http://www.vcrossfit.com Extreme Demands, Optimal Results -- Intelligent Fitness & Health Training Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:55:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Enter the Tabata - skip down to HOW TO if you already Tabata In 1996, a team of physiology researchers found a pattern of work-and-rest stimulus that causes the body to respond with adaptations which include aerobic capacity, muscular strength and stamina, and neuromuscular efficiency for the associated movements. One of ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200806/tabata-sprints/ I do not believe there is any more functional (applicable to real life) strength a person can develop than running. Happily, running is the most popular exercise regimen in the world and the most heavily participated recreational athletic event. Sadly, the way it is practiced, encouraged, and dogmatically taught is almost ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200806/running-speed-is-wisdom/ This is an important topic for general health, nutrition and fitness, and I'm providing a shoehorn to slip you into the know for those of you who aren't already. You'll continue to hear about this for the rest of your life, so now's a good time to clue in. For months ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200806/introduction-to-intermittent-fasting/ You should scale these three workouts to your ability level: choose the two-minute, three-minute, four-minute, or the full five-minute version. To tally your 'score,' if you choose the 'two-minute' version, you must spend a cumulative total of 120 seconds in a handstand. Begin the clock when you begin the handstand, ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200805/the-handstand-from-hell/ You'll only travel 150 meters, but it will be a beautiful journey. 5 rounds, 10 meters of beck's burpees* 10 meters of walking lunges 10 meters of bear crawl For Time. *Beck's burpees: like a normal burpee, but instead ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200805/the-scenic-route/ I'm going to open the hood on basic diabetes management so you can see the nuts and bolts of how a type 1 diabetic uses blood glucose measurement and insulin injections to manage their blood sugar. This explanation of diabetes and insulin therapy covers the basics of a Diabetic's How ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200805/introduction-to-type-1-diabetes/ For some time we've toyed with the idea of posting a few versions of the same workout, at differing levels of difficulty. The decision is complicated, and has many disadvantages. But I'm guessing we'll experiment with this in the future; so below you'll find two workouts, and two versions of ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200805/die-like-a-greek/ CrossFit could scare you because we do tons of pull-ups ...and you can't do one. Being intimidated is unjustified: CrossFitters include many people who could not do a pull-up when they began. The pull-up is easily teachable and achievable -- you can begin right here, right now. The following will ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200805/developing-your-first-pull-ups/ 3 rounds of: 30 slalom jumps 30 sit-ups 30 supermans For Time. Supermans (laying on stomach, arch your back to raise your chest off the floor) can be substituted with back extensions on a roman chair or swiss ball (with feet anchored somehow), or with Good Mornings. For an easier version, scale to 20 reps of ... http://www.vcrossfit.com/200805/beginners-slalom-sit-superman/ Do as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes: 5 push-ups 10 sit-ups 15 squats Report total number of rounds completed. http://www.vcrossfit.com/200804/beginners-cindy-lou/