Part 2 takes that original explanation and looks toward the future. Glassman describes his “eureka moment”: finding that the area under the power-duration curve was the first “scientifically rigorous” measurement of fitness and encompassed all the other models perfectly. It can even be used to measure health.
“Your fitness is a snapshot of your health,” Glassman says.
CrossFit HQ has begun a massive endeavor to collect a wide variety of relevant health, fitness and business metrics through the affiliates and the global community. That data will be analyzed by scientists and physicians who will be looking to find best practices by answering this question: “Which of these things is causal, which is correlative?”
Workout of the Day
Deadlift
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
Accumulate 50 strict pull-ups during the time between sets.