General Physical Preparedness is the answer. (From Crossfit South Baltimore)
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball.
Are you ready? No, not for anything in particular. For life. Are you ready to tackle the challenges of everyday life? For the most part, you probably are. But what about that one day when things just go horribly wrong? No, not wrong like you-took-off-your-rear view-mirror-backing-out-of-the-garage wrong; I’m talking really wrong. Wrong like life threatening. Wrong like you are attacked by a crazed junkie, or fall down the side of a cliff, or get trapped in a burning building.
The type of situation where as they search the rubble for something to put in your casket, the news anchor stands there and says “they were helplessly trapped…” Not us. Maybe John Q. Cardmember was helplessly trapped, but not us. Make no mistake, society will excuse you, but the standard is so low. Hold yourself to a higher one. Know that, when the chips are down, your most accurate adjective won’t be “helpless.” Know that you are prepared.
No, CrossFit won’t prepare you break any world records in most specialized sports, so if that’s your aim, then you should look elsewhere (or at the very least supplement with specific training). But it does prepare you for the challenges of life, which are “unknown and unknowable” as Coach Glassman so succinctly puts it. To me, this is so much more valuable, and so much more applicable to the existence I lead, where the aim is health, longevity and prosperity. I feel ready for anything. Do you?
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