Come on out to the SATURDAY CLASSES AT 9 & 10am. These will be the only classes that day.
“…but CrossFit doesn’t incorporate cardio…”
For time:
Run 1 mile immediately followed by
200 sumo deadlift high pull – 45 lbs
“CrossFit Endurance Swimming: Hand Lead” with Chris Michelmore and Brian Nabeta, CrossFit Journal preview video [wmv] [mov]
Interview: Coach Greg Glassman – Read entire interview here.
CrossFit Journal: What about aerobic conditioning?
Coach Glassman: I know you’re messing with me – trying to get me going. Look, why is it that a 20 minute bout on the stationery bike at 165 bpm is held by the public to be good cardio vascular work, whereas a mixed mode workout keeping athletes between 165-195 bpm for twenty minutes inspires the question, ”what about aerobic Conditioning?” For the record, the aerobic conditioning developed by CrossFit is not only high-level, but more importantly, it is more useful than the aerobic conditioning that comes from regimens comprised entirely of monostructural elements like cycling, running, or rowing. Now that should start some fires! Put one of our guys in a gravel shoveling competition with a pro cyclist and our guy smokes the cyclist. Neither guy trains by shoveling gravel, why does the CrossFit guy dominate? Because CrossFit’s workouts better model high demand functional activities. Think about it – a circuit of wall ball, lunges and deadlift/highpull at max heart rate better matches more activities than does cycling at any heart rate.
