CrossFit is a core
strength and conditioning program.
We have designed our program to elicit as broad an adaptational response as
possible. CrossFit is not a specialized fitness program but a deliberate attempt
to optimize physical competence in each of ten recognized fitness domains.
They are Cardiovascular and Respiratory endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility,
Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy.
The CrossFit Program was developed to enhance an individual's competency at
all physical tasks.
Our Athletes are trained to perform successfully at multiple, diverse, and
randomized physical challenges. This fitness is demanded of military and police
personnel, firefighters, and many sports requiring total or complete physical
prowess. CrossFit has proven effective in these arenas. Aside from the breadth
or totality of fitness the CrossFit Program seeks, our program is distinctive,
if not unique, in its focus on maximizing neuroendocrine response, developing
power, cross-training with multiple training modalities, constant training
and practice with functional movements, and the development of successful
nutritional strategies. Our athletes are trained to bike, run, swim, and row
at short, middle and long distances guaranteeing exposure and competency in
each of the three main metabolic pathways.
We train our athletes in gymnastics from rudimentary to advanced movements
garnering great capacity at controlling the body both dynamically and statically
while maximizing strength to weight ratio and flexibility.
We also place a heavy emphasis on Olympic Weightlifting having seen this sport's
unique ability to develop an athlete's explosive power, control of external
objects, and mastery of critical motor recruitment patterns. And finally,
we encourage and assist our athletes to explore a variety of sports as a vehicle
to express and apply their fitness.
In gyms and health clubs throughout the world the typical workout consists
of isolation movements and extended aerobic sessions.
The fitness community from trainers to magazines has the exercising public
believing that lateral raises, curls, leg extensions, sit-ups and the like
combined with 20-40 minute stints on the stationary bike or treadmill are
going to lead to some kind of great fitness. At CrossFit we work exclusively
with compound movements and shorter high intensity cardiovascular sessions.
We've replaced the lateral raise with push press, the curl with pull-ups,
and the leg extension with squats. For every long distance effort our athletes
will do five or six at short distance. Why? Because compound or functional
movements and high intensity or anaerobic cardio is radically more effective
at eliciting nearly any desired fitness result. Startlingly, this is not a
matter of opinion but solid, irrefutable, scientific fact and yet the marginally
effective old ways persist and are nearly universal.
Our approach is consistent
with what is practiced in elite training programs associated with major university
athletic teams and professional sports.
So, the question is, how committed are you to your life? CrossFit is about
getting better at life. If you are serious about your health and fitness,
then CrossFit is for you. We promise you we won't waste a second of your time
with silly exercise routines. As my 8 year old son Luke says, "we don't
use machines, we make em."
If you want to train with two guys who are absolutely committed to becoming
the best at life and providing a space for you to do the same, come and see
us. We utilize a closed gym format so our athletes come to regularly scheduled
classes. Call us beforehand to find out times.
Our next "Elements" class, which all new CrossFitters are required to take,
begins on Monday, November 26th at 8am or 6:30pm and runs Mon/Wed/Fri for two
weeks, finishing on December 7th. If the 8am or 6:30pm class time does not
work with your schedule, please call Erik to discuss other scheduling options.
We are located in the Aspen Airport Business Center (AABC) in the "Ski.com
Building" at 210 AABC, Suite N, Aspen, Colorado 81611.
Erik Jon Larson
(970) 948-4605
erik@aspencrossfit.com
