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July 20, 2007
Rowing Clinic August 11
Rowing Clinic on August 11
Just want to give you all a heads-up...
We're planning on holding a rowing clinic here at CrossFit Oakland on Saturday, August 11. This will be the perfect opportunity to either learn or enhance your rowing technique, which will enable you to increase your power output on the rower, which will lead to greater fitness (funny how that works, eh?).
The Concept2 ergometer is the only "machine" we have at CrossFit Oakland. It's indispensable to developing well-rounded fitness and should be a part of your general conditioning program. It shouldn't be something that you just do, it should be something at which you become proficient.
We'll post more details on the clinic in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
Another Cool Parkour Video
Kathleen from Krav Maga San Francisco turned me on to this sweet video.
Enjoy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vpU_TZVlEr4
Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome
Ever wonder what goes on when you train? Well, that's kind of a loaded question, actually, since lots of things go on. But at the most basic level, your body has a physical stress imposed upon it (think lifting a heavy weight, doing Cindy, etc.). And then your body adapts to that stressor.
This theory, simple as it may sound, was first formalized by Hans Selye in 1936.
Hopefully, if you've done a workout right, the amount of stress will be just right: not too small such that no adaptation response is stimulated and not too large such that the body is overstressed.
The following blog entry gives a nice overview of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome:
http://stronglifts.com/general-adaptation-syndrome-hans-selyes-stress-model/
Oh, and credit to Mark Rippetoe for turning me onto Selye's model in his book (along with Lon Kilgore) Practical Programming.
So not only do your CrossFit workouts produce a training response (and hopefully a favorable adaptation), you have to continue to improve on them to see continued results. And thus the stopwatch, journal, whiteboard, etc. that we employ at CrossFit Oakland. All so that you can keep track of what you've done and determine what you need to do.
Post to Comments any methods you use to determine whether you've been overstressed by a workout.
Posted by Mike Minium at July 20, 2007 8:25 PM
Comments
Sweet video.
Posted by: Shira at July 20, 2007 10:28 PM
Tnx for the linkback Mike.
Great blog you have here btw. Cool info, I'll be following your writing.
Posted by: Mehdi at July 21, 2007 1:14 AM
If I have muscle pains for the next three days, and I shuffle around like an old man, I've been overstressed by a workout. This happened the last time I did "Murph".
Posted by: Sam L at July 21, 2007 8:56 AM
FGB almost killed me today! J thanks for the kind words and coaching.
Posted by: Franklin O at July 21, 2007 7:29 PM
I'm wiped out. I'm so glad tomorrow's a rest day!
Posted by: Mike Minium at July 21, 2007 9:28 PM
yeah, that was rough. it was a great crowd today, though. good work everyone.
Franklin, any time!
Posted by: Jonathan at July 21, 2007 11:34 PM