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Originally Posted by lewdog
I think practical gets thrown around way too much. It isn't practical for me to be able to run a 5k or even having good aerobic endurance isn't practical for me.
I once was asked to carry a grandma down the stairs in her wheelchair at a friend's beach house. I was the only one strong enough there to carry the backside (heavy) part of the chair to get her down. Couldn't have been done if I wasn't there. So my strength training with squats/deadlifts were practical for me.
Practical is what you make of it. Just because Crossfit addresses more aerobic endurance, doesn't mean that it somehow is practical for me when I rarely use aerobic endurance.
The term practical training is pretty bullshit. Being practical is doing whatever task you are doing and getting better at it. Can certain exercises supplement that better than others....sure. But to generally classify an exercise as "practical" for everyone who does it is just reeruned.
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I couldn't disagree more. I need endurance playing with my kids, working in the yard, getting after it with the wife... I don't often have to lift 225 pounds of dead weight repeatedly.
That's just me, though. I have nothing but respect for serious weight lifters. Being in shape is the exception, not the rule. I prefer having low body fat and lean muscles, but I understand that some people want to be bulky with muscles.
Think I'm going to go for a run now.