How do you tell someone unfamiliar with CrossFit how your workout is typically under 20 Minutes?
Many people are still caught up in the typical gym atmosphere believing they must workout for hours a day for elite fitness. Greg Glassman once said, "Be impressed by intensity not volume." Basically, he meant duration and weight does not mean jack if your not improving work capacity over time. Sitting on the elliptical for 30 minutes at 60% sub-maximal heart rate day after day will never compare to the benefits of running a mile as hard as possible weekly while comparing data. Three sets of 10 repetitions, torching a small muscle group will never come close to a 1 rep max multi-joint movement like the back squat.
CrossFit is redefining fitness, it is becoming more than just a program. It is changing science and the future of performance training. The army say's "be all you can be" I say "train hard, real freaking hard." Just tell your friends the same.
WOD
5 Minutes max reps of:
Clean and Jerk 95/65
* Hit is as hard as possible
* Compare to May 8th 2009
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