{"id":461,"date":"2012-06-01T06:15:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T06:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/optimumsportsperformance.com\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2019-01-19T23:25:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T23:25:41","slug":"training-crossfit-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimumsportsperformance.com\/blog\/training-crossfit-the-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Crossfit&#8230; the right way?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most everyone that reads this blog knows that I am not a fan of Crossfit. Now, there are some things that I do find intriguing about Crossfit \u2013 high levels of fitness\/work capacity, the ability to repeat strength challenges with minimal rest, and some of the overall adaptations that these people get when training in this manner \u2013 however,\u00a0when I look at what takes place on some of the youtube videos it makes me cringe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horrible form<\/li>\n<li>Olympic lifting for high reps<\/li>\n<li>Extremely intense\/stressfull workouts (workout of the day) multiple days a week without any understanding of how to modulate training intensity<\/li>\n<li>Did I mention horrible form?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyway, that being said, if there were a way to train for the Crossfit Games (the sport of fitness) I think that James Fitzgerald of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/optexperience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Optimum Performance Training<\/a>\u00a0has nailed it down. James won the first ever Crossfit Games and made a lot of the training mistakes that many still make today. The kicker though is that James is also one of the smartest exercise physiology people I know and saw the error of his ways and decided to figure out how to make training, preparing, and planning for a chaotic, ever changing, moving target environment like the Crossfit Games more sensible (without absolutely killing people). Going along with this process James is constantly developing testing methods and protocols as a means of\u00a0<em>\u201ctalent IDing\u201d<\/em>\u00a0individuals to determine what qualities give you the potential to excel in the sport of fitness.<\/p>\n<p>Last week James laid out some of his strength and conditioning principles in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/optexperience.com\/blog\/item\/may-25-2012\" target=\"_blank\">THIS<\/a>\u00a0article in his blog \u2013 scroll down below the picture and start reading where it says\u00a0<strong>A Guide To Good Strength and Conditioning Principles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are a frequent reader of this blog you may find a lot of James\u2019 message very congruent with things that I have discussed in the past regarding aerobic work, what he calls the\u00a0<em>CP Battery\u00a0<\/em>(which I have referred to as alactic-aerobic training), and some basic understanding of how to prepare someone for a bigger work capacity and fitness output.<\/p>\n<p>I think you\u2019ll enjoy the article and what it has to offer with regard to the principles and tenets James operates under. I have had the pleasure of sitting and talking shop with James and his assistant strength coach Max El-Hag on several occasions and find their ideas on training to be top notch and very well thought out. If you train Crossfit or you train people for Crossfit I would certainly pay attention to what they are doing or check out some of the certification courses they offer because for that fitness market I don\u2019t really\u00a0 know if anyone else is doing it better than these guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most everyone that reads this blog knows that I am not a fan of Crossfit. 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