Routine is killer?

I am studying sports and have a pretty "normal" life. I have been a really good gymnast as a kid along with ballet and free running, but those two mostly for fun. 

I have A LOT to do in my day, but always reserve 3 hours for my personal training every night. Just need it as a kind of down time and get my head clear and stuff.

My main goals is enjoying the workout and keeping my body fit and healthy, being able to always do pull-ups and handstands and just keeping my cool "gymnastics strength". (Love it when super muscular guys pass by and watch me with their mouth open doing press handstands - ha!)

However, I have been doing the very same thing for the last 2 years now.

Usually a short warm with ab workout (like hollow rocks and stuff). 
Then 30mins of handstands (free standing, standing straddle and pike presses) followed by about 1 hour of strength (all basics, pull-ups, push-ups, leg lifts, pistol squats, leg extensions...usually 3 sets of 10).

The last hour is stretching ans prehab things. I go with this usually 5-6 days a week.

But today I read an article about crossfit saying "Routine is killer" because they always try to mix things up to create a new stimulus for the muscle.

But my goals is to keep that exact level. To keep my 5 standing presses in a row etc. And I know how fast it can go to lose that.

So what is your opinion on that?

 

"Routine is killer"

Too often CF tends to target this at the general populace going to Globos not specialist athletes.

The people who do some kind of body part split, starting and ending with some cardio. The same ole baloney every day, often done without any real progressive program. More of, go into gym, punch time card in, leave gym.

Another part of this is how many fitness enthusiasts have Fitness ADD. They love change but hate doing the same ole stuff every day. Well guess what, high level and elite sport is pretty much the same ole stuff day-in, day-out.

I've never seen any CF articles jump on that "Muscle-Confusion" malarkey but

I'd also wonder where that article was from. A CF gym's blog or a CF online portal (BreakingMuscle, BarbellShrugged, BoxMagazine, etc). There's a lot of bad, there is some good, and it takes a discerning eye picking it out. Jeff Severn for instance, might have a CF gym, but he has a vary solid and varied background vs maybe Joe Blow who just started up his affiliate after attending his L1.

 

So.. You've read an article about Crossfit, eh ?

You'll be good at what you practice. So if you practice gymnastics specific strength that's where you will iimprove.

AFAIK, there's no data to suggest that the Crossfit 'confusion' protocol actually produces athletes that are proficient in GST.

Blairbob said:

"Routine is killer"

Too often CF tends to target this at the general populace going to Globos not specialist athletes.

The people who do some kind of body part split, starting and ending with some cardio. The same ole baloney every day, often done without any real progressive program. More of, go into gym, punch time card in, leave gym.

Another part of this is how many fitness enthusiasts have Fitness ADD. They love change but hate doing the same ole stuff every day. Well guess what, high level and elite sport is pretty much the same ole stuff day-in, day-out.

I've never seen any CF articles jump on that "Muscle-Confusion" malarkey but

I'd also wonder where that article was from. A CF gym's blog or a CF online portal (BreakingMuscle, BarbellShrugged, BoxMagazine, etc). There's a lot of bad, there is some good, and it takes a discerning eye picking it out. Jeff Severn for instance, might have a CF gym, but he has a vary solid and varied background vs maybe Joe Blow who just started up his affiliate after attending his L1.

 

Thank You!!! I went by a new Crossfit Place where I live, so that's where I read it. They had a brochure and it was like kind of a slogan.

Well, that's actually what I thought. Elite athletes or just any competitive ones do the same movement over and over and over again, day in and day out! I do think some split will work, like if you do a lot of pull ups and dips on one day, give it a rest and train legs the next, right?

Thank you!

 Push/Pull splits are way better for getting strong than BodyPart days. You end up hitting more frequency during a week or two of these core movements rather than once every four days (Legs, Chest, Back, Arms).

Push: Squat stuff, pressing stuff.

Pull: DL or KB swing stuff, pullups, etc.

Or as you stated, Upper/Lower. BW upper body stuff one day possibly with any barbell/machine accessories, Barbell/KB stuff the other (any other kind of squatting or plyometric work or sprints).

Blairbob said:

 Push/Pull splits are way better for getting strong than BodyPart days. You end up hitting more frequency during a week or two of these core movements rather than once every four days (Legs, Chest, Back, Arms).

Push: Squat stuff, pressing stuff.

Pull: DL or KB swing stuff, pullups, etc.

Or as you stated, Upper/Lower. BW upper body stuff one day possibly with any barbell/machine accessories, Barbell/KB stuff the other (any other kind of squatting or plyometric work or sprints).