CrossFit program improves APFT scores True or False?‏

<p>True, I totally agree with Crossfit being able to help with the APFT score.&nbsp;After 60 days of training I increased my run time&nbsp;from 15:30 to 13:50.&nbsp; I&nbsp;also was able to max&nbsp;the sit-up event.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;unable to see improvement in my push-ups due&nbsp;to my leadership telling me&nbsp;I had an APFT the night before I had one and was currently&nbsp;at my box working&nbsp;on&nbsp;upper body.&nbsp; I have no doubt that it is a total fitness program and the Army should do another research program to replace PRT.&nbsp;</p>

Quite simply, yes.  And I think it's good that attention is being given to combat people overdoing it.  Rhabdo and stress related injuries are no joke and when people let their egos get the better of them there's no workout that's going to help you and you're going to set yourself back significantly while you recover.

First off I'll say that I do crossfit but I also mix in some regular weightlifting and run. That's what works for me and I love it but I'm not one to push my workout on anyone. I've told my soldiers and my friends that if they have any questions that I would be willing to give them tips from workouts that worked for me. But I'm also one that believes that if someone is doing a workout program and it works wonders for them then good for them, stick to it.

I can personally say crossfit has helped me improve my APFT Score

I think any fitness program that has commitment from the the individual will improve their APFT score. It is a personnel choice to improves his or her score not the program. If the individual doesn't "buy-in" mentally to the program it will not work. I have improved my APFT score on just doing push-up, sit-up, and running more, because I wanted to improve my APFT score for leadership purposes or promotion etc. I don't think any program is better then the next it is the commitment of the individual that makes the difference. However I like the mobility factor of CrossFit, and for us old folks mobility is everything.

What Is Fitness and Who Is Fit?

Outside Magazine crowned triathlete Mark Allen "the fittest man on earth." Let’s just assume for a moment that this famous six-time winner of the IronMan Triathlon is the fittest of the fit, then what title do we bestow on the decathlete Simon Poelman who also possesses incredible endurance and stamina, yet crushes Mr. Allen in any comparison that includes strength, power, speed, and coordination?

Perhaps the definition of fitness doesn’t include strength, speed, power, and coordination though that seems rather odd. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines "fitness" and being "fit" as the ability to transmit genes and being healthy. No help there. Searching the Internet for a workable, reasonable definition of fitness yields disappointingly little. Worse yet, the NSCA, the most respected publisher in exercise physiology, in their highly authoritative Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning doesn’t even attempt a definition.

Crossfit's Fitness
For CrossFit the specter of championing a fitness program without clearly defining what it is that the program delivers combines elements of fraud and farce. The vacuum of guiding authority has therefore necessitated that CrossFit’s directors provide their own definition of fitness. That's what this issue of CrossFit Journal is about, our "fitness."



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I love CrossFit. When I was at Hood all unit PT was CrossFit. The only thing about it that doesn't help on the APFT is the running. There isn't any long distance running associated with CrossFit, and as we all know you still have to pass a 2 mile run. So as long as you still add some long distance running into your CrossFit program, it is the perfect form of PT in my opinion.

It has helped my APFT score in the past. Haven't done Crossfit in awhile

Cross Fit is amazing for improving scores, unfortunately the Military will to win and always win, makes this specific type of training very dangerous for soldiers. We just cannot slow down, mind over matter right? Well not in this case, at least not always.

I had a CrossFit gym in Budapest and had to literally stop someone and tell them they had to leave becasue they hurt themselves and wanted to keep going; usually an Ex-Pat American or British.

The training is hard and very rewarding but it should be about competing with the better you, not others who drive you to the point of injury. I know that speaks against all we learn but when it comes to good, healthy and lasting results, respect and focus for oneself is paramount.

The community around CrossFit get annoying though, the "WOD" and the "Dude" and all that. To each his/her own but dont think being fit gives you the right to put someone down for not doing what you do and this seems to be a trend with CrossFit "Dudes. Not with me since I run or own the gyms I train in! lol

Best!
Steven

Cross fit, p90x, jazzercise, what ever can help you get in shape. I submit the best exercise is good hard manual labor. Buy a shovel and just dig a hole.