The CrossFit prescription is “constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement.” Functional movements are universal motor recruitment patterns; they are performed in a wave of contraction from core to extremity; and they are compound movements—i.e., they are multi-joint. They are natural, effective, and efficient locomotors of body and external objects. But no aspect of functional movements is more important than their capacity to move large loads over long distances, and to do so quickly.
WOD: 500 m Row then 21 115 lb push press 500 m Row then 18 115 lb push press 500 m Row then 15 115 lb push press 500 m Row then 12 115 lb push press Finished in 11:02