The article "#1 Reason Why Fitness Enthusiasts Should Be Cross Training" is about fitness, it has been released by Eddie Lomax.
Over-all fitness improvement can only be acheived by making a
compromise between ALL of the physical abilities needed for
fitness excellence...
and using cross training to improve those
abilities.
If you're a fitness enthusiast interested in improving health
and over-all physical abilities which will enable you to meet
the chlalenges of sport, work and life with excellence...
you
should be cross training!
Cross training is a form of training that uses more than one
method to achieve the desired physical goals.
For example, a runner might also train on the stationary bike
with the hopes of improving their running performance.
The debate continues as to whether this type of cross training
is truly beneficial for elite athlete performance improvement.
But what about when we look at the training methods of the
fitness enthusiast?...
somebody that physically trains for health
and over-all fitness improvement.
In my opinion...
Fitness enthusiasts should be cross training if
they want to optimize strength, conditioning and fitness.
One physical training method cannot provdie enough varied
stimulus to improve all the physical abilities needed for
fitness excellence... this can only be accomplished by using
cross training between various physical training methods,
stresses and intensities.
The #1 Reason Fitness Enthusiasts Should Be Cross Training?
Fitness is the degree of competence in the ability to perform in
all the areas of cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, power,
speed, flexibility, balance, coordination, agility, accuracy and
toughness...
not the ability to perform one physiacl ability
well.
That's right...
fitness is a compromise between various physical
abilities!
It would then stand to reason that a physical fitness program
should be designed to "optimize" the competence of all the
physical abilities and their interaction with one another... and
not "maximize" only one physical skill.
This can only be done through cross training.
Let me give you an example of what I mean...
Suppose you're limiting your training to the combination of
resistance training in the form of exercise machines and aerobic
exercise in the form of riding the exercises bike.
Since physical training is specific... you're effectively
training your body's ability to perform machine resistance
exercises and ride a stationary bike.
Your body will make the necessary chnages to allow you to
perform those activities more efficiently in the future.
However, for true fitness is the compromise of physical
abilities and the seamless transition from one physical ability
to another... your physical training time would be better served
by using cross training between a wider variety of training
methods, stresses and intensities.
Cross training allows you to use many different training
methods, stresses and intensities to create an environment for
you body to improve over a wide spectrum of physical
abilities... and not just one method, stress or intensity
producing specialized fitness.
Cross training can keep you from overtraining one aspect of
fitness...
at the expense of all the others.
Cross traiinng is fun... meaning you will be more likely to keep
you physical fitness training program on track for the long haul.
Cross training can help you make physical activity a part of
your lifestyle... the surest way to long term health.
In short, cross training can develop a body that's fit to do
many activities well under the greatest amount of
circumstances... allowing you to meet the random challenges of
sport, work and life with excellence.
In conclusion...
Most commercial fitness programs are a limited form of cross
training... combining resistance training in the form of
machines and cardiovascular training in the form of aerobic
activity.
Unfortunately, this cross training combination alone is not
enough to train all the physical abilities needed for fitness
excellence.
Only through cross training with a large variety of physical
training methods, stresses and intensiites can the fitness
enthusiast reach their true physical potential.
Cross training is the hottest way to optimize physical performance
for the fitness enthusiast!
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