Ngaba iNational Pro Fitness League nguMdlalo oMkhulu olandelayo?

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Ukuba awukayiva iNational Pro Fitness League (NPFL) okwangoku, amathuba kungekudala: Umdlalo omtsha ulungele ukwenza izihloko eziphambili kulo nyaka, kwaye kungekudala unokutshintsha indlela esijonga ngayo iimbaleki eziqeqeshiweyo ngonaphakade.

Ngamafutshane, i-NPFL yinkqubo eya kuthi idibanise amaqela avela kwilizwe liphela kukhuphiswano, kwimidlalo yeTV, njengebhola ekhatywayo okanye ibaseball. Kodwa imidlalo ye-NPFL ayigqitywa ngeebhasikithi okanye amanqaku afunyenweyo-zisekwe kumdlalo weqela ngalinye kwiseti yokuzilolonga edibanisa amandla, i-agility, kunye nesantya. Kwaye ngokungafaniyo nayiphi na enye iligi yezemidlalo, amaqela eNPFL aya kudityaniswa, ahlanganiswe ngamadoda amane kunye nabasetyhini abane.

Uhlobo olutsha loKhuphiswano

Ebudeni bomdlalo ngamnye weNPFL, amaqela amabini akhuphisana kwimidyarho eyohlukeneyo eli-11, yonke ingaphakathi kwifestile yeeyure ezimbini nakwibala elingaphakathi elilingana nebala lebhola yomnyazi. Uninzi lweentlanga zinemizuzu emithandathu okanye ngaphantsi kwaye zibandakanya imiceli mngeni njengokunyuka kwentambo, i-burpees, i-barbell snatch, kunye ne-handstand pushups.

Ukuba ucinga ukuba oku kuvakala kufana neCrossFit, unyanisile. I-NPFL ayinxulunyaniswa neCrossFit, kodwa kukho ukufana phakathi kwezi nkqubo zimbini, ngenxa yokuba le ligi yadalwa nguTony Budding, owayesakuba ngumlawuli weendaba kwiCrossFit.

UBudding wayefuna ukuthatha umbono osisiseko wokhuphiswano lomzimba kwaye awenze ubandakanyeke ngakumbi kubabukeli. Enye indlela akuphumeza ngayo oku kukunika ugqatso ngalunye umgca “wokuqala” kunye “nokugqiba” ocacileyo, ukuze abalandeli balandele inkqubela yamaqela ngokulula. (Ifoto engezantsi ibonisa ikhosi yesampulu.) Ukongeza, kukho amaxesha okubalisa amabali ngaphambi nasemva kohlanga ngalunye. "Uza kufunda ukuba ngoobani abakhuphisana nabo kwaye uye ngasemva kuqeqesho lwabo, ke iya kuba ngamava amahle kubalandeli ababukele kumabonwakude." (UBudding usekwiingxoxo nothungelwano, kodwa ulindele ukutyikitya isivumelwano esikhulu sosasazo kungekudala.)

Ngokungafaniyo nabadlali abaninzi beCrossFit, abadlali be-NPFL bayinyani-bathetha ukuba bayahlawulwa kwaye baya kuhlawulwa ubuncinci be- $ 2,500 ngomdlalo ngamnye abakhuphisana kuwo. (Imidlalo yeCrossFit, kwelinye icala, amabhaso amabhaso kuphela kubadlali abaphezulu, ukusukela $ 1,000 ukuya kuthi ga kwi-300,000 yeedola.)

Ngo-Agasti 2014, i-NPFL iya kubamba imidlalo yemiboniso phakathi kwamaqela ayo amahlanu akhoyo eNew York, eSan Francisco, eLos Angeles, ePhoenix naseFiladelphia. Isizini yokuqala yeligi yokukhuphisana iya kuqala ngo-2015, ngeeveki ezili-12 zemidlalo. Isizini yokuqala yeligi epheleleyo yeeveki ezili-16 izakubanjwa ngo-2016. IiRosters zisagqitywa, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abadlali sele beqeshiwe kakhulu kwilizwe leCrossFit.

Abafazi be-NPFL

Thatha uDanielle Sidell, umzekelo: Umntwana oneminyaka eyi-25 usandul 'utyikitya kunye ne-NPFL ye-New York Rhinos, emva kokuba iqela lakhe le-CrossFit lithathe indawo yesibini kwiMidlalo ye-Reebok CrossFit ye-2012. USidell wabaleka walandela ilizwe lakhe ekholejini, emva koko wajika waba kukhuphiswano lokwakha umzimba emva kokuphumelela. Wayemathidala ukuthatha iklasi yakhe yokuqala yeCrossFit ngokunyanzelwa ngumntu asebenza naye. Xa sijonga ngasemva, wonwabe kakhulu.

"Ndikwimeko entle ephindwe kalishumi kunakuqala xa ndandiyimbaleki edibeneyo okanye xa ndandisakha umzimba," utshilo. "Ndiziva ndibhetele, ndikhangeleka ngcono, ndinamandla kwaye ndiyakhawuleza, kwaye ngoku ndisempilweni kwaye ndizithembe njengembaleki."

USidell uyaluthanda ukhuphiswano oludibeneyo lweNPFL, kwaye uthi uyakuvuyela ukwenza umahluko kwihlabathi lemidlalo yababukeli. "Ndifuna ukuba le nto ihambe-ifaniswe nayo nayiphi na enye i-league," utshilo. "Ndifuna ukuba kube mnandi kwaye kube mnandi njengeBhola yeCawa yasebusuku, kwaye ndifuna abantwana abancinci bathenge iijezi zikaDanielle Sidell, kwaye bazi ukuba lo mdlalo umangalisa kangakanani."

Omnye umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwe-NPFL kunye nezinye iiligi zemidlalo zobuchwephesha kukuba uluhlu lweqela ngalinye kufuneka okungenani libe nendoda enye kunye nomntu obhinqileyo ongaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40. KwiiRhinos zaseNew York, laa mfazi ngu-Amy Mandelbaum, 46, iimbaleki zeCrossFit kunye nomqeqeshi oya kuthi Ukukhuphisana kwimidlalo yakhe yesine yeCrossFit kweli hlobo kwiCandelo leMasters.

UMandelbaum, ononyana oneminyaka eli-13 ubudala kunye nentombi eneminyaka eyi-15 ubudala, unethemba lokuba indima yakhe kwiNPFL iya kunceda ukuxhobisa abasetyhini bayo yonke iminyaka ukuba bafumane ixesha lokuqina. "Kufuneka ibe yinto yesibini, njengokuphefumla okanye ikomityi yakho yekofu yasekuseni. Ukufumana into oyithandayo kwaye uzinikele kuyo yenye yezona zinto zilungileyo onokuzenzela zona." (Uyazingca ngokuba ngumzekelo omhle kubantwana bakhe: Unyana wakhe sele eqalile ukwenza iCrossFit!)

UBudding unethemba lokuba abathathi-nxaxheba abadala beqela baya kukhuthaza abantu abaninzi ukuba babukele imidlalo yeNPFL, kodwa ugxininisa ukuba ayingomaqhinga nje okufumana abalandeli abaninzi. "Kukho into enomdla ngokwenene ngokubukela amadoda nabafazi abalungileyo kwihlabathi besebenza kunye," utshilo. "Abafazi abalungileyo banempilo kakhulu kunamadoda aqhelekileyo, kwaye eyona nto ingcono kakhulu engama-40 inokuba yinto elungileyo njengabo bakhuphisana nabo abancinci. Kulula ukubukela owasetyhini esenza ukutsalwa okulandelanayo okungama-25 emva koko abaleke ugqibe umgca wokugqibela kwaye ucinge, 'Owu, ungumdlali, akanabo ubomi, konke akwenzayo kukuqeqesha.' Kodwa emva koko ufumanisa ukuba uneminyaka engama-42 kwaye unamakhwenkwe amathathu kwaye ucinga, 'Wow, ndiyakuthethelela.'

Indlela Yokubandakanyeka

Ke konke oku kuvakala kufanelekile ukuba ufuna ukuyibukela kumabonwakude-kodwa uza kuthini ukuba ufuna ukuthatha inxaxheba. Ngaba nabani na unokuzama iNPFL? Ewe hayi, utsho uBudding. Njengeminye imidlalo yezemidlalo, i-NPFL iya kubamba indibaniselwano kanye ngonyaka, apho iimbaleki ezimenyiweyo zinokuzama iindawo ezivulekileyo. Abathathi-nxaxheba abanokuthi bangenise izicelo kwi-intanethi, ezibandakanya izibalo ezinje ngobudala babo, ubude, kunye nobunzima, kunye nenani labo lokusebenza-amaxesha, ubunzima, okanye inani le-reps kulwabiwo oluthile kunye nokusebenza.

Ngelixa uninzi lwethu luzakube luthatha inxaxheba ezitendi (okanye phambi koomabonakude bethu), uBudding uthi asiyiyo yonke into ayicwangcisele lo mdlalo. "Sele sinezicelo zamaphepha-mvume zokunciphisa inkqubo ukuya kwinqanaba lekholeji nakwizikolo eziphakamileyo, kunye nokhuphiswano lwe-amateur, ngokunjalo. Silindele ukubona uninzi lweendawo zokuzilolonga kunye nezitudiyo zokuzilolonga sisebenzisa ukuzilolonga kwabo kwiiklasi zabo, kwaye sibakha iinkqubo zethu ezijikeleze iindlela zethu, ngokunjalo."

Ngelixa uBudding elindele uninzi lwabalandeli bokuqala be-NPFL ukuba babe ngamalungu okuphakamisa iintsimbi okanye uluntu lwaseCrossFit, unethemba lokuba abaphulaphuli bezemidlalo baya kukhula ngokukhawuleza. "Yimidlalo enyanzelekileyo abantu abangazichonga kuyo," utshilo. "Nokuba awukwazi ukwenza utsalo ngokwasemzimbeni, usazi ukuba yintoni i-tsall-up kunye nendlela yokwenza enye. Yinto abantwana abakhula beyenza, izinto abazifunda kwiklasi yokuzivocavoca, kwaye ngoku baya kwenza. yibukele kwinqanaba lobungcali. "

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