CrossFit Endurance

I know some people thought that I just posted this in order to post some "Crossfit propaganda". I don't want to spark any debates or upset anyone but I do want to update this just in case someone in the future is looking into CFE and reads this. I will say right off the bat that I didn't follow the full CFE program as intended since I didn't have enough time to do one of the full 12 week phases. So, I wouldn't say my results definitively prove anything. But they are still blowing my mind so I thought it was worth sharing. Here's my timeline: -Started swimming the first week of January after 12 years off. -All of Jan & Feb: Swam ~5,000 yds/day 4 to 5 times per week + ~1 crossfit workout per week (Built up to that slowly in the first few weeks, of course) Best times: 50 Free: 28.56 50 Fly: 31.82 -March: Injured Rib. (Never went away, still have the pain). Took 2 weeks+ off, other than the meet on the 11th. - March 11 swim meet (converted SCM to SCY): 50 Fly: 30.28 -March 19: Started swimming no more than 2,000 yards twice per week + ~4 crossfit workouts per week -March 23 swim meet: 50 Free: 28.24 50 Fly: 30.47 -Nationals, 4/27 - 4/29 50 Free: 26.78 50 Fly: 28.33 Those two times from nationals are lifetime bests for me. I never thought that I'd get anywhere near that. Especially with the injury and getting as little pool time as I did all of March & April. I was positive that I was going to ADD time at nationals since I felt like I barely trained at all in the last two months. It still feels like the clocks were just all wrong. To be fair, I don't know if it was the CFE program, or getting my nutrition dialed in (since Jan.), or the fancy knee suit or the excitement of the big meet, etc. But I do know that the CFE program didn't hurt me. If anyone reading this tries out the program or has already done so please PM me! I'd love to talk about it!!! Now I'm torn between training for Omaha and taking time off to let this rib heal before training for next year!

I know some people thought that I just posted this in order to post some "Crossfit propaganda". I don't want to spark any debates or upset anyone but I do want to update this just in case someone in the future is looking into CFE and reads this. I will say right off the bat that I didn't follow the full CFE program as intended since I didn't have enough time to do one of the full 12 week phases. So, I wouldn't say my results definitively prove anything. But they are still blowing my mind so I thought it was worth sharing. Here's my timeline: -Started swimming the first week of January after 12 years off. -All of Jan & Feb: Swam ~5,000 yds/day 4 to 5 times per week + ~1 crossfit workout per week (Built up to that slowly in the first few weeks, of course) Best times: 50 Free: 28.56 50 Fly: 31.82 -March: Injured Rib. (Never went away, still have the pain). Took 2 weeks+ off, other than the meet on the 11th. - March 11 swim meet (converted SCM to SCY): 50 Fly: 30.28 -March 19: Started swimming no more than 2,000 yards twice per week + ~4 crossfit workouts per week -March 23 swim meet: 50 Free: 28.24 50 Fly: 30.47 -Nationals, 4/27 - 4/29 50 Free: 26.78 50 Fly: 28.33 Those two times from nationals are lifetime bests for me. I never thought that I'd get anywhere near that. Especially with the injury and getting as little pool time as I did all of March & April. I was positive that I was going to ADD time at nationals since I felt like I barely trained at all in the last two months. It still feels like the clocks were just all wrong. To be fair, I don't know if it was the CFE program, or getting my nutrition dialed in (since Jan.), or the fancy knee suit or the excitement of the big meet, etc. But I do know that the CFE program didn't hurt me. If anyone reading this tries out the program or has already done so please PM me! I'd love to talk about it!!! Now I'm torn between training for Omaha and taking time off to let this rib heal before training for next year!