CrossFit Endurance

I guess it can't be all bad... FASTER ON LAND AND WATER: HANNAH CALDAS

I guess it can't be all bad... FASTER ON LAND AND WATER: HANNAH CALDAS So when you asked "what do you think about CrossFit", you really meant "let me show you some CrossFit propaganda."

Noooo, not at all. I was hoping to hear about anyone doing the specific CrossFit Endurance Swimming program. A whole different program than general CF. I wrote at the beginning that I've been doing crossfit for awhile and I believe in it. I was actually hoping to find someone else doing the specific single sport swimming CFE workouts. Never intended for a general crossfit debate.

I guess this kind of a response is to be expected. And like I said, I'm not terribly happy about it and I'd rather be in the pool as much as possible but it's not really an option for me. So I'm going to give this program a shot. I do believe in crossfit and that it can absolutely benefit a swimmer. I also believe that the guys in the videos happen to be crossfitters trying to benefit from swimming - not the other way around. But the principles should still hold. It's funny because when my CF trainer first tried to get me onto this program I resisted like crazy and threw out all of the same reasons you guys did and then some. But the more I learn about it the more I trust the science behind it. I'm still wary because it goes against everything I know as a swimmer. Like you guys said, if you want to be a better swimmer - spend more time in the pool. But I'm trying to keep an open mind. It's really all I can do at this point so I might as well go full steam ahead with it. And if you're going to spend any time watching the swim videos from the site these are the ones to watch: Bringing CrossFit to College Swimming CrossFit and Swim Training CrossFit Moxie: Fortitude and Determination And particularly: Yards: Swimming with Champions

Oh, and if you watched those videos here is an update on their team: SJSU Women’s Swim Team WAC Champions

It's funny because when my CF trainer first tried to get me onto this program I resisted like crazy and threw out all of the same reasons you guys did and then some. But the more I learn about it the more I trust the science behind it. I'm still wary because it goes against everything I know as a swimmer. Like you guys said, if you want to be a better swimmer - spend more time in the pool. But I'm trying to keep an open mind. It's really all I can do at this point so I might as well go full steam ahead with it. Always remember that these guys are trying to sell you something. BTW... Maybe your rib injury is more closely associated with CrossFit than with swimming.

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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 do think the Crossfit workouts benefit my swimming, but again, our club team goes to the workouts as a group and then do a specially modified WOD (or something completely different). Our sessions are "Crossfit" in name only at times. I post our Crossfit workouts in my blog if you are interested to see what we do. I have also started swimming on my own BEFORE the Crossfit workouts (Tuesday/Thursday) because I will say it is TOUGH to swim with any sort of speed or "good" feel for the water right after a rough Crossfit session.

crossfit is just strength training employed together with other full-body targeting activities in such a way to engage aerobic, anaerobic and flexibility mechanisms isn't it That has been around for years, but now "cross fit" gets credit