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March 9, 2007
What About Cardio?
Charles Lightfoot
For those new to CrossFit--the absolute genius of the programming may not be immediately apparent. New athletes may wonder, "but what about cardio?"...
For those of you who have silently brooded, curiously wondered or just plain asked aloud, this is for you:
-Excerpt from CFJ Issue 22:
"The CrossFit approach to fitness has proven to be a highly effective general physical preparation for training and competition for ultra endurance (alpining), endurance (triathlon), power endurance (rugby and martial arts), power (skiing), and ultra-power (throwing and weightlifting events). In the domain of unknown/unknowable physical demands (police, military, fire personnel) the CrossFit approach to fitness is peerless. In every environment our athletes not only perform well they DO NOT GAS.
Summarizing, CrossFit trained athletes are prepared for the cardiorespiratory demands of any activity and traditional endurance athletes are not. This leads us to the inescapable conclusion that cardiorespiratory fitness possesses a breadth and depth, depth being the cardiorespiratory capacity and breadth its measure across multiple modalities."
CrossFit Journal, Issue Twenty-Two, is available for you to read at CFO. Ask and you shall receive.
Posted by Nicole Okumu at March 9, 2007 8:01 PM