CrossFit breeds a lot of good - but with good always comes a little bad. * Intensity is incredible. Intensity breeds results. However - we sometimes have athletes who don’t understand rest. * Without rest - intensity isn’t possible. * It’d be better to take a day off to ensure you can push hard the next day - than force yourself to push on a day where you feel like garbage. * Because of this I see a lot of athletes improperly determining that they need pre-workout or coffee before the later classes. You probably feel lack of energy due to your diet and lack of recovery. * Rather than masking the symptoms of under recovering - get some damn rest. * Am I saying to quit caffeine? Absolutely not. Use it as a performance enhancer. Stop using it as a crutch for intensity - especially if it’s negatively effecting your sleep. Sleep > literally anything else in human existence for recovery.