10 GENERAL PHYSICAL SKILLS CrossFit recognizes 10 general physical skills as articulated by Jim Crawley and Bruce Evans of Dynamax (they make medicine balls). If your goal is optimum physical competence then all the general physical skills must be considered: 1. Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance – The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen. 2. Stamina – The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy. 3. Strength – The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force. 4. Flexibility – the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint. 5. Power – The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time. 6. Speed – The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement. 7. Coordination – The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement. 8. Agility – The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another. 9. Balance – The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base. 10. Accuracy – The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity. These 10 skills can be categorized as skills that progress through training (skills 1-4) and skills that progress through practice (skills 7-10) and skills that progress through a combination of both (skills 5 & 6). Training is considered physical adaptation to exercise stress, getting stronger and running longer. Training produces a physical change in the body like more muscle and a leaner frame. Practice is a neurological adaptation to exercise. This can be seen when an athlete acquires skills like double unders or kipping pull-ups. Power and speed are usually hallmarks of an exceptional athlete and take both training and practice to develop. We believe that you are only as fit as your weakest area of these 10 skills. Focusing on only a few of these general skills will impede your road to fitness and general health. From the beginning, the aim of CrossFit has been to forge a broad, general, and inclusive fitness. We seek to build a program that will best prepare trainees for any physical contingency—prepare them not only for the unknown but for the unknowable. Our prescription is “constantly varied, functional movement performed at high-intensity.” At Bronzeville CrossFit, any weakness in any of the above 10 qualities will be exposed and then, over time, improved upon. The end result is not only will you become a better overall athlete but you will also be in the best shape of your life!
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:00:08 +0000
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