Style & Living

I never thought I’d see the day

Of a coup de main in the USA.

More than voter fraud, in major cities,

But a coup, by an entrenched conspiracy.

In last week’s article we introduced the basis for my approach to health & fitness based on CrossFit methodology, namely that there are 10 recognized general physical skills: cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy. You are as fit as you are competent in each of these 10 skills. A regimen develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of these 10 skills.  In the next couple of weeks, we are going to dive deeper into the yesodos (fundamentals) of this platform and hope to give a greater understanding of why I favor certain methods while purposely neglecting others. Much of this information is taken from the CrossFit Journal.

Recap: Bayla went to the general store for Mrs. Cantor and she met Margie Truman there. The girls are leaving the store together when the world turns green. Suddenly, there’s a tremendous roaring wind blowing everything in sight. Margie screams, “It’s a twister!”

Bewildered, waiting in darkness and doubt,

Will the real facts ever come out?

Will the election be given, to whom it belongs?

Or this is the death knoll,

A: Outside Magazine crowned triathlete Mark Allen (triathlon components: swimming, cycling, and running - a multisport race with three continuous and sequential endurance races) “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 (decathlon: a 10-event athletic contest that consists of the 100-meter, 400-meter, and 1500-meter runs, the 110-meter high hurdles, the javelin and discus throws, shot put, pole vault, high jump, and long jump) 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 does not include strength, speed, power, and coordination - though that seems rather odd. Merriam Webster’s 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, one of the most respected publishers in exercise physiology, in their highly authoritative Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, does not even attempt a definition.

Recap: The girls have to register for school. Later, Senator Truman and his daughter Margie and her friend Gloria Jacobson all come to Mr. Cantor’s furniture store. Bayla and Mimi meet the girls who are about their age.