Sunday, December 27, 2009

CrossFit Sydney "Adaptations"

CrossFit Conditioning
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Function Intensity Variety
Fitness@CrossFitSydney.com.au






CFHQ WOD

Snatch
1-1-1-1-1

Record Loads

ENDURANCE WOD

Choose ONE of The Following Sports:

Swim, Bike, Run C2

3 Rounds of:

5 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 10 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 30 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 15 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 25 seconds on, 10 seconds off

STRENGTH WOD


Back squat
83% x 3 x 5

Snatch deadlift
103% x 3 x 3

Push press
76% x 5 x 5

3 sets:
A1. Pull-ups x 8; 21X0; add weight each set as needed to hit reps; 1 min rest
A2. GHB sit-ups x max consecutive; 2010; NO failed reps; 2 min rest

Adaptations

What we’ve discovered is that CrossFit increases work capacity across broad time and modal domains. This is a discovery of great import and has come to motivate our programming and refocus our efforts. This far-reaching increase in work capacity supports our initially stated aims of building a broad, general, and inclusive fitness program. It also explains the wide variety of sport demands met by CrossFit as evidenced by our deep penetration among diverse sports and endeavors.

We’ve come to see increased work capacity as the holy grail of performance improvement and all other common metrics like VO2 max, lactate threshold, body composition, and even strength and flexibility as being correlates—derivatives, even.

We’d not trade improvements in any other fitness metric for a decrease in work capacity.

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