#170 - Health vs Longevity for Athletes
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This episode discusses the trade-offs between health and performance for athletes, particularly in CrossFit, and explores the implications of high-level competition on long-term health.
CrossFit's primary message has always centred around health, but how healthy is competing in CrossFit at a decent level, and how healthy is taking any sport to its highest level? The trade-off between performance and long term health can be a murky line. Many hobbyists who take the sport seriously push performance to a point where it starts to affect their short and long term health. The common trade-offs range from general aches and pains and reduced immune resilience through to more catastrophic injury. CrossFit training tends to build an extreme tolerance to training volume, which means the first two are far more common than serious injury. They also tend to creep up gradually, often to the point where you realise it is not worth it a little too late. In this episode we talk about where that line sits for some competitors, when high performance nutrition becomes unhealthy, and why basic lifestyle guidelines are probably not the marginal gain for elite level athletes. Check out the podcast to find out more and see what our longevity training split would look like. If you're not already subscribed to our newsletter, head over to www.legionsc.com to get a weekly selection of…
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