April 22, 2007
CrossFit PT, by Greg Glassman - Dec 04 CFJ
Rising popularity of CrossFit within military and law enforcement circles has led to sufficient institutional and group adoption of our program to draw important lessons on the differences between traditional military PT and CrossFit PT. Some of the differences were wholly expected others were less expected but no less significant.
One glaring advantage with the adoption of CrossFit PT is improved fitness – dramatically improved fitness, but what is singularly unique about our program is the manner in which the improved fitness has been demonstrated. CrossFit PT has been measured against other PT programs by testing its adherent’s performance against the testing standards of the program it replaced! At first this may not seem significant but testing of traditional PT trained athletes against CrossFit-like demands produces more DNF’s on test day than above average performances.
One striking and important example of this is running. CrossFit programming calls for infrequent long distance runs and frequent sprints of 400 meters. Repeatedly, CrossFit has produced better long distance running times in head to head comparisons with programs where distance running is a staple. Better running times at less than 1/3 the volume has been the trend.
I've started sending this article around the Air Force this morning!
On Friday of last week, my commanding General asked me what it is that I do, and why it is that everyone at PT was talking about me and my fitness training program. I gave him the good news!
I had no idea how much people have noticed what I'm up to, or that they discuss amongst themselves that I'm whipping their asses at the gym when I show up and lead PT. Then again, when a skinny little blonde beats all the men in time, distance and amount of iron lifted, it's hard for the poor soft bellied fellers not to feel... umm... neutered.
I just got my first over 300 in Fight Gone Bad on Sunday! My training is still going vertical with no signs of tapering off. I love this stuff. Except for the evil clown that dogged my last FGB round and hung around giggling for about 15 minutes after the workout was done.
Thanks again!!
Semper CrossFit!!
