{"id":1084,"date":"2012-04-07T13:54:37","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libernetics.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2012-04-07T14:02:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T21:02:40","slug":"crossfit-the-nature-of-exuastion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libernetics.com\/?p=1084","title":{"rendered":"Crossfit: the nature of exuastion"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing about Crossfit is that it’s meant to get to\u00a0high levels of intensity. \u00a0My impression is that for some\u00a0athletes\u00a0this means “abnormally” high levels. \u00a0Being able to maintain the\u00a0intensity is where an individual’s discipline is revealed. \u00a0Which is not to say “fail” or “succeed” so much as it is to say over time the more discipline that is applied the more improvement.\u00a0But I have no idea how to measure “intensity” or even “discipline” on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n

To help me measure the work (and manage it) I started to think about “mean time between failure” (MTBF), which really just means not allowing myself so much rest time. \u00a0After all the rest time is reducing the intensity, and I don’t want to lose too much of that opportunity. \u00a0In practice this means do a certain number of intense reps, stop for a predetermined number of breaths (for example two) and then get back to work. \u00a0In other words I need to make a very\u00a0conscious effort not to rest.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I decided I needed another formalism, an “exhaustion\u00a0ratio.” \u00a0So during the Open 12.5 WOD<\/a>, I reached what I think is 99.99% of my ability to work — at the end of the WOD I was completely\u00a0exhausted. \u00a0It took me several days to totally recover.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I did a WOD that required 3 rounds of 10 box jumps, 20 kettle bell swings, 30 ball slams, and 40 walking lunges. I used a 20 inch box, a 35# kb, and a 25# ball. \u00a0I was working with a partner (PJ) and we got to rest while the other person did a round. \u00a0I had a total time of 13:45, with an average round rate of 4: 38. \u00a0PJ was a bit faster, so my rest time was around 3 minutes. \u00a0I figured I got about 90% of that workout. \u00a0I took too much rest time during the ball slams — I did sets of 10 with a 2 second rest. \u00a0The idea behind the WOD was to not break the sets up — it was supposed to\u00a0continuous. \u00a0I’m guessing that no rest at all during the ball slams, and a 10 minute total time, would have got me to 99% of the workout.<\/p>\n

I need to get closer to the edge of\u00a0exhaustion.<\/p>\n

Cheers.<\/p>\n