Fitness, Fatness and the Venn Diagram
That’s right baby. The Venn diagram. Does this ring any bells? I think we all must have run into these during our educational life. This is a bit of a stretch here from how these are supposed to be used, but it will serve my purpose. Circle A actually represents two circles precisely overlaid upon each other. The circles would be labeled Aesthetics and Nutrition respectively. Circle B would also represent two circles directly overlaid upon each other. One is Performance and the other is CrossFit. Venn diagrams are used to compare things and find their similarities and in our case their interface and coorelation. The more the circles overlap the more they correlate to each other. So, in the instances of our directly overlaid circles the correlation is dramatic! CrossFit IS the best thing you can do to affect functional performance. Likewise, good nutrition IS the fastest way to change your aesthetics positively. The interaction between the A and B circles is also telling. Notice how much smaller that overlapping area is in comparison to the first aspects we discussed. This would indicate a much weaker correlation. CrossFit will not affect the way you look nearly as much as changing your eating. Period! Now this is where I would like to be able to change our diagram a little, but I had already spent like an hour playing with Venn diagram generators and my nerd factor was getting way huger than it already is so I just went with this one. Which by the way I found on my first google search. Wow another hour wasted. But I digress. I would like to have the nutrition circle overlap the performance circle more. Not directly overlaid like the CrossFit one is, but more than it is in this picture because it does have a pretty strong affect on performance. So what does all this mean? Eat right-look better. CrossFit-perform better. Do both and you’ll be hot and able to destroy your enemies…when it gets right down to it is there really anything more any of us want out of life? I know Suzanne feels this way for sure.
If this analogy was helpful I am glad to be of assistance. If it was a total waste of time it was Casey’s idea. Ok it really was Casey’s idea whether you liked it or not.
Oh yeah, probably more important than my musing on the Venn Diagram…way to go everyone on Karen. You all killed it! Tons of PRs and people getting their names on the board for doing it as rx’d. Special recognition to Ryan for setting a new men’s gym record of 8:17 the first time doing it. Not bad!
All Classes
Walking lunge 100 ft.
21 Pull-ups
21 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
18 Pull-ups
18 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
15 Pull-ups
15 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
12 Pull-ups
12 Sit-ups
Walking lunge 100 ft.
9 Pull-ups
9 Sit-ups
Walking Lunge 100 ft.
6 Pull-ups
6 Sit-ups
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First of all, I think you should add sleep to your diagram. Secondly, where does fish oil go? Is it in nutrition because wil ingest it or does it get its own circle because we don’t count it in our Zone blocks?
I would accuse your guys (Jeff and Casey) of being geeks but for all the time I spend charting and crunching in Excel I would only be calling the kettle black.
Have you investigated the use of the Euler diagram?
-Dan-
D-hole,
Thanks for the insight. I didn’t include fish oil in nutrition because I usually take mine rectally. As for sleep, in all seriousness, it should probably overlap performance and aesthetics due to its ability to restore hormone level (testosterone, HGH, insulin sensitvity etc.) which effects both performance and aesthetics. It also aids recovery of muscles and neurological systems which greatly effect performance.
12:05 (56 second PR from last time of 13:01)
did jumping pull-ups, cant do kips yet, but I will!!!
total time 18:54
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