I know CF gets a bad press, but my secret reaction to it is, I wish I was 24 again, id have,a go at that. Take out some of the rather dubious lifting form and id have to,agree that it should help your MA quite a bit. Or that MA should include some of the intensity and gymnastics of,cross fit
I think the proof is in the pudding, as they say, that those who do it end up very strong , co ordinated with great cardio,
Many cross fit gyms do a bad job of helping people avoid injury. The concept is good, the execution is too often mis-focused.
I don't know if its many? There are certainly a lot of you tube vids of people dead lifting with a,curved back, that is an injury waiting to happen, but there are at least as many video of body builder and strenghbuilders lifting with,a,curved back, so its not contained to cross fit
well all of them i suggest, those will indeed increase your physical capabilities', if your capabilities are very very low to begin with. If you are of a reasonable fitness level they shouldn't tax you at all, cross fit on the other hand demands a fitness level well well above average
Agreed. The issue is that crossfit seems to push speed and weight ahead of good form. People who train on their own will often make some of the same mistakes, but having an instructor should prevent those (but doesn't seem to do so with regularity in crossfit).
I can't think of much in NGA that would inherently encourage building of strength, other than resisted grappling (a portion of our training). The nature of how we execute relies very little on strength, so doesn't develop much strength. I make a point of including some brief, but effective, fitness work at the beginning of classes.
Resisted grappling (Judo and BJJ) will probably always have some benefit, even for the fit (so long as your partner is similarly fit). Some kata are performed under tension, which should also have some benefit for all (the stronger you are, the more isometric resistance there is). Both can also have good ongoing cardio development benefits. Neither will compare to the same with some added strength and cardio training.
we have been through this before, you are always going to top out at a relativly low level of fitness in an MA class unless there is a dedicated fitness/ conditioning element. That constantly pushes greater and greater performance out of the student. The benefit and possibly biggest draw back with cross fit is that every thing is competative, how many push ups/ pull ups you can do, how high you can jump, what you can lift, etal. Hence the potential for injury and the benefits of far greater fitness if you can avoid getting badly injured
Is that supposed to be contrary to what I just said?
no, I just spent a long post agreeing with you
Apparently, you did. You said nothing significantly contrary to what I said.
no just better
Not really. Pretty much said the same thing.
That's what it should always look like. There are definitely some (hopefully many) good crossfit gyms out there. I think there are also too many that have people leading the training who are not properly prepared for it, don't really understand the kinesiology (I'm never certain I've spelled that correctly) involved, and don't know how to actually maximize benefits for participants. Kind of like MA, actually.
it does indeed, from the psychological aspect of knowing your likely the strongest person in the room to the certain knowledge very few people can just over welm you. To the posture benefits and the reductions in injury. And of course the fact you can climb a high wall or a tree to get the kid's ball back or throw rabid pit bull over a,wall.
