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75 - to Crossfit or not to Crossfit
Episode 75

75 - to Crossfit or not to Crossfit

Endurance Innovation

October 22, 202045m 55sExplicit

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Show Notes

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  • 1:00 why Andrew does Crossfit
  • 5:45 the initial experience
  • 10:00 Andrew’s one reservation
  • 10:45 going to gyms in the era of COVID
  • 13:00 Michael weighs in on the value of group strength training
  • 14:30 Michael is not a fan of Crossfit for endurance athletes
  • 15:15 during the end of Crossfit classes, the ‘Workout of the Day’ requires completing highly technical, loaded movements when under extreme fatigue AND without possibly having the necessary skill at that movement. This is a recipe for injury. This is a high risk / low reward activity.
  • 23:00 WOD / bootcamps tend to emphasize the glycolytic metabolic pathway, which is not what MOST endurance athletes need 
  • 25:00 psychological benefits of all-out exercise
  • 27:30 the case against frequent, all-out exercise bouts. The time to recover is not worth the training stimulus

Topics

triathloncrossfitendurance