How has CrossFit influenced the publics perception of athletic development?

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Colin Diment · Answer

This is a great question. There are a number of different ways to answer. It CrossFit has definitely had a pretty big impact on the fitness culture. The fitness industry, both positively and negatively, but one of the first things that comes to mind when I see this question is the influx and the focus on high intensity interval training or hit workouts, which I think are based in the CrossFit mentality where A workout is a competition. I'm going to go all out. I'm on the verge of throwing up my heart rates through the roof and people have this idea, I think at least the general public that you're getting everything you need out of that, right? You're getting strength work, you're getting your cardio because your heart rates up, but there's so much more to athletic development than just high intensity like lactate threshold type work. I think coming from Crossfit People tend to miss absolute strength. They're never really working close to their true max. They tend to miss like true aerobic, base of like longer steady-state, aerobic work. And there's also not that much technical focus and skill development among crossfitters. So those are some of the initial things that come to mind. But I'm definitely looking forward to some of the other answers because there's a lot of different ways to answer this question.

Dr. Ben Pearl · Answer

This is a really interesting question because it's got layers, it's not only what do I think about CrossFit, but also the influence its had on the perception, the public perception of athletic development. So I think that CrossFit overall has been a really good thing for public, perception of Athletics because it's highlighted, the intricacies that are involved with athleticism compound movements that are So integral to CrossFit, I think that to a certain degree CrossFit, depending on the coach can be a little bit of a cultish atmosphere so I'll have some of my patients come in with let's say the Minimalist Shoes, which I think can be great for patients because they develop the intrinsic muscles of the foot. But when you have a Clydesdale, Laz Runner, who's coming in, with two stress fractures, you know, at a certain point force equals ma mass times acceleration, and I think that Patience athletes need to accept that everything has limitations. So as long as we put the fundamentals of CrossFit into perspective, I think it can be a great platform.

Jim Heafner · Answer

Oh, CrossFit has definitely changed the perception of what Fitness looks like because we've now seen this whole new extreme of how fit people can be and how to train to be that fit and how to do it both in good and bad ways. Now, does that translate into a public perception of athletic development? I don't know if that jump has fully been made but as a former athlete and then having talked with my clients or athletes, I do know that there's a new sense of being well-rounded in your Which CrossFit provides. There's a new sense of that in regards to sport development. So if someone is training being stronger in a wide variety of ranges similar to what CrossFit offers, there's more recognition of that as being important for a well-rounded athlete.

Dr. Lisa Goodman, DC · Answer

Okay, I love this question. So how has CrossFit influenced the Public's perception of athletic development? So a lot of other experts have answered this already and without covering what they have talked about, which I've already totally agree with. I think what CrossFit has done is actually created a really cool conversation among athletes who are past high school or college or no longer competing for example. In their team sport, or the sport that they grew up playing to where now, people are saying, oh, I can continue to develop as an athlete in the sport of CrossFit and even beyond that, I think that CrossFit is still a little bit hard for some people to get into or haven't introduced themselves to it yet for whatever reason. So I think a lot of other smaller Boutique Fitness Gyms and hit gyms have actually benefited from the brand of CrossFit doing what what they're doing. And so you've got people doing CrossFit but you've got people doing hit workouts and boutique Fitness classes. And this is all kind of coming together because of what was started. I think over 15 20 years ago now and so people who used to be soccer players, softball players, football players, what not skiers. There's kind of sitting there saying, hey, I can still develop athletically myself as I'm into my 40s, my 50s and 60s, because under Good coaching and under in a good environment, really cross. It can be for anybody. I also think on the youth side that the CrossFit conversation is starting and it's starting to allow parents and coaches to see that if their kids can get into a little bit more development of functional fitness. Functional movements building Community Building confidence at a younger age, that's going to help them in all of their other sports as well.

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"How has CrossFit influenced the publics perception of athletic development?"