The Road to the Games
And The Title of Fittest Man On Earth
This last weekend Dr. Chris competed in the Mountain CrossFit Sectionals. Out of 129 competing male athletes Dr. Chris finished 5th overall. For details on sectionals visit www.vervecrossfit.com. The top 30 male and top 30 female athletes all advanced to the Regional qualifier (read Qualifying for the 2010 CrossFit Games for details). Dr. Chris will compete in the Regional event on May 1st and 2nd (the top 4 male and female athlete will move on to the 2010 games). Our region consist of 13 states ranging from Colorado to Wisconsin, so out of 13 states only the top 4 move on, it will be a grueling battle of the elite.
“CrossFit forces me to live the life I preach to my patients. My diet must be as nearly perfect as possible including only the highest quality of foods, my workouts are intense and demanding, and I follow a strict Chiropractic routine getting adjusted 1-2x weekly. Why do I do CrossFit, for 3 reasons: 1) For the health benefits, 2) For fun, 3) To set an example for my patients. You want health care reform; we need more Doctors role modeling for their patients.”
Do What You Can
In The Life That You Live
For What You Believe InDr. Chris
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What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is basically functional fitness that makes use of three different standards or models for evaluating and guiding fitness. Collectively, these three standards define the CrossFit view of fitness. The first is based on the ten general physical skills widely recognized by exercise physiologist (cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy.) You are as fit as you are competent in each of these ten skills. The second standard is based on the performance of athletic tasks while the third is based on the energy systems that drive all human action. The motivation for the three standards is simply to ensure the broadest and most general fitness possible. The 1st model evaluates our efforts against a full range of general physical adaptations, the 2nd focus is on breadth and depth of performance, with the 3rd the measure is time, power, general, and inclusive. The specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish specialist. In general a CrossFitter must be good at everything under any possible condition at given anytime.
What are the CrossFit Games?
The CrossFit Games are the ultimate test of fitness. It's a grueling two-day competition in which the world's fittest athletes compete in a variety of workouts. What are the workouts? Each year they change, and the details of them are not announced until a couple days before the event. This means that all year long, the athletes are training for a competition whose format is almost completely a mystery.
Qualifying for the 2010 CrossFit Games
The 2010 Games are limited to 50 men and 50 women, all of whom need to qualify to enter. The top five men and women from the 2009 Games are automatically qualified. All past champions are automatically qualified if they wish to compete. The other 43-45 competitors have to qualify in their Regional Qualifier. There are 13 Regionals around the world, and each Regional will send the top 1 - 7 athletes (men and women) to the Games, depending on the size of the Regional.
This year, for the first time, there are Sectional Qualifiers feeding most of the Regionals. In other words, most of the Regionals are open only to the top competitors from their respective Sectionals. From early February to late March, 2010, there will be approximately 30 Sectionals. Most Sectionals will send the top 10 - 20 men and women to their Regionals.
