| “There are at least 20,000 of you training in CrossFit boxes” |
This is an interesting article about Greg Glassman, who started CrossFit and how he is now looking to change the healthcare industry. Stew Fuller sent this my way. Stew's father-in-law, Alex Moore is a big CrossFit guy and so is Uncle Patton! It is long, but full of great information about fitness, nutrition and our broken healthcare system. Take some time to read it all!
Happy fit as a fiddle Friday,
Dad
P.S. Here is how Glassman answers the question, What's fit?
What’s fit? For powerlifters it’s picking up heavy stuff. For runners it’s quickly covering ground. For Glassman, fitness revolves around the skills humans have needed to hunt and gather for 2 million years. He identified ten in The CrossFit Journal in 2002: endurance, strength, stamina, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy. Glassman’s back-to-the-future fitness meant being ready for anything.
He condensed his thinking in his 100-word definition of fitness:
“Practice and train major lifts: deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pullups, dips, rope climb, pushups, situps, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc., hard and fast. Five or six days per week. Mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.”
