#167 - Using and Deciding on Fitness Standards
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of fitness standards and metrics in CrossFit training and how to effectively use them.
Striking a balance between using metrics and standards to guide fitness, without overdoing it, is more important in CrossFit now than ever. Fewer people are participating in the sport, both seriously and recreationally. The demands of the sport keep getting higher, and the competitive scene is unclear and somewhat chaotic, so more people are taking part in events like Hyrox or simply training for the sake of training. Todd has recently put together some standards for South Loop Strength and Conditioning, and in this episode we continue our discussion about what fitness standards and metrics have to offer, using some of the examples in the standards that Todd has created. Listen to find out what some of these standards are, how to design good benchmarks, and how to use them. If you're not already subscribed to our newsletter, head over to www.legionsc.com to get a weekly selection of training tips and our favorite articles. We run online workshops for coaches as well. Find out when our next workshop is here: https://legionsc.com/program-design-workshops These podcasts are posted in video format on YouTube as well. Show Notes: [0:45] Standards in fitness and motivation for training…
People in this episode
Host: Legion Strength & Conditioning
Topics covered
- fitness standards
- CrossFit
- training metrics
- benchmark design
- motivation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: South Loop Strength and Conditioning
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