World-Class Fitness in 100 Words:
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.
--Greg Glassman, CrossFit founder
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Questions:
ReplyDeleteWhy "some fruit"? I did not know you could eat too much fruit.
Regarding exercises:
What is C&J, snatch, and pirouettes?
Does he seriously think flips and splits are vital to world class fitness? I know plenty of world class athletes who cannot flip or do the splits.
BTW. I hit the gym hard today (not bragging, just want accountability, so ask me, please, how my workouts are doing). I ran a 7.0 mph mile, walked a mile, cycled, played basketball, and did a whole series of shoulder flies, tricep dips, bench presses, rows, pull up, calve lifts, hip presses and sat in steam room for a long time. I am loving the gym!)
ReplyDeleteC&J = Clean & Jerk
ReplyDeleteSnatch = Olympic lift where you lift the weight from ground to directly overhead. Do a youtube search and you'll see.
Pirouettes = Ballet move where you spin several times around on one leg.
Some fruit has no nutritional value at all. Watermelon comes to mind. So you have to be selective of which fruits you consume.
I would also comment that if you took 2 equal world class athletes, then generally speaking:
ReplyDeleteAthlete who can do flips and splits > athlete who cannot do flips and splits