CrossFit Games... Fittest Alive or Best at Exercising?
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ThunderHorse
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Digs...good post. As far as fittest athletes...I'd like to see Tim Kennedy try XFit games one year...just to see where he'd be? Because that man is an animal and just trains so crazy. He's SF, so he made that selection and Q Course and then did it "over there." Now he fights full time, when he's in fight camp he does three a day workouts, when he's just training he's doing two a days, one of those workouts would crush most of the guys I know that call the gym home. Prior to his last fight he was training at Trauma Crossfit in Round Rock...which is not a high performance gym at all...but he trains everywhere adding personal knowledge.
And then add that he turned down an appearance on Top Chef and Grillmasters right before UFC 162.
Also...how is a 100 meter overhead lunge walk and 100 meter hand stand walk functional fitness?
And then add that he turned down an appearance on Top Chef and Grillmasters right before UFC 162.
Also...how is a 100 meter overhead lunge walk and 100 meter hand stand walk functional fitness?
It's as opposed to doing curls in the mirror. Beach buff as opposed to synergistic exercises designed not only to build muscle but also to recruit multiple muscle groups and at a high enough intensity that you get some cardio at the same time- not to mention flexibility and coordination. Lunges recruit multiple muscle groups, require balance and coordination, and when done within the context of a wod, will keep the heart rate up pretty high. There's also stressing of cartlige and ligaments that makes them stronger over time. Same thing with hand walking, bear crawls, etc.
You'll never use handstands to save your life, but the balance and strength that comes from using all those muscle groups at the same time could definitely be helpful.
In a way, CrossFit is kind of a modern backlash against bodybuilding.
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Yeah, Tim Kennedy is pretty open about the fact that he uses CrossFit as a mode of training. Don't confuse the programming you see for the everyday person trying to get better and the programming you see for a competitive athlete, they are vastly different.
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I probably should have worded that better, he wouldn't be following the Crossfit HQ or programming template that you'd see in a normal box.
All his programming would be individualised, training multiple times a day, addressing his own specific weaknesses as they come up etc. and given the level that he's at now, his work for improvements would go far beyond the basic Crossfit template. His training is completely sport specific, not the general GPP programming that Crossfit claims to be about.
Froning is a monster, I just wish some people wouldn't act like he's at that stage now by just trucking through a daily WOD up until Games season.
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Crossfit has brought things like Oly lifts, kettlebells, gymnast work, even the phrase "Strength and Conditioning" to the mainstream on such a scale, that most people would never have imagined.
They've got to be commended for that.
They've got to be commended for that.
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There's actually a post on Hit The Woodline about the concept behind strength taking precedence over endurance etc. in the military environment. It's actually a pretty good post and opened my eyes a bit about the whole training concept.
http://hitthewoodline.com/athletica/2013/6/9/military-and-special-operations-fitness
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I just wrote a long cunt of a post and lost it!
So I agree with one of his points (strength is important/vital even) and disagree with more. He is limiting his view to Iraq and Afghanistan, his theory wouldn't stand up a Vietnam/Borneo/Malaya/Rhodesia/South Africa/Falklands background.
Strength is good, but size just uses energy that cannot be replaced while truly patrolling, and reduces mobility.
As I said above, don't mistake the CF mainsite WOD or a local gym's daily WOD for the competitive programming. Two different things. Most well established CF gyms have programming for beginners, for the every day person who works out, and for the competitive athlete. Programming for a competitive athlete is rarely a one-a-day WOD, whether you are Rich Froning or not. They also have programming for football, gymnastics, endurance athletes, etc.
