General Physical Preparedness
May 4, 2010 Category: Blog 9 Comments 
Today's Workout
"Lynne"
5 rounds for max reps
Bodyweight Bench Press
Pull-ups
The role of CrossFit in General Physical Preparedness (GPP), sport training, and athletic development: (courtesy of www.crossfit.com)
#1. GPP is the most underdeveloped and neglected aspect of athletic training, especially in elite athletes.
#2. CrossFit produces an unmatched GPP in novice, intermediate, and advanced athletes regardless of their prior training and sport.
#3. Every athlete we've worked with, from Olympic medalists, to UFC legends, has some glaring chink in his/her GPP, and it takes, at most two hours, two sessions, on average to find these chinks.
#4. Fixing these chinks, these deficiencies, has immediate benefit within your sport and very often in ways not quite obvious mechanically and perhaps metabolically. For instance, for pull-ups makes for better skiing and skiers. Upper body pushing-movements makes for better rowing and rowers. Anaerobic training is a boon to endurance athletes.
#5. There's greater margin for improving performance in elite athletes, where the margins of victory are very tight, improving GPP with CrossFit than can be garnered through additional sports training.
#6. "CrossFit produces a 'ready state' from which more advanced or sport specific training becomes very efficient." – Mark Twight
#7. CrossFit, will for many sports reduce total training volume, reduce training injuries, and allow more time for vital sport specific skills and drills.
#8. CrossFit is more fun and seems more athletic than does traditional GPP.
#9. CrossFit has athletes improving their fitness for years beyond, to levels significantly beyond, traditional GPP.
#10. Sport training and physiology are not so well understood that highly specialized strength and conditioning routines are optimally effective.
Horrible day, just felt weak, especially my grip. My hands gave out before I wanted to stop pull ups.
62 reps…uugggghhhh
FYI-
Sweet Potato hashbrowns are almost as good as normal hashbrowns.
Boil for ten minutes, skin, make patties, and fry in olive oil until crispy on the outside. Combine that with grass fed beef sausages and eggs. One bad paleo breakfast.
I forgot, shred the potato after boiling and then make the patties
sounds awesome. i will for sure give it a try. your grip was probably fried from the deadlifting…
Thanks for the great workout, Nick. It feels great to be back at the Goodland.
The ONE F ing day I miss and you go ahead and post a bench. I’m doing a double day out of spite.
PS, is sweet potatoes paleo? I’ve read mixed responses.
I hit 315 on my DL. Felt good.
cole, i have too, but if you think about using a sweet potato versus some grain or bread as a carbohydrate source it is most likely a great alternative. plus they do grow from the earth…
I thought they were. Apparently it is hotly contested. I read that they are root tubers that do not require cooking before being eaten and if that is your definition of paleo that I guess they are. But I also read they have a relatively high glycemic index making them not super healthy, so who knows?
I’m gonna go with the moderate approach.. You better believe I’m trying that recipe for breakfast.