Originally Posted by kmckay
Yeah the schedule is very intense if cross fit is not your primary "sport" I do every other day as apposed to the prescribed 3 on 1 off myself.
That's a good way to go if you're using CF as cross training for your cycling.
I also found that I couldn't just go 100% at evry workout either. I'd need to treat it just like any other periodization plan. A back off week, followed by 3 weeks of building up the intensity to a week of 100% efforts on the WOD, then another back off week to recover.
CrossFit is a VERY good system, but you do have to modify it to suit your goals. Last winter I tried to just go gung-ho on the WOD at full bore intensity, and I was fried after about 6 weeks.