La forme ?
Qu’est-ce que la forme? Si Outside Magazine a couronné Mark Allen, six fois champion Ironman à Hawaii, homme le plus en forme au monde, que peut-on dire de Simon Poleman, sept fois champion de Nouvelle-Zélande de décathlon en plus d’être champion national dans plusieurs épreuves individuelles incluant le 100 mètres, le 110 mètres haies, le saut en longueur, le saut à la perche et le lancer du poids? Quoi dire encore d’Arnold Schwarzenegger, sept fois Mr. Olympia, incluant un titre 6 mois après être sorti de la retraite? La seule façon de juger de la forme est de commencer par en avoir une bonne définition. Plusieurs diront que le cardio en est une composante importante. Mais est-ce plus important que la force en général? Ou que la flexibilité? Ou la puissance? Ou est-ce plutôt une combinaison de tout ce qui précède?
Prenons le corps humain dans son ensemble et définissons sa fonction. Il est fait pour :
- courir sur de longue distance
- sprinter
- s’asseoir
- marcher
- sauter
- se lever
- ramper
- soulever une ou plusieurs charges
- ramer
- pratiquer des sports
- accélérer soudainement
- décélérer soudainement
- ramasser des objets sur le sol
- trébucher sur des objets
- combattre
- plonger
- user de dextérité
- etc.
Alors, si le corps humain est fait pour faire ces choses, pourquoi les athlètes pratiquant des activités cardiovasculaires sont-ils considérés comme les plus en forme? Ne devrions pas couronner l’athlète qui fait le mieux dans n'importe quelle situation? C’est ce que CrossFit amène à l’entraînement : un entraînement qui varie constamment, comme la vraie vie. Cet entraînement sera fait à haute intensité et il ne sera fait que de mouvements fonctionnels, et par fonctionnel, nous entendons le sens général, humain et actif, aucunement sédentaire. L’intensité fera en sorte que les calories soient brûlées, les mouvements fonctionnels de pleine amplitude feront en sorte de ne pas surtaxer vos articulations et la variation constante vous évitera les blessures de surentraînement et de sur-utilisation. La meilleure préparation générale dont vous pouvez rêver.
Fitness ?
What is fitness really ? If Outside Magazine crowned six-time winner Ironman triathlete Mark Allen the fittest man on earth, what can be said about Simon Poleman, seven-times New-Zealand national decathlete champion, as well as national champion in several individual events, including 100m sprint, 110m hurdles, long jump, pole vault, and shot put ? Or what could be said about Arnold Schwartzenegger, seven-time Mr. Olympia champion, including one 6 months only after coming back from retirement ? The only way to judge fitness is to have a good definition to begin with. Most will say cardiovascular performance is a big component of it. But is it more important than overall strength ? Or than flexibility ? Or power ? Or is it a combination of some of them ? Or is it a combination of it all ?
Let’s take the human body as a whole and define its function. It is made to :
- run long distances
- sprint;
- sit;
- walk;
- jump;
- lift itself up from a ledge;
- crawl;
- lift weight, not necessarily gym stuff;
- row;
- play sports;
- accelerate abruptly;
- decelerate abruptly;
- pick up something from the ground;
- trip over something;
- fight;
- dive;
- use dexterity;
- Etc.
So, if the human body is made to do such things, why is it that cardio athletes are revered as the fittest ones? Shouldn’t it be that those that can actually perform well in any situation be crowned the fittest ones? This is what CrossFit brings to training : the fact that your training will be, just as in real life, constantly varied. It will also make sure that it will be done at high intensity, and it will be made only of functional movements, and by functional, I mean it in the general human being way, and not in the sedentary way. The intensity will make sure that calories are burned, the functional movements in full range of motion will make sure that no joint gets injured, and the constant variation will make sure the athlete stays away from overtraining and overuse. It is the best general preparedness training you can find.
- run long distances
- sprint;
- sit;
- walk;
- jump;
- lift itself up from a ledge;
- crawl;
- lift weight, not necessarily gym stuff;
- row;
- play sports;
- accelerate abruptly;
- decelerate abruptly;
- pick up something from the ground;
- trip over something;
- fight;
- dive;
- use dexterity;
- Etc.
So, if the human body is made to do such things, why is it that cardio athletes are revered as the fittest ones? Shouldn’t it be that those that can actually perform well in any situation be crowned the fittest ones? This is what CrossFit brings to training : the fact that your training will be, just as in real life, constantly varied. It will also make sure that it will be done at high intensity, and it will be made only of functional movements, and by functional, I mean it in the general human being way, and not in the sedentary way. The intensity will make sure that calories are burned, the functional movements in full range of motion will make sure that no joint gets injured, and the constant variation will make sure the athlete stays away from overtraining and overuse. It is the best general preparedness training you can find.
