Connection: In a regular big box gym, you’re generally walking around with headphones in, not really communicating with anyone. At Crossift, everyone is on the same page. Either they’re doing the exact same workout as you, or they’ve similar goals and mindset.
If you need some equipment, you’ve got it for as long as you need, since everyone at Crossfit understands the aims of the workouts. Plus, you’ll always have a motivational buddy or spotter during your workouts.
(Printed in the Sept 2007 copy of Irish Fighter)
Aside from the obvious health benefits of conditioning and staying fit, martial artists in particular need to forge a high level of fitness and conditioning. For the purposes of this article (and I’ll admit it’s a gross over simplification) we’ll devide the martial arts world into two categories: competitive and self defence in nature.
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What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this
–Epictetus
If you’re not an athlete or sportsperson, competing week in week out and just living your life, do you really need such a program as Crossfit? Yes!
The overall health benefits and quality of life you enjoy when fit cannot be denied. 80-year-old athletes are stronger than non-athletes in their prime at 25 years old. If you think that strength isn’t important consider that strength loss is what puts people in nursing homes. Athletes have greater bone density, stronger immune systems, less coronary heart disease, reduced cancer risk, fewer strokes, and less depression than non-athletes. Continue reading
The needs for people involved in sport to condition themselves should be understood by everyone. Since you don’t get fit by playing sports, but rather get fit in order to play sports, the question really becomes how best to prepare ourselves for performance in sport. Fitness has ten physical components: cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, strength, stamina, coordination, agility, flexibility, balance, accuracy and power. It is also the ability to do a wide range or tasks and also the utilization of the body’s three energy pathways.
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Hey,
Crossfit Ireland will officially open it’s doors on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 7pm. We’re still a work in progress but everyday we’re making the facility and training better and better.
If anyone wants to sample the Crossfit experience before then, please email info@crossfit.ie or call 086-8151092.
Colm