Fitness in 100 Words:
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, litle starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support excerise but not body fat.
Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast.
Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense.
Regularly learn and play new sports.
Courtesy of CrossFit.com
10 general physical skills on which we base fitness. To be truly fit, an athlete must strive to excell in:
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Cardiovascular / Respiratory Endurance - The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen.
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Stamina - The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
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Strength - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
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Flexibility - The ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
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Power - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
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Speed - The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
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Coordination - The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singluar distinct movement.
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Agility - The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
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Balance - The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.
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Accuracy - The ability to control movement in a given direcion or at a given intensity.
(Credit to CrossFit.com. Thanks to Jim Crawley and Bruce Evans of Dynamax.)