http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videolib/init/5302
This was a really interesting video of folks who don't do CrossFit style stuff, being asked to. They are fitness professionals, but weirdly uncomfortable doing a short, intense workout with complex movements. That said, it was a gutsy move that they accepted the challenge to do this on a public stage.
My compliments to Jillian - she didn't "crush"this workout by any means, but she at least got the concept of force production using the hips; they other guy was almost comic in his inability to grasp how to do sumo deadlift high pulls. Jillian, though, was not as impressive with the push presses - that is a weight that my beginner client could smoke.
That folks can be fitness professionals, but totally unable to understand effective force generation, and also be unable to work at high intensity for short intervals, that CrossFit has made the impact in the fitness world that it has. They look good, they are lean, presumably they are healthy - but if they had to use their bodies to get work done, would you want them on your team? Likewise, as you choose how to invest your fitness hours, do you want to look good but be relatively low in work capacity, or would it better to chase work capacity headlong - and as a bonus, look like CrossFitters do?
As the saying goes, "you pays your money, you takes your chances."
This was a really interesting video of folks who don't do CrossFit style stuff, being asked to. They are fitness professionals, but weirdly uncomfortable doing a short, intense workout with complex movements. That said, it was a gutsy move that they accepted the challenge to do this on a public stage.
My compliments to Jillian - she didn't "crush"this workout by any means, but she at least got the concept of force production using the hips; they other guy was almost comic in his inability to grasp how to do sumo deadlift high pulls. Jillian, though, was not as impressive with the push presses - that is a weight that my beginner client could smoke.
That folks can be fitness professionals, but totally unable to understand effective force generation, and also be unable to work at high intensity for short intervals, that CrossFit has made the impact in the fitness world that it has. They look good, they are lean, presumably they are healthy - but if they had to use their bodies to get work done, would you want them on your team? Likewise, as you choose how to invest your fitness hours, do you want to look good but be relatively low in work capacity, or would it better to chase work capacity headlong - and as a bonus, look like CrossFitters do?
As the saying goes, "you pays your money, you takes your chances."
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