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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

10/20/2010

Off-day/Make-up day

The Sickness-Wellness-Fitness Continuum, courtesy of CrossFit:


As explained to us from our friends at Ultimate CrossFit:

sickness < wellness < FITNESS

Those on the far left of this diagram tend to be sedentary and suffer from chronic disease. People who fall further to the right live and enjoy a more productive and fruitful life. Simple “wellness” isn’t enough; wellness equates to mediocrity. A balanced diet and workout regimen allows for optimal health & fitness and guards against sickness. If you are fit, you first have to get well before you can get sick. Fitness provides a margin of protection against sickness. We want to push as far to the right as possible.

The following quote goes well with this diagram:

“…we have NOT spent the last 65 million or so years finely honing our physiology to watch Oprah. Like it or not, we are the product of a very long process of adaptation to a harsh physical existence, and the past couple centuries of comparative ease and plenty are not enough time to change our genome. We humans are at our best when our existence mirrors, or at least simulates, the one we are still genetically adapted to live. And that is the purpose of exercise.”

~ Mark Rippetoe, CSCS, owner and general manager of Wichita Falls Athletic Club, CrossFit Wichita Falls, and Performance Sports Conditioning

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