Rest Day Read: January 25, 2010

Fam-Fit
Rest Day Read (SR-6)
CrossFit Foundations
"CrossFit is a core strength and conditioning program. We have designed our program to elicit as broad an adaptational response as possible. CrossFit is not a specialized fitness program but a deliberate attempt to optimize physical competience in each of ten recognized fitness domains. They are Cardiovascular and Respiratory endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance and Accuracy."

In the day and age of specialized fitness and specialized sports training, the idea of General Physical Preparedness (GPP) has been pushed to the back corner of the closet. Preparing the body to handle any physical challenge you choose or desire to subject it to is probably the core definition of being physically "fit". Sure there are certain sport specific things that need to be done, but the heart and soul of any fitness and training program should be GPP centered. This is probably the magic of what the Glassman's rekindled with CrossFit, which has now radiated throughout many other popular training programs, the popular infomercial-heavy P90X to name one. Hopefully, as CrossFit becomes more popular and grows it will never stray from its central dogma of GPP and the tenets set in this CrossFit Foundations paper.