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#089: The Rationale Behind Rx'd Workouts

Category: Health
Duration: 00:31:05
Publish Date: 2019-09-09 10:00:00
Description:

We’re taking a look at the CrossFit convention of prescribing specific weights, the arguments for and against doing so, and the importance of understanding the intended stimulus of a workout.

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Show Notes:

01:35 - What do we mean when we say a workout is “RX’d”

02:50 - Why we use RX weights

08:50 - The benefit of RX as it relates to benchmarking progress

10:00 - Why some folks don’t believe RX is useful or valuable

13:40 - Doing a workout as RX’d is not the goal

15:10 - Is the issue ego or education?

18:05 - Why CFNE has 3 different programming tracks every day

23:10 - How we run classes with so many different workouts happening at once

27:50 - Learning how to start to understand a workout’s stimulus


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Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to dissecting what it means to live a life of excellence, both inside the gym & out. On each episode, we'll deep dive on various aspects of running a CrossFit affiliate, becoming a better coach or athlete, & maximizing your potential.

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