What Is Crossfit? Flashcards
What is CrossFit?
Constantly Varied Functional Movements executed at High Intensity
Characteristics of functional movements
Universal motor recruitment patterns, safe, core to extremity, high-power producing
Most important characteristic of functional movements
Capacity to move large loads over long distances, and to do so quickly
Define work
Ability to perform real physical work
Calculate work
Force x Distance.
Define Power
Power = Intensity
Calculate Power
Force x Distance(work) / Time
How do relative changes in force, distance and time change power output?
100 pounds moved 20ft in 1 min= 2000ib ft/min
100 pounds moved 20ft in 10 min= 200ib ft/min
10pounds moved 20ft in 1 min=200ib ft/min
What are the two types of intensity?
Absolute Intensity, Relative Intensity
How is intensity related to power?
Intensity = Power
Define variance
Broad, general, inclusive. Prep for random physical challenges, unknown and unknowable.
Define General Physical Preparedness (GPP)
Broad foundational fitness level that then can be converted and applied throughout a wide range of tasks
Define relative intensity
Physical and psychiological tolerance
Define high intensity
A number equal to your power output
Define Functional movement
Ability to move large loads, long distances, quickly
High force moving outword from core to limbs
Core to extremity
Describe intensity and how it is related to power:
Power = Intensity. Intensity is the independent variable commonly associated with max favorable adaption to exercise.
Articulate the relationship between intensity and results:
Training with high intensity will produce more of the results we seek more quickly
Explain the concept of ‘failing at the margins of your experience’ and how it relates to variance in CrossFit:
Constant variance prepares you at your margins of experience to prevent failure at margins of experience.
Articulate the difference between specialization and CrossFit:
Specializations focusing on special skills and CF is variance.
