Shin National Pro Fitness League shine Babban Wasanni na gaba?

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Idan ba ku ji labarin National Pro Fitness League (NPFL) ba tukuna, daman za ku yi nan ba da jimawa ba: Sabon wasan yana shirin yin manyan kanun labarai a wannan shekara, kuma nan ba da jimawa ba zai iya canza yadda muke kallon ƙwararrun 'yan wasa har abada.

A takaice, NPFL wani shiri ne da zai tattaro kungiyoyi daga kewayen kasar don gasa, wasannin talabijin, kamar kwararrun kwallon kafa ko wasan baseball. Amma wasannin NPFL ba'a yanke hukunci ta kwanduna ko kwallayen da aka zura a raga - sun dogara ne akan aikin kowace kungiya a cikin tsarin motsa jiki wanda ya hada karfi, kuzari, da sauri. Kuma sabanin kowace ƙungiyar ƙwararrun wasanni, ƙungiyoyin NPFL za su haɗu tare, waɗanda suka ƙunshi maza huɗu da mata huɗu.

Sabuwar Nau'in Gasa

Yayin kowane wasan NPFL, ƙungiyoyi biyu suna fafatawa a cikin tsere iri-iri na 11, duk a cikin taga sa'o'i biyu kuma a cikin filin wasan girman girman filin wasan kwando. Yawancin tseren mintuna shida ne ko ƙasa da haka kuma sun haɗa da ƙalubale kamar hawan igiya, tururuwa, fisgewar barbell, da turawa ta hannu.

Idan kuna tunanin wannan yana kama da CrossFit, kun yi daidai. NPFL ba ta da alaƙa da CrossFit, amma akwai kamance tsakanin shirye-shiryen biyu, saboda wani ɓangare na gaskiyar cewa Tony Budding, tsohon darektan watsa labarai na CrossFit ne ya kirkiro gasar.

Budding yana so ya ɗauki ainihin dabarun dacewa kuma ya sa ya zama mai jan hankali ga masu kallo. Hanya ɗaya da yake samun wannan ita ce ta ba kowane tseren sarari "fara" da "gama", don haka magoya baya iya bin ci gaban ƙungiyoyin cikin sauƙi. (Hoton da ke ƙasa yana kwatanta kwas ɗin misali.) Ƙari ga haka, akwai lokutan ba da labari kafin da bayan kowace tsere. "Za ku koyi ko wanene masu fafatawa kuma ku kasance a bayan fage a cikin horon su, don haka zai zama da gaske babban gogewa ga magoya bayan da ke kallon talabijin." (Budding har yanzu yana cikin tattaunawa tare da cibiyoyin sadarwa, amma yana sa ran sanya hannu kan babbar yarjejeniyar watsa labarai nan ba da jimawa ba.)

Ba kamar yawancin 'yan wasan CrossFit ba,' yan wasan NPFL sun kasance masu fa'ida na gaske-ma'ana ana biyan su albashi kuma za a ba su mafi ƙarancin $ 2,500 a kowane wasan da suka fafata a ciki. $1,000 zuwa kusan $300,000.)

A cikin watan Agusta 2014, NPFL za ta dauki nauyin wasannin nuni tsakanin ƙungiyoyinta biyar da ke New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, da Philadelphia. Za a fara kakar gasar gasar ta farko a daminar 2015, tare da wasannin makonni 12. Za a gudanar da gasar na tsawon makonni 16 na farko a cikin shekarar 2016. Har yanzu ana kammala shirye-shiryen gasar, amma ya zuwa yanzu, an dauki 'yan wasa da yawa daga kungiyar CrossFit.

Matan NPFL

Dauki Danielle Sidell, misali: Kwanan nan mai shekaru 25 ta sanya hannu tare da NPFL na New York Rhinos, bayan ƙungiyar CrossFit ta ɗauki matsayi na biyu a wasannin Reebok CrossFit na 2012. Sidell ya yi tsere da tsere ƙasa a cikin kwaleji, sannan ya juya zuwa gasa ta jiki bayan kammala karatunsa. Ba tare da jinkiri ba ta ɗauki ajin ta na farko na CrossFit a kan dagewa da wani abokin aikin ta. Ta waiwayo, tayi murna sosai.

"Na fi sau goma fiye da yadda na kasance a lokacin da nake ƙwararren ɗan wasa ko kuma lokacin da nake cikin ginin jiki," in ji ta. "Ina jin dadi, na fi kyau, na fi karfi da sauri, kuma kawai na fi lafiya kuma na fi karfin gwiwa a matsayin dan wasa."

Sidell yana son gasar haɗin gwiwa ta NPFL, kuma ta ce tana farin cikin yin canji a duniyar wasannin kallo. "Ina matukar son wannan ya tashi - don ya yi daidai da duk wani lig na wasanni," in ji ta. "Ina so ya zama abin nishaɗi da annashuwa kamar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ranar Lahadi, kuma ina son ƙananan yara su sayi rigunan Danielle Sidell, kuma su san yadda wannan wasan yake da ban tsoro."

Wani babban bambanci tsakanin NPFL da sauran ƙwararrun wasanni na wasanni shine cewa kowane jerin sunayen ƙungiyar dole ne su sami akalla namiji ɗaya da mace ɗaya fiye da shekaru 40. Ga Rhinos na New York, macen ita ce Amy Mandelbaum, 46, 'yar wasan CrossFit kuma kocin da zai yi. zama gasa a wasannin CrossFit na huɗu na wannan bazara a cikin Masters Division.

Mandelbaum, wacce ke da danta dan shekara 13 da diya ‘yar shekara 15, tana fatan rawar da ta taka a NPFL zai taimaka wajen karfafawa mata masu shekaru daban-daban don samun lokacin motsa jiki. "Yana buƙatar zama yanayi na biyu, kamar numfashi ko kofi na safe. Nemo wani abu da kuke so sannan kuma sadaukar da kai shine ɗayan mafi kyawun abubuwan da zaku iya yiwa kanku." (Ta kuma yi alfaharin zama kyakkyawan abin koyi ga ƴaƴanta: Ɗanta ma ya fara yin CrossFit!)

Budding yana da fatan cewa tsoffin mahalarta ƙungiyar za su ƙarfafa mutane da yawa don kallon wasannin NPFL, amma ya nace ba kawai gimmicks bane don samun ƙarin magoya baya. "Akwai wani abin da ke tayar da hankali game da kallon mafi kyawun maza da mata a duniya suna aiki tare," in ji shi. "Mata fitattun mata sun fi matsakaitan maza, kuma mafi kyawu 40-wasu abubuwa na iya zama daidai kamar yadda 'yan fafatawa suke. Yana da sauƙi ka kalli mace ta yi tsalle-tsalle 25 a jere sannan ta wuce layin ƙarshe ta yi tunani." 'Oh, ita ƙwararriya ce, ba ta da rai, duk abin da take yi shine horarwa.' Amma daga baya kun gano tana da shekaru 42 kuma tana da yara maza uku kuma kuna tunanin, 'Kai, akwai uzuri na.' "

Yadda Ake Shiga

Don haka duk wannan yana da kyau idan kuna son kallon shi akan TV-amma menene idan kuna son shiga. Shin kowa zai iya gwada NPFL? Ee da a'a, in ji Budding. Kamar sauran wasanni na wasanni, NPFL za ta karbi bakuncin hadawa sau ɗaya a shekara, inda 'yan wasan da aka gayyata za su iya gwadawa don buɗe wuraren. Mahalarta masu zuwa za su iya ƙaddamar da aikace-aikacen kan layi, waɗanda suka haɗa da ƙididdiga kamar shekarun su, tsayi, da nauyi, da adadin ayyukansu-lokaci, ma'auni, ko adadin maimaitawa don takamaiman horo da motsa jiki.

Yayin da yawancin mu za mu ɗauki mataki daga kan tebur (ko daga gaban talabijin ɗin mu), Budding ya ce ba duk abin da aka shirya shi ne don wasan ba. "Mun riga mun sami buƙatun lasisi don haɓaka shirin har zuwa matakin kwaleji da na sakandare, da kuma gasa mai son, haka nan. Muna sa ran ganin yawancin wuraren motsa jiki da wuraren motsa jiki na motsa jiki ta amfani da motsa jiki a cikin azuzuwan su, da gina su mallaka shirye -shirye a kusa da hanyoyin mu, haka nan. "

Duk da yake Budding yana tsammanin yawancin magoya bayan NPFL na farko su zama memba na al'ummomin ɗaukar nauyi ko CrossFit, yana da kyakkyawan fata cewa masu sauraron wasanni za su yi girma cikin sauri. "Wasanni ne mai jan hankali da mutane za su iya gane su," in ji shi. "Ko da a zahiri ba za ku iya yin jan-up ba, har yanzu kun san menene cirewa da kuma yadda ake yin ɗaya, abubuwan da yara suka girma ke yi, abubuwan da suke koyo a cikin motsa jiki, kuma yanzu za su yi. a duba shi a matakin kwararru. "

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