I highly recommend it for endurance athletes and their coaches. On the whole, the book was a great resource. But it’s certainly not the “one hour a day, general fitness” that most CrossFit affiliates are based upon. To be fair, the volume prescribed by CrossFit Endurance isn’t anywhere near the status quo prescribed by the long, slow distance running camp. Perhaps the most elite athletes in any field train at very high volumes. I was really surprised by the high volume of training required by the CrossFit Endurance method. The programming section is quite extensive. While it is all good information, it feels like filler added to thicken the book. The last few sections very briefly address nutrition, hydration, programming, sample workouts, and some other fluff. Starrett’s dry humor and description of what most athletes really do compared to what they should do is right on target. This is also the most entertaining section of the book. Until Starrett’s book, Becoming a Supple Leopard, is released on March 12th, this section will serve as the most authoritative print resource available on mobility. Kelly Starrett is also excellent, and alone worth the price of the book. The next section on “Mobility as a Skill” written by Dr. And while this section is great for a beginning coach, any coach that has been to a CrossFit Level 1 certification and studied his craft for a few months won’t find any new information. One would have to compile many articles from the CrossFit Journal to get such a comprehensive resource. One could dicker about a few fine points (I think his landing position for the power snatch shown on page 204 is too wide) but this section is also extremely well done. The run, bike, and swim sections are followed by a similar section called “Strength and Conditioning as a Skill.” In this section Mackenzie gives the same excellent pictographic treatment to almost every CrossFit exercise.
For a coach looking to teach proper running, biking, or swimming technique, this is a valuable resource. Pictures of each position are often shown from multiple angles. The book even shows common faults and outlines them in red adjacent to the correct technique outlined in green. Mackenzie begins each section with a brief explanation of “why” and then proceeds to show pictures and captions of progressive drills used to achieve proper technique. Sections are color coded and tabbed on the edge of the book for ease of reference. It is one of the best arranged instructional books I have read. Much of his instruction is derived from the POSE method developed by Dr. He begins by teaching the reader the proper way to run, bike, and swim. He’s also very clear that nothing in his book is new. Mackenzie is very clear that this is not always the case, but it happens far too often. Back off training for a while, let the injury heal, and then repeat.
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