1. What is the
To increase an individual's competency and abilities at all physical tasks
main goal of
Crossfit?
2. What are the -Cardiovascular endurance: Ability of a body system to gather, deliver, and
10 fitness utilize oxygen
domains -Stamina: Ability of body processes to process, deliver, store, and utilize
Crossfit can energy systems
im- prove? -Strength: Ability of a muscle joint, or multiple muscular units, to apply
What are force
their -Flexibility: Ability to maximize ROM at a given joint
definitions? -Power: Ability of a muscle unit, or multiple muscular units, to apply force
over time
-Speed: The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement
-Coordination: Ability to combine several movement patterns into a distinct
move- ment
-Agility: ability to minimze transition time from one movement pattern to
another
-Balance: Ability to place center of gravity in relation to base of support
-Accuracy: Ability to control movement in a given direction at a given
intensity
3. How is Crossfit dif-Crossfit utilizes high-intensity compound movements and workouts
that are geared
ferent from typ- 5. What does "Core Strength and
ical training
ap- proaches?
4. What are the
main
exercises and
training prac-
tices at
Crossfit?
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o increase overall athletic movements, olympic lifts, some isometric movements, and sports
performance. More holistic activities
than specialized isolated
exercise
senses of the word Core:
Metabolic conditioning, gymnastic 1. The workouts and exercises of crossfit are the core backbone of
any athletic
Conditioning Pro- endeavor
gram" Mean? 2. It's literally exercising for your core (abs) and the functional axis of the
body
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6. In Crossfit's They believe that fitness and health are about the same thing. There are
view, why is 3 types of ways your health can be: Sick, normal, or above normal. If
there so much your athletics are above normal, your amount of health will be above
disease?
normal and your chance of sickness and disease will be low
Anywhere from 45 minutes- 1 hour 5-6 days a week. Additional time
7. What is the
isn't necessary if your training is high-intensity. More training and
opti- mal
practice per day could be spent
training fre-
quency and dura- on specific skills for sports
tion in Crossfit?
8. Is aerobic vs 12. How does Cross- fit use functional
anaerobic movement?
exer- cise
more impor-
tant?
9. What is
adap- tion's
role in
Crossfit?
10. What affect
does Crossfit
have on neu-
roendocrine
re- sponse?
11. What is
Cross-training
and does
Crossfit utilize
it?