Today's workout was.... 100m sprints with descending rest of 60-50-40-30-20-10 sec. 3 full rounds for total time.
Five runners along this morning to run 100m sprints with a gnarly little twist - descending rest periods. Starting out with an easy, relaxing 60 second recovery and whittle 10 sec off every sprint until you're barely hanging on at 10 sec. Not to worry, you get to start the next round with 60 again......... :) Definitely a workout to be done in a group.
I always say that second is the best place to be during training; someone to chase, and someone to chase you. A guaranteed great workout. Obviously its a different story in competition.........
It's great to have a team that you can work out with. When you have people you respect and like sweating and hurting alongside you, it makes the whole training experience a pleasure. But of course the type of training you're doing is important too.
There are many different training programs in the endurance world, and amongst our clients and coaches we've probably tried them all. Some aren't too bad, some are rubbish (particularly the cookie cutter, high volume templates you get for free on event websites and in magazines). CrossFit Endurance is quite literally about to change the face of endurance training. With recent exposure in Tim Ferris' new book and certifications for the CrossFit community, they are rapidly taking the world by storm.
The brains behind CFE, Brian MacKenzie, recently started working with the editor of Competitor Mag. There's a couple of good articles up on the right side of this site to read about TJ Murphy's experiences. Take a read.
We're pretty excited to be leading the way in this country for Pose running and CrossFit Endurance. We might be small now, but just wait. Something this revolutionary can take a while to take hold. Just ask our ultra-runner that knocked off a 100 mile event after 9 weeks training, yet questioned the ridiculously low volume (less than 20km per week) the whole time. Afterwards he obviously had to accept that the results spoke for themselves.
This resistance is pretty common though, our programming and coaching methods often get us accused of exaggerating. How is it possible, for instance, to run less....and get faster? To eliminate knee pain by powerlifting? And the kicker, how can we stand there and tell you with a straight face that you can build endurance without running/cycling/swimming at all?
Read through this site, the CrossFit Endurance website and you'll find out. You can find workouts, race results, as well as the occasional informative article.
Now this program might sound pretty amazing right now, especially if you are a 'grass is greener' type of person, always looking for a better training program. Don't you know that it's always the program you're not on?! :)
CrossFit Endurance however, just might be the holy grail of programs. It has variety, emphasis on technique and injury prevention, but here's the catch - it takes serious dedication to make it work. The workouts are hard. Really hard. That doesn't mean you have to be an elite athlete, it just means that no matter your fitness level, you have to put in 100% effort for it to work. That's why we recommend joining our group - it's much easier to share suffering than go it alone.......
If you are interested, give me a shout at darren@crossfitnz.co.nz
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