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I did insanity last summer. It definitely made me stronger but I felt like I strained my ACL....I've heard crossfit can be be just as tough on the joints and ligaments, for that reason I'm somewhat leery.
We got p90x3 at the start of summer but never really got going with it. Strainded a ligament in my elbow during the first week. Been wanting to do something and we are going to do a hybrid of p90x3 stuff and our own routines. My wife does like regimented exercises. We also are not morning people and time in the evening is tough. Excuses, excuses!
I've been super tempted but fear of injury and cost have kept me away.
How often are you going? Did you take the intro classes?
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The Crossfit Cult got you too
j/k
I've thought about it because I've never met anyone who tried it and didn't love it. I just can't get behind the value proposition. My Planet Fitness membership costs me $10 a month. I probably go 3 days a week and do yoga videos on the off days. So, my out of pocket expense on working out is maybe 50 cents per work out. Hard to make the leap from there to $15-20 a work out with Crossfit. I'm sure the group dynamic is fun and motivating. I'm sure their coaches would get me in much better shape than I'm doing on my own. I'm sure if I did fewer 12 ounce curls, I'd probably be in better shape as well. :lol:
That's a good deal. Most of the time I see prices like 10 sessions for $150.
I should quit drinking for a while to really make some progress with weight, but that's probably not going to happen ....
THERE ARE LOTS OF CROSSFIT GYMS DOING THINGS "RIGHT", but there are probably more that are not.
so was crossfit a good training program for skiing ?
so was crossfit a good training program for skiing ?
In a word, no.
x-fit is good at conditioning you for x-fit. You're usually too toast for anything else, unless you really discipline yourself and don't push like the culture pressures you to. I've been x-fitting for 6 years now. I only go 2-3 times a week, usually 2, sometimes 1, or even 0 since I'm out of town a lot. I really have to dump my ego and scale for what I want to accomplish, and not what everyone else is doing, or what the trainers want you to accomplish. x-fit is good for 20 somethings that want to be military buff. If you're in your 40's or up, you're going to have delayed onset muscle soreness on top of delayed onset muscle soreness. This effects your skiing, running, biking, etc..
I disagree. I didn't get much skiing in this year, but when I went to Jackson it made a big difference in me being able to ski hard for a lot longer than usual. I'm still going 4-5 times a week, and love the progress and when I can beat the 20 year olds (sometimes). I do keep a mind on if muscles or body parts are getting over worked and then just take an extra day off or scale the workouts. Would I do a killer WOD the day before a big ski trip? No because that's dumb. Over all I'm much fitter than last year and that translates to all sports. I do need to up the cardio now that the weather is getting nicer. Our workouts tend to consist of a strength portion (working squats for example) and then the WOD of the day; these are what really work you, but most are pretty short coming around 10-15 minutes. Adding a couple 30-40 minute runs a week helps me burn the fat off easier.
My biggest mistake as a strength and conditioning coach occurred the first year I designed a dry land training cycle for local skiers here in Jackson. Skiing is leg-intensive, and so was my program. My athletes did thousands of heavy front squats, back squats, loaded lunges, dead lifts, Bulgarian Split Squats … we hammered the legs. I completed the training sessions myself and we all built stronger legs, as measured by gym numbers. I was super proud of myself.
But the mountain isn’t the gym, and she wasn’t impressed.
I knew I had made a huge programming mistake my first run at the Jackson Hole Ski Resort, opening day, early in December. Halfway down the slope, my legs were dying! I had to stop and rest. I couldn’t believe it. I barely managed to ski half the day, before retreating to the lodge to cry in my hot chocolate.
Where had I messed up? Upset athletes and intense research, including calls to the Olympic training center, drove me to the answer.
My dryland program had focused on concentric leg strength. But alpine skiing demands eccentric leg strength.
http://www.backcountry.com/explore/...trength-for-alpine-skiing?avad=55963_ac3b532b
I'm still doing crossfit, but I'm working more eccentric workouts in as ski season nears.
Check out the article linked above for a reason why heavily weighted squats are not the best training modality for skiing.