High intensity workouts are lots of fun and you can reap great
benefits from them. It’s these high intensity workouts that has
given CrossFit such notoriety. Unfortunately there is also a
dark side to this kind of training. High intensity workouts
especially if they last more than fifteen minutes, can take a toll
on ones body without proper rest intervals.
Sometimes that rest needs to be just that, a complete break
from exercise but usually just slowing things down a bit will
suffice. You could do a slower paced strength workout or a
workout that has rest periods between short medium intensity
work periods also works nicely. I recently posted just such a
workout and it was not scored or tracked on the white board
except for names, everyone was able to relax a little and
slow down a bit.
I was actually surprised at how many students commented
that they enjoyed being able to slow down and
not feel like they needed to leave everything on the floor. I
actually had a coach tell me that they felt everyone should
be crushing themselves five days a week in CrossFit, I
think most people should be doing CrossFit four to five
times per week but not crushing themselves everyday
How about injuries? Well going to high on the intensity
meter before developing the proper skill and basic strength
can be a recipe for disaster. We encourage our clients to
learn the basic skills and continue to develop those skills
so they can get as much out of CrossFit as possible. I
encourage everyone to take advantage of all of the
supporting classes offered at CFM. We have a world class
Olympic lifter behind our Olympic lifting program and our
Kettlebell program is headed by the most qualified Girevoy
coach in the central valley. Starting next week our
beginning will be basic strength and skill development
classes, be sure to check the schedule for times and
keep an eye on this blog for the posted strength / skill
WOD’s.
Patrick Mcaninch Showing Off His Mad Magician Skills
Workout Of The Day
Weighted Dips (ring or bar)
5-5-3-3-1
MetCon:
50 Sit Ups
Karen:150 WallBalls
50 back extensions
