Ultimate Frisbee Players Hit CrossFit Hard

I had the pleasure to introduce CrossFit Portland to Shar, Julie, and Michelle – three local Ultimate Frisbee players! Ultimate is a fast and intense team sport requiring explosive first step ability, ability to react to stimuli with fluid agility, and a high anaerobic capacity. Their first workout was:

21-15-9
Kettlbell Swings
Wall Balls
Jumping Pull Ups

Ultimate players need to train for anaerobic endurance all the time and it is typically done by running various distances. The more elite and competitive the player, the shorter the distances (10-400 M) tend to be for their training. Sprinting, agility for short durations is the most important movement pattern in the game and it always baffles me when a player trains for Ultimate by running long, slow distances.

By the end of this workout, their question of “Where is the cardio?” was answered for them