Crossfit's First Fitness Standard

Crossfit's First Fitness StandardThere are ten recognized general physical skills. They are cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy, balance, and accuracy. You are as fit as you are competent in each of these ten skills. A regimen develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of these ten skills. -- CrossFit Journal #2
The 10 General Physical Skills 1. Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance - The ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen.2. Stamina - The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.3. Strength - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.4. Flexibility - the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.5. Power - The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.6. Speed - The ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.7. Coordination - The ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movement.8. Agility - The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.9. Balance - The ability to control the placement of the bodies center of gravity in relation to its support base.10. Accuracy - The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.