CROSSFIT LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE 109
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023
What is the aim of CrossFit? - answer to forge a broad, general, and inclusive fitness
CrossFit (definition) - answer constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movement
What are functional movements? - answer 1. universal motor recruitment patterns
2. performed from core to extremity
3. compound movements
What are the three attributes of functional movement? - answer load, distance, and speed
What are the three most important and interdependent facets by which to evaluate any fitness
program? - answer safety, efficacy, and efficiency
What are the ten fitness domains? - answer 1. cardiovascular/respiratory endurance
2. stamina
3. strength
4. flexibility
5. power
6. speed
7. coordination
8. agility
9. balance
10. accuracy
,Why was CrossFit developed? - answer to enhance an individual's competency at all physical
tasks
What is the CrossFit definition of an athlete? - answer a person who is trained or skilled in
strength, power, balance and agility, flexibility, and
endurance
aerobic activity (definition) - answer majority of energy is derived with oxygen
anaerobic activity (definition) - answer majority of energy is derived without oxygen
Olympic Lifts (definition) - answer clean and jerk and snatch
Reasoning for training the olympic lifts - answer to teach athletes to apply force from core to
extremities
Neuroendocrine adaptation (definition) - answer a change in the body
that affects you either neurologically or hormonally
Gymnastics (definition) - answer rely on body weight as the sole source of resistance
Cross training (definition) - answer exceeding the normal parameters of
the regular demands of your sport or training
Why are functional movements important? - answer functional movements are mechanically
sound and therefore safe, and secondly they are the movements
that elicit a high neuroendocrine response
, CrossFit dietary prescription - answer • Protein should be lean and varied and account for about
30% of your total caloric
load.
• Carbohydrates should be predominantly low- glycemic and account for about
40% of your total caloric load.
• Fat should be from whole food sources and account for about 30% of your total
caloric load
Caloric intake prescription - answer Total calories should be based on protein needs, which
should be set at between 0.7 and
1.0 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass (depending on your activity level). The
0.7 figure is for moderate daily workout loads and the 1.0 figure is for the hardcore athlete.
What should I eat? - answer Base your diet on garden vegetables, especially greens, meats, nuts
and
seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar
World Class Fitness in 100 Words - answer 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, clean and jerk, and snatch.
Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pullups,
dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses
to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds.
Bike, run, swim, row, etc., hard and fast.