Kerry Davis
Level 4 Valued Member
After an amazing three days at The Dome this year, the long drive home was ripe with summation of the weekend and contemplation of what I just became a part of. This is what I wrote on the way home:
In the lifting world there has been a history of ego and an unspoken standard of needing to prove yourself. StrongFirst doesn't hold that, in fact they discourage ego because truth is someone somewhere could possibly do better than you.
Instead StrongFirst is a school. A community of people passionate about learning strength, sharing strength, and building others up. There is uniformity with StrongFirst. A level of standards that is kept and is mandatory.
It is a school, meaning we are all students. Even those higher up in the chain of command hold themselves to the same standards as everyone else. There is accountability, acceptance, assistance, and genuine desire to see others succeed. It is family, a sanctuary where people share ideas and build others up.
In the lifting world there has been a history of ego and an unspoken standard of needing to prove yourself. StrongFirst doesn't hold that, in fact they discourage ego because truth is someone somewhere could possibly do better than you.
Instead StrongFirst is a school. A community of people passionate about learning strength, sharing strength, and building others up. There is uniformity with StrongFirst. A level of standards that is kept and is mandatory.
It is a school, meaning we are all students. Even those higher up in the chain of command hold themselves to the same standards as everyone else. There is accountability, acceptance, assistance, and genuine desire to see others succeed. It is family, a sanctuary where people share ideas and build others up.
