The CrossFit community is obsessed with numbers - how many sets of Cindy did you nail, how many burpees can you do in 10 minutes, where do you stand in the CrossFit Open in Northern California after two workouts? The workouts for CrossFit Endurance are very time specific as well - how fast can you run 400s with a minute break between sets?
However, it's hard to find any numbers on the CFEr performance in the endurance event for which they are training. I assume that people who do CFE have a goal - like achieving a specific time in a marathon or an Ironman. But in all the articles, their time is never mentioned - just that they finished the race (OK - one of Mike's article mentioned a 3.19 time for a marathon). This raises the point as to whether you can use CFE to actually excel at endurance sports or is it just for finishing? Which brings me back to the issue of specificity of exercise. If, as Mike claims, a baseball player can use CF to be a better player, should Craig Alexander, a three-time Ironman champion, add CF workouts at the expense of a swim or bike workout? Or is it just about helping injured, middle of the road athletes?
Today's workout was the standard weight one
Bench 150-10 190-10 200-10 X 2 80 second break between sets
Curling and upright rows 100-10 x 4 45 second break between sets
Triceps with weird tricep bar 105-10 X 4 45 second break
Back squats 120-10 130-10 140-10 150-10 70 second break
Seated military press 100-10 x 4 45 second break
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