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October 2002 THE CrossF it J ournal IN THIS ISSUE: CrossFit’s Three Standards of Fitness Sickness, Wellness, and Fitness as Measures of Health mess you up Aerobics and Anaerobics Gymnastics, Weightli! ing, and Sprinting FEATURE ARTICLE: WHAT IS FITNESS? What Is Fitness and Who Is Fit? Outside Magazine crowned triathlete Mark Allen “the fittest man on earth” (/magazine/0297/ 9702fefit.html). Let’s just assume for a moment that this famous six-time winner of the IronMan Triathlon is the fittest of the fit, then what title do we bestow on the decathlete Simon Poelman (http://www.decathlon2000.ee/english/legends/poelman.htm) who also possesses incredible endurance and stamina, yet crushes Mr. Allen in any comparison that includes strength, power, speed, and coordination? Perhaps the definition of fitness doesn’t include strength, speed, power, and coordination though that seems rather odd. Mer- riam Webster ’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “fitness” and being “fit” as the ability to transmit genes and being healthy. No help there. Searching the Internet for a workable, reasonable definition of fitness yields disappointingly little (/ search?hl=enie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8q=fitness+definition). Worse yet, the NSCA, the most respected publisher in exercise physi- ology, in their highly authoritative Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning doesn’t even attempt a definition. Crossfit’s Fitness For CrossFit the specter of championing a fitness program without clearly defining what it is that the program delivers combines elements of fraud and farce. Th