Dec 3, 2008 | 5:38 pm
Fitness and Academic Approach part deux
So, I’m in the midst of taking an academic approach to eating and moving, and I’m taking an academic approach to the effort. And I decided I wanted to get a good idea of why the heck I’m doing this. What is my intention? Well, to be transparent my intention is to be sexy. Or, in my phrasing that I learned from Fearless Living, I am willing to be sexy.
And to be sexy, I want to be fit. And what is that? Fit? I got to looking around for good information on fitness and was led to a site that gave the 10 different key identifiers of fitness. Those keys are:
- Cardio Vascular endurance
- Stamina
- Strength
- Flexibility
- Power
- Speed
- Coordination
- Agility
- Balance
- Accuracy
Ok. How am I doing in each of these 10 areas? I’m pretty strong, and I’m pretty flexible. I can be agile and have great balance. The rest, well, will take some work. The article, http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/CFJ-trial.pdf by the way, has a great differnential between practice and training. Some of those things one can train for with concerted exercise, metrics, and scale. The other, practice, is more an art form. For instance, I can train for flexibility, but practice for greater sense of balance.
Practice can be done through dance, yoga, pilates, NIA (www.nianow.com). Training is weight lifting, going the extra mile, literally, on the treadmill or the road. And by placing my focus on the difference quickly adjusts the emphasis of my workouts.
So, that’s my academic fitness lesson for the day. It’s great that my mind is expanding as my belt is contracting. Let’s keep that trend going!
Truly Yours,
Joseph Lyons