Feb 15 will not be a partner workout, just a regular WOD.

  • Family Day workout at the Field House - Mon Feb 16 at 9am

  • NextGen CrossFit Kids Winter Session II starts Tues Feb 24/Thurs Feb 26

  • 26.1 Friday Night Lights - Feb 27

  • 26.2 Friday Night Lights - Mar 6

  • 26.3 Friday Night Lights - Mar 13

  • CrossFit Level 1 Course at BRIO - May 2-3

 
 
 

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