Crossfit Could Be Killing You!!

Wednesday, May 14;

Oh, the joys of the internet.. and co-workers who don't have much to do at work. After the cert this weekend, I couldn't stop talking about Crossfit, Coach Glassman, Crossfit.. Everyone got a dose of the juice. My boss, C-SPAN's CEO, my more than sedentary roomate, my co-workers, my mom, my friends, my date of the week.. everyone. In return I got this wonderful little article about how arobic exercise could kill you. Please, please, please click and read.

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i19479

I know that not everyone will copy and paste the link into their browser, so I just copy and pasted the article below:

New evidence revealed today indicates that aerobic exercise can drastically shorten your life span. It claims that making your heart beat faster means that use you use up your life's quota of heartbeats quicker.Top cardiologist, Robert Idle, explained, "It's obvious when you think about it. Take an average person with a pulse of 72 beats per minute and assume that person will live for 70 years. In total, that person's heart will beat approximately 2.6 billion times."If you indulge in an aerobic exercise that increases your pulse rate, you're using up valuable heart beats and shortening your life. For example, if you exercise for 40 minutes with your pulse rate increased by 50%, you're actually using up one hour of your life in 40 minutes."Health clubs, no doubt fearing the loss of many members, claim that the statistics are absurd. "Next thing, they'll be saying that eating fatty food is good for you," said one club manager.According to Mr Idle, it is. "Again, it's obvious," he said. "Fatty food clogs your arteries, which means that less blood can pass through them. Since the heart has to push less blood round it doesn't have to work as hard and can afford to slow down. So you actually live longer on a diet of greasy burgers and chips."Mothers of obese, lazy teenagers will no doubt be delighted by the findings, as will the nation's many couch potatoes.

If this is indeed the case then Crossfit most certainly must be sending us into our graves faster than a McDonalds employee can say, "Please drive up to the next window."

Tuesday Workout:

Sick Interval Training (I don't remember any of these times... waiting for Jerry post)

300 Meter Row

30 KB Swings (36lb)

30 Box Jumps

30 Jumping pullups

30 Wallballs

250 Meter Row

25 KB Swings

25 Box Jumps

25 Jumping Pullups

25 Wallballs

200 Meter Row

20 KB Swings

20 Box Jumps

20 Jumping Pullups

20 Wallballs

Wednesday Workout:

3 rounds for time

400 meter run

20 R arm push presses (25lb)

20 R arm KB High pulls (36lb)

Rest

3 rounds for time

400 meter run

10 R arm push presses (25lb)

10 R arm KB High pulls (36lb)

Something must have gotten into Jerry at the cert. He's been loving the interval training this week. He said something today that I thought was interesting. When practicing intervals, you know what it takes to get there. You just have to stay there.