How Does CrossFit Balance Create Workouts?
We aim to optimize your competence in each of the following ten recognized fitness domains: Cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy.
Daily Workout Overview: Our daily workouts will generally include a warm-up, skills training, strength focus (depending on the day), and a metabolic conditioning workout “met con.”
Our Approach to Strength: We program our strength work on mondays, wednesday, and fridays. Each of these days includes a met con, which compliments our strength focus of the day. It is imperative for progress with us, to prioritize these days. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays we focus more on skill work and there will be a met con on those days.
In general strong people are more useful than weak people. Strength is one facet of development that will enhance EVERY other aspect of development. As such our goal is to produce the strongest possible athlete.
The method we are applying is using sub maximal loads. If you take a slow and steady approach to gaining strength it allows you to make progress over a longer period of time without having to sacrifice gains made in conditioning, flexiblity or speed. We are applying a moderate volume/moderate intensity for a two week block, then on the third week cut volume back while increasing intensity. This allows for the athlete to handle heavier weights because they are still fresh from the reduction in workload. You then use the numbers achieved on your third week of training to plan your next three week training block.
Hard work and consistency is key. Our programming stresses constant, incremental gains that add up to LARGE numbers over the course of the year, while staying healthy, fast and conditioned.
The lifts we chose for this program are chosen for a reason. They are the most basic, functional movements and use the largest amount of muscle mass. They will have the biggest carry over to your other, minor lifts and activities. We urge you to put aside your ideas on boredom and make a commitment to becoming strong on these lifts. Variety and fun should be saved for your assistance work and your met-cons.