#167 - Using and Deciding on Fitness Standards

Striking a balance between using metrics and standards to guide fitness, without overdoing it, is more important in CrossFit now than ever. Fewer people are participating in the sport, both seriously and recreationally. The demands of the sport keep getting higher, and the competitive scene is unclear and somewhat chaotic, so more people are taking part in events like Hyrox or simply training for the sake of training. Todd has recently put together some standards for South Loop Strength and Conditioning, and in this episode we continue our discussion about what fitness standards and metrics have to offer, using some of the examples in the standards that Todd has created. Listen to find out what some of these standards are, how to design good benchmarks, and how to use them. If you're not already subscribed to our newsletter, head over to www.legionsc.com to get a weekly selection of training tips and our favorite articles. We run online workshops for coaches as well. Find out when our next workshop is here: https://legionsc.com/program-design-workshops These podcasts are posted in video format on YouTube as well. Show Notes: [0:45] Standards in fitness and motivation for training [3:00] How to use standards and metrics in training [6:30] Using metrics to balance out fitness and having a reference on weak areas [12:00] Keeping tests contextual to CrossFit [17:30] Are old school CrossFit benchmarks still valid data points [20:00] Designing tests to avoid bottlenecks [22:00] When certain tests don't tell us much about someone's fitness