General Physical Preparedness.
You can Crossfit for many reasons. Maybe you just want to exercise and get healthier. Maybe you want to lose weight. Maybe you like working out with cool like minded people. Maybe you are competitive by nature and you need to have a challenge on a regular basis. Maybe your job depends on you being prepared for the unknown......
I once read an article about Crossfit where the author was mocking us by saying Crossfit athletes were preparing for some superhuman feat that they might not ever have to face. Sure, I might live my entire life and never need to perform a heroic act....or, I might have to perform several in one day. Who knows? We know not what life has in store for us tomorrow. A mom or dad might have to save their family from a house fire. A teacher might have to protect his/her students from some heinous act of school violence. A firefighter or police officer may go to work tomorrow and not return home to their loved ones.
General physical preparedness is no guarantee for success. Crossfitters are not superheroes. That being said, I wholeheartedly believe that Crossfit athletes are better prepared both physically and mentally for whatever life may throw at them. When you train hard across broad time and modal domains, you are better suited to handle life's simple demands to the extraordinairy feats.
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WOD 6/25/2009
"Finish What You Started"
Complete the following for time:
- Run 400m
- 30 squats
- Run 400m
- 30 lunge steps
- Run 400m
- 30 overhead squats (with dowel)
- Run 400m
- 30 lunge steps
- Run 400m
- 30 squats
- Run 400m
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Freaking awesome! Those are my boys on the SWAT team! Looking good guys!
Freddy, love this programming!! Running, squats, and lunges??? Yah! Leg thrasher! lol. Looking forward to it!
I agree, GPP, through Crossfit training is definitely a must have for anyone. We never know what life's going to throw at us. Why take it lying down? Be ready for whatever, whenever! We shouldn't just think of surviving a challenge, we should do what we need to overcome it and win. Being physically prepared helps us also to be mentally prepared. Mind and body as one.
Posted by: cheryl | June 25, 2009 at 04:20
DAMN! Those H&K UMP 45's are so sexy! Nice PIC
Posted by: TangoRomeo m/22/5'10/160 | June 25, 2009 at 04:42
Great freaking post!!!!!!
Posted by: Alex | June 25, 2009 at 04:52
Great post Freddy. Just last week I had to go over about 4 fences on an alarm. Before I started crossfit I would have dreaded trying to get my fat ass over each fence. Last week I noticed climbing them was easier, I had more flexibility and it even found it fun. I'm nowhere near ninja status yet... But I'm workin on it.
Posted by: Chris | June 25, 2009 at 05:38
It's better to be prepared for possibilities than for probabilities
Posted by: brad | June 25, 2009 at 08:49
Well said. Nice post, Freddy.
Posted by: Mel | June 25, 2009 at 09:28
I would add that Crossfit can reach a level of spirituality well beyond the mind and body.
And I am a super hero..
They call me "Captain Save a Ho" I'm Captain save em' all day
=)
Posted by: Lancaster | June 25, 2009 at 10:00
It is better to have the means and not the need, than to have the need and not the means. This is what cross fit is to me.
Posted by: Patrick | June 25, 2009 at 10:23
Great post Freddy!!! To me being prepared is a life mission not a sacrifice. Throughout life getting prepared is what we do. From conception, our parents prepare to give the ultimate sacrifice in making sure we have the necessities of life. Once we leave the nest, the hope is that we have the skills to continue to prepare ourselves for whatever life has to offer. Life is not robotic nor is it one dimensional. Being prepared is a constant work in progress because life is not constant it is ever changing. If you prepare yourself for the outcome of one thing then you have failed to prepare. Life is a big circle of preparedness. We will spend or should spend a lifetime preparing..If you don't I think you will be stuck in a time warp because everything else around you is changing. A superhero, I might be one day. A fit person: I am today; however, it is a constant work in progress. Evolve and prepare!!! We owe it to ourselves!!!
Posted by: Jamie P | June 25, 2009 at 10:26
Why did they give Freddy the "small" gun????
Posted by: Marty | June 25, 2009 at 13:27
Wow Jamie, very well stated. I'm creating a poster or something out of that.
Posted by: Will | June 25, 2009 at 13:57
Nicely said, freddy.
I couldn't feel my quads or lungs after that wod........
Posted by: Mary | June 25, 2009 at 15:10
No Marty the question is: Why did they give Freddy a gun!
Love today's post.
Posted by: Jason K. | June 25, 2009 at 15:45
Why is that guy resting his foregrip on the other guy's helmet? O.o
Posted by: James | June 25, 2009 at 16:05
Great post Freddy
Call me crazy but I loved that wod!! Thanks for pushing me Jamie :-)
Posted by: Heather | June 25, 2009 at 16:24
Excellent post, Freddy!
When shit hits the fan, you want to be in the best physical and mental shape you can be in.
Jamie, your a scary philosophical kick ass, croc wearing chick! It was nice to get a huge hug from you today!
And, of course Heather and Jamie loved the wod today! The evil twin and I were watching two cheetahs vying to see who was going to be top dog...er...cat!
Posted by: maria | June 25, 2009 at 16:59
Great Post Freddy! Brit :)
Posted by: Jon and Brit | June 25, 2009 at 17:49
Well said Freddy. As a LEO and swat operator I couldn't agree more with you. The gym I attend (Cynergy Crossfit, MA) has everyone from soccer moms, grandparents, fire fighters, cops, swat memembers and they all pure their heart and soul into each WOD. You just never know when you will need it.
Posted by: Dennis A. | June 29, 2009 at 06:09