We saw a study comparing the performances of runners who supplemented their mileage with CrossFit to those who just pounded the pavement, and the results were pretty surprising.
There’s no way of working out that’s more polarizing than CrossFit: Those who love it claim nothing will make you fitter, while skeptics claim that its fitness benefits don’t really translate to sport-specific success.
The second group performed two days of threshold-to-high-intensity running, two days of CrossFit, and one day that included both a threshold/high intensity run and a CrossFit workout each week. The CrossFit workout typically lasted 60 to 70 minutes and consisted of strength activities likeRelated: Blast through a series of HIIT sessions to boost running strength and prevent injury with theBoth groups worked out for five days a week.
The results surprised lead researcher Andrew Carnes, Ph.D., who thought that the polarized running group would see significantly greater improvements than the CrossFitters. While he didn’t doubt that the CrossFit group would get fitter, he didn’t think it was translate into better running performance—since to improve at running, he thought they’d simply have to runBut the reason they did improve their times may have to do with their status as recreational, relatively low-volume runners.
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