Comments on: Running, fitness, and CrossFit http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/07/running-fitness-and-crossfit/ Parker Morse writes about running Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:36:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/07/running-fitness-and-crossfit/comment-page-1/#comment-160 admin Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:04:36 +0000 http://www.flathillsroad.com/?p=207#comment-160 CrossFit does have its annual "Games" which are ranked, but they change the events every year, so the scores aren't comparable from year to year. Part of the idea, as I understand it, is that a truly "fit" individual will excel no matter what the challenge, and that an individual who suffers disproportionately in a given event or two (like a decathlete who couldn't pole vault) aren't truly fit. Darts rewards accuracy, figure skating agility and power, sumo strength, right? If I understand CrossFit, if it didn't help you with all three of those sports, CrossFit would need to improve its development of those areas. CrossFit does have its annual “Games” which are ranked, but they change the events every year, so the scores aren’t comparable from year to year. Part of the idea, as I understand it, is that a truly “fit” individual will excel no matter what the challenge, and that an individual who suffers disproportionately in a given event or two (like a decathlete who couldn’t pole vault) aren’t truly fit.

Darts rewards accuracy, figure skating agility and power, sumo strength, right? If I understand CrossFit, if it didn’t help you with all three of those sports, CrossFit would need to improve its development of those areas.

]]> By: Amby http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/07/running-fitness-and-crossfit/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Amby Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:43:11 +0000 http://www.flathillsroad.com/?p=207#comment-154 I would love to comment but I can't find any definitions for "reward," so I don't even know where to begin. Do the Cross Fit people define "reward"? With most sports, it's pretty clear the primary "reward" is a faster time, lower score, heavier lift or longer-higher jump, etc. Even sports like gymnastics and figure skating impose scores that aren't as immediately clear to the novice as a yardstick measurement. If Cross-Fit has its own measurable triathlon or decathlon, then it becomes a sport, and I would expect the training to "reward" the participant. If C-F doesn't use any measurement systems at all, then I'm not sure how we can gauge its effectiveness, which could be a way of saying they have a very smart marketing platform. Anyway, I don't want to be a specialist and get punished, so I'm currently aiming to improve in darts, figure skating, and sumo. Do you think C-F will reward me? I would love to comment but I can’t find any definitions for “reward,” so I don’t even know where to begin. Do the Cross Fit people define “reward”? With most sports, it’s pretty clear the primary “reward” is a faster time, lower score, heavier lift or longer-higher jump, etc. Even sports like gymnastics and figure skating impose scores that aren’t as immediately clear to the novice as a yardstick measurement. If Cross-Fit has its own measurable triathlon or decathlon, then it becomes a sport, and I would expect the training to “reward” the participant. If C-F doesn’t use any measurement systems at all, then I’m not sure how we can gauge its effectiveness, which could be a way of saying they have a very smart marketing platform. Anyway, I don’t want to be a specialist and get punished, so I’m currently aiming to improve in darts, figure skating, and sumo. Do you think C-F will reward me?

]]> By: A http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/07/running-fitness-and-crossfit/comment-page-1/#comment-134 A Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:49:11 +0000 http://www.flathillsroad.com/?p=207#comment-134 I agree with you on a basic level, but for most people, they're training for life, rather than for something specific. Training for one thing does make you better at that one thing, but also opens you up to injuries and weakness when you try to do another (and sometimes injuries from physical imbalances when you just do that one thing.) Since starting to do triathlons, and since incorporating one class of a yoga a week, I've felt better and had less pain when running than I ever did when all I was doing was running and rowing. I agree with you on a basic level, but for most people, they’re training for life, rather than for something specific. Training for one thing does make you better at that one thing, but also opens you up to injuries and weakness when you try to do another (and sometimes injuries from physical imbalances when you just do that one thing.) Since starting to do triathlons, and since incorporating one class of a yoga a week, I’ve felt better and had less pain when running than I ever did when all I was doing was running and rowing.

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