NIraq2TransForm’s BodyBlog

So I decided to change up my workout routine somewhat.  I’m a nite owl, and thus 11pm bed time, albeit still early, is more conducive to my choices.  I also hate mornings.  Therefore, lunch seems PERFECT time to workout.  A quick walk from work - to my base housing dorm- to gym is a short diatnce and time.  Additionally, I find I’m more energized after having a proprtional breakfast and oatmeal as a late afternoon snack that ebergizes me before a lunch workout.  Todays’ workout, as always, was quite CrossFit friendly.

10 minute warm up on treadmill at 6.3

Stretch

3 mins interval sprints -  no rhyme or reason, just anywhere from 6.3, 9.0 for various time periouds until I get to 3 minutes, then:

15 X push presses @ 70 lbs

15 X push ups

6 rounds = 23 minutes

Holy workout fitness folks! I STILL feel my body burning calories and its almost 6 hours later.  So what is fitness? This is my central question, and the best answer I have heard comes from Greg Glassman, ‘Fitness is for an athlete an increased work capacity (loads, weights, reps) across broad times (short, medium, and long ranges) and modal domains (multiple activities - deadlifts, box jumps, jump rope, pull ups, etc).’ 

What I want is a great physique but not at the expense of suffering fitness.  Why look like Arnie if I can’t sprint fast for 800 meters and immediately do 50 push ups?  What does it matter if I can deadlift 400 pounds but not be able to run 3 miles in under 27 minutes?  Why swim 1200 meters but be able to squat more than 150 pounds?  Is a an IronMan winner really that fit when he cna not even perform 20 push ups or deadlift 150 pounds?  Maybe he has great endurance- but where is his agility, speed, power, and strength? Are these also not pathways of fitness?  If an Olympic weighlifter can deadlift 850 pounds but not even finish a 4 mile run, is he fit? It would seem he lacks endurance and stamina?

So who is REALLY fit?  I look at gymnats and they are FIT! Awesome physiques, stunning flexibility and speed, massive power and strength, combined with ample stamina, endurance, and stamina. 

Therefore, what training will most likely imitate my every day life in a functional manner? A tria-thlete? Hardly.  An Olympic weightlifter? Not so much.  A gymnast? Much closer to what I’m seeking.  I still don’t know the answer, I think I may have found it, but I still need to test and re test this CrossFit methodology.  How is it possible for the fitness indistry to have mismanaged my perception of fitness for so long? grrrr, I thought I was smart..

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