Bound Newsletter 3.31.2024
EBJ and the kiddos
“It is a common sentiment that the obligation of career and family is that you don’t have the time to be as fit as you might like. Here’s the good news. That world class age group - strength and conditioning - is obtainable from one hour a day - from 6x days a week of training. It turns out that the intensity of training that optimizes physical conditioning is not sustainable past 45-60 minutes a day. Athletes that train for hours day, are developing skill or training for sport thats include adaptations to strength or conditioning past 1 hour….more is not better.” - unknown author, from Hillerfit video
New Members:
Luke Mayben
Talon Brown
Francis Rivera
Upcoming Events, Scheduling, Coaches Calendar
April 10th - Helenback Series Half Marathon or 5k Race. Did this last year - such a great race! Register HERE
April 27th - Bound Brawl Team Competition registration is Open to Compete or Volunteer.
Register your team or volunteer - HERE
May - HERO Month begins!
May be subject to change
CrossFit Journal Article: TEAM SPORTS AND CROSSFIT: BUILDING BETTER HUMANS by Kelley Laxton
It’s a well-known fact that daily physical activity is essential for health, and sports are a great way to stay active in a fun environment.
But it’s not just the physical activity of sports that keeps people healthy. Sports teach important social and life skills and have many psychological benefits. Team sports in particular offer more psychosocial benefits than solo sports. In an analysis by Healthy Sport Index, the top high school sports for psychosocial benefits were boys football, girls softball, and boys and girls soccer. Some of the lowest ranked were track and field and cross country.
One study concluded that “involvement in sports had a positive influence on the satisfaction with life” in university students. Another study found that, “97% of team athletes graduated from high school — which is 10% more than students who did not participate in team sports.”
According to Health.gov, participating in team sports is associated with improved teamwork and social and life skills, and increased empowerment, self-control, occupational skills, and leadership qualities.
Therefore, they teach essential skills for children to learn and take into adulthood. Additionally, children who play sports are eight times more likely to be physically active at age 24 than those who do not play sports.
But the benefits of team sports don’t stop after childhood.
Lifelong participation in sports can lead to improved mental health. In fact, over 50% of adults who participate in sports believe it reduces stress and improves mental health. By overcoming challenges alongside others, participants can build confidence and diminish self-seeking tendencies.
Although it is clear that team sports offer a variety of physical and psychological benefits, “of the nearly 8 million students currently participating in high school athletics in the United States, only 495,000 of them will compete at NCAA schools,” says the NCAA. After college, the opportunity to play sports decreases even more rapidly.
Then what? How can children continue to reap these benefits after exhausting their sport options?
The answer is CrossFit
This is training not competing….this week is about quality reps and perfect pacing.
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