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THE FIRST CROSSFIT
STANDARD OF FITNESS

There are ten recognised general physical skills. They are cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, speed, flexibility, power, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy.

You are as fit as you are competent in each of these ten skills. A regimen develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of these ten skills.
Importantly, improvements in endurance, stamina, strength, and flexibility come about through training.

THE SECOND CROSSFIT
STANDARD OF FITNESS

The essence of this model is the view that fitness is about performing well at any and every task imaginable. This model suggests that your fitness can be measured by your capacity to perform well at these tasks in relation to other individuals.

The implication here is that fitness requires an ability to perform well at all tasks, even unfamiliar tasks, tasks combined in infinitely varying combinations. In practice this encourages the athlete to disinvest in any set notions of sets, rest periods, reps, exercises, order of exercises, routines, periodization, etc.

THE THIRD CROSSFIT
STANDARD OF FITNESS

There are three metabolic pathways that provide the energy for all human action.

Total fitness, the fitness that CrossFit promotes and develops, requires competency and training in each of these three pathways or engines.

Balancing the effects of these three pathways largely determines the how and why of the metabolic conditioning or “cardio” that we do at CrossFit.

Favoring one or two to the exclusion of the others and not recognising the impact of excessive training in the oxidative pathway are arguably the two most common faults in fitness training.

 

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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Are you struggling to tone up?
Most people get extremely disappointed when they've been putting in the hard yards at the gym and aren't seeing the result reflected in their physique. Often, this is due to a lack of understanding regarding correct nutrition. Put simply, if your nutritional practices are sub-par, increasing your activity levels won't make a marked difference.

One trap that often occurs is the continuation of habitual eating that is not as healthy as it might be (and sometimes is actually very unhealthy). To continue following bad dietary practices is sheer folly. All of your fitness training efforts will be eroded by your bad diet.

There is no doubt that making significant changes to your diet can be difficult. These difficulties can be overcome by simply applying yourself. You do it in the gym, so why not outside it?

Read our e-book "The hierarchy of health & fitness" to learn more about the importance of diet, exercise (and sleep).

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