Understanding Cross Fit Flashcards
What 5 main things make up Cross Fit?
AIMS PRESCRIPTION METHODOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION ADAPTATION
What is the AIM of Cross Fit?
To make a broad, general and inclusive fitness.
To prepare athletes for any physical contingency - preparing them not for the unknown, but the unknowable.
In short, our specialty is not specialising.
What does PRESCRIPTION mean in Cross Fit?
Cross Fit is:
“Constantly varied, high intensity functional movement”.
This is our prescription.
What are “functional movements?”
Universal motor recruitment patterns.
They are preformed in a wave of contraction from core to extremity; and they are called “compound movements.”
What 3 things make functional movements produce high power?
LOAD
DISTANCE
SPEED
What is the Methodology of Cross Fit described as being?
Empirical.
What are the 3 most important facets to evaluate any fitness program?
SAFETY
EFFICACY
EFFICIENCY
What is the term used to describe a program supported by measurable, observable or repeatable data?
Evidence based fitness.
What does IMPLEMENTATION mean in Cross Fit?
keeping accurate scores, and precisely defining the rules.
we not only motivate unprecedented output but derive both relative and absolute metrics at every workout; this data has important value well beyond motivation.
The meaning of ADAPTATION in Cross Fit?
Our commitment to:
Evidence based fitness
Publicly posting performance data
Co-developing our program collaborating with coaches
Our open source charter in general
Helps to learn precisely and accurately, about the adaptations elicited by CrossFit programming.
What does the ADAPTATION in Cross Fit explain?
The wide variety of sport demands met by CrossFit, as evidenced by our deep penetration among diverse sports and endeavours.
Seeing improvement in other metrics like:
- VO2 max
- Lactate threshold
- Body composition
- Strength and flexibility
What ultimately is Cross Fit?
CrossFit is an open-source engine where coaches, trainers, and athletes can collectively advance the art and science of optimizing human performance.
