The 2010 CrossFit Games

• Home
• About the Games
• Sponsorship

• Regional Results
• Videos
• Event Schedule

The ultimate proving grounds of the world’s fittest athletes.

July 16-18, 2010 • Carson, CA

The Home Depot Center Sports Complex

Select a 2010 CrossFit Games event

Rogue Vs AF Tahoe Throwdown

The 2010 Games free webcast: watch the archives and relive the event at live.crossfit.com.

CrossFit Director of Training Dave Castro

Rogue Vs AF Tahoe Throwdown

Roundtable in Tahoe: Managing Work, Rest and Intensity

Should CrossFitters Pace Themselves

With some of CrossFit’s top athletes in Lake Tahoe, Calif., for the Rogue Vs. Again Faster Throwdown, it was a great opportunity to throw the athletes into a room and get them talking with the cameras rolling.

In this installment, the competitors discuss the importance of recovery from day-to-day workouts and multiple workouts on the same day. The topic fuels some heated debate among the athletes.

“I think most people don't have a clue how to listen to their body,” Chris Spealler says. According to him, his wrestling background has given him a keen sense of his own ability and recovery needs. “I don't look at it as like I need to be exposed to all these workouts and just wear myself out. I know my body well enough that I know how I should feel every second of that workout.”

The debate continues over whether the stimulus of failure during a workout can improve overall work capacity and how to test that stimulus. The athletes also discuss when to put their bodies to the test.

“It's learning how to manage work and rest. That's a huge part of CrossFit,” Spealler says.

See the entire video in the CrossFit Journal.