Comments on: CrossFit Portland Programming Philosophy

By: Lori Lounsbury

Lori Lounsbury — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:29:05 +0000

Your comment “Endurance without strength will lead to lack of progress and even eventual injury” is exactly why I sought out CrossFit. ~Cardiovascularly I feel great, but I kept getting injuries running and knew it was because of lack of strength and core.

“Long workouts necessitate pacing yourself, just as one wouldn’t take off in an all out sprint to start a marathon. Shorter workouts allow a trainee to attack and leave it all on the table, leading to a higher intensity workout.” ~It is so hard to break the habit of pacing yourself, but I can completely relate to this statement and appreciate your insight. I plan on trying harder to “leave it all on the table.” Such an awesome quote. Thank You!

By: Abi

Abi — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:08:55 +0000

Great post! Very logical, reasonable and complete. It hits all the important aspects from building strength to recovery. Awesome.

By: Stephanie Speros

Stephanie Speros — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:21:59 +0000

Scott, you have good example about that.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:46:11 +0000

Eric-

Partly what you mentioned, but also winter is a time of historically limited carbohydrates. If one is eating seasonally, you’ll have less carbs in your diet to fuel glycogen intensive WODs. I know everyone doesn’t eat this way. It’s really just partly tradition, too!

By: Eric Winn

Eric Winn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:25:05 +0000

Good post, thanks. Why more strength work in the winter? Is it because of the weather and not being able to do as much outside? Just curious as I obviously like the heavy lifting and shorter metcons.

By: jake mclain

jake mclain — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:55:05 +0000

Thanks for that great post..and thanks for being so purposeful and thoughtful in planning the daily WODs!

By: Anton Emery

Anton Emery — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:03:30 +0000

Well written and laid out Scott. I like it.

The only person i can think of that comes everyday is Nick G!

Anton

By: George

George — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:29:08 +0000

Good write up Scott. Glad I checked the site and read it. Thank you.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:31:24 +0000

Hi Jessica-

Excessive volume is a very individual thing. The longer one has been doing this type of training, the higher their work capacity will be. Also, all recovery factors must be considered. An athlete who eats clean, gets plenty of sleep, and has a low stress life will handle more volume than one who eats and rests poorly and has a very stressful job.

I’ll try to write more on this in the future.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:27:14 +0000

This post is so awesome, Scott!! It’s so informative!

Quick question:
What is considered “excessive volume”?

Thanks!