fitness?

For those of you who attended the meeting yesterday, thank you. I believe we are accomplishing a lot.

Year 2010 is almost here. As we begin to think and plan our goals for this new year, lets keep in mind our definition of "fit." We all have our personal ideas of what "fit" is but hopefully hearing others and talking about what we can accomplish has broadened your scope of the definition.

I really like the following description of fitness. This came from a Crossfit journal. I believe the key word in the following description are "hard and fast" and not to develop a routine with consistently the same activity. Mix it up!!

World-Class Fitness in 100 Words:

■ Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds,

some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep

intake to levels that will support exercise but

not body fat.

■ Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean,

squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly,

master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups,

dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to

handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds.

Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast.

■ Five or six days per week mix these ele-

ments in as many combinations and patterns

as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy.

Keep workouts short and intense.

■ Regularly learn and play new sports.