I posted a pic of the harness I constructed. It is made from old H gear and a belt I had laying around. Instead of using the clips we joined the two pieces with cross stitching. The more I evolve in this endeavor the less my need for the conventional fitness industry, even the "specialized" fitness industry. I could derive more fitness from a hardware store gym than the most state of the art conventional fitness center. This is partly due to the crappy jolappy paper weights they consider equipment but also due to the fact that what people are doing within the walls is skewed at best. Packing on lumbering slabs of muscle and following the whims of one's ego is nothing more than inert. If we are truly training for real life events then we should use more austere equipment. If we are training for specific tasks like named wods then we should train accordingly. In the conventional fitness industry the litmuss test is how much one can bench press. In the crossfit world it's fran. What is it in the real world? Or has the real world become so "civilized" and safe that we turn to crossfit and similar endeavors to replicate what was once found in daily life and is still found in certain lines of work and/or exigent life situations. I submit that we are training for the worst possible scenario and that doesn't include getting into a fight with a barbell, although it's useful in developing the fitness we need to adapt and overcome. Additionally, it provides instant gratification and the adulation of your ego, i.e. a confidence boost. No one really asks or cares how far one can flip a tire or push a car because similar standards don't exist against which to compare. I believe a hearty dose of austere training would make us even better prepared and more versatile for whatever it is that we are training. I will never give up the barbell but I know that if I was without I could find a suitable alternative that may be just as dependable.
I posted a pic of the harness I constructed. It is made from old H gear and a belt I had laying around. Instead of using the clips we joined the two pieces with cross stitching.
ReplyDeleteThe more I evolve in this endeavor the less my need for the conventional fitness industry, even the "specialized" fitness industry. I could derive more fitness from a hardware store gym than the most state of the art conventional fitness center. This is partly due to the crappy jolappy paper weights they consider equipment but also due to the fact that what people are doing within the walls is skewed at best. Packing on lumbering slabs of muscle and following the whims of one's ego is nothing more than inert. If we are truly training for real life events then we should use more austere equipment. If we are training for specific tasks like named wods then we should train accordingly. In the conventional fitness industry the litmuss test is how much one can bench press. In the crossfit world it's fran. What is it in the real world? Or has the real world become so "civilized" and safe that we turn to crossfit and similar endeavors to replicate what was once found in daily life and is still found in certain lines of work and/or exigent life situations. I submit that we are training for the worst possible scenario and that doesn't include getting into a fight with a barbell, although it's useful in developing the fitness we need to adapt and overcome. Additionally, it provides instant gratification and the adulation of your ego, i.e. a confidence boost. No one really asks or cares how far one can flip a tire or push a car because similar standards don't exist against which to compare. I believe a hearty dose of austere training would make us even better prepared and more versatile for whatever it is that we are training. I will never give up the barbell but I know that if I was without I could find a suitable alternative that may be just as dependable.