CrossFit Level 3 Flashcards
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Define Cardio Vascular/Respiratory Endurance
The ability of body systems to
gather, process, and deliver oxygen.
Define Stamina
The ability of body systems
to process, deliver, store, and
utilize energy.
Define Strength
The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units,
to apply force
Define Flexibility
The ability to maximize
the range of motion at a given joint.
Define Power
The ability of a muscular
unit, or combination of muscular units,
to apply maximum force in minimum
time.
Define Speed
The ability to minimize the
time cycle of a repeated movement.
Define Coordination
The ability to combine
several distinct movement patterns
into a singular distinct movement.
Define Agility
The ability to minimize
transition time from one movement
pattern to another.
Define Balance
The ability to control the
placement of the bodies center of
gravity in relation to its support base.
Define Accuracy
The ability to control
movement in a given direction or at a
given intensity.
Main Metabolic Pathways
- Phosphogen
/Phosphocreatine - High Power/Short Duration (Anaerobic) - Lactic Acid/ Glycolytic- Moderate Power/Moderate Duration
(Anaerobic) - Oxidative/Aerobic - Low power/Long Duration (Aerobic)
Crossfit’s 3 Dimensional Definition of Fitness
Plots Fitness on a graph with Power and duration as the factors and
then adds Age to create a 3D graph plotting health. Leads to the
Sickness/Wellness/Fitness model
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 (clean and jerk), and snatch.
Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pullups,
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.
What is Training?
✅ activity that improves
performance
through a measurable organic change
in the body.
What standards improve through “Training”?
(General physical skills)
endurance, stamina, strength, and flexibility come about through
training
What standards improve through “Practice”?
coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy come about
through practice.
What is Practice?
activity that improves
performance through changes in the
nervous system.
What standards are improved by both Training and Practice?
Power and Speed
How do we control the dominant metabolic pathway conditioned when
Interval training
✅ We can control the dominant
metabolic pathway conditioned by varying the duration of the work
and rest interval and number of repetitions. Note- Interval training
should be be the bulk of interval training
What is Sport?
The application of Fitness in
an atmosphere of competition and mastery
The Theoretical Hierarchy of the
Development of an Athlete.
SPORT
WEIGHTLIFTING & THROWING
GYMNASTICS
METABOLIC CONDITIONING
NUTRITION
Define CrossFit
constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement
Characteristics of functional movement -
universal motor recruitment patterns
essential
safe
compound yet irreducible
core to extremity
high power producing
Calculate Work and Plot Graph of work capacity -
force x distance
graph:
vertical axis = power
horizontal axis = time