Ingabe iNational Pro Fitness League yi-Next Big Sport?

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Uma ungakezwa nge-National Pro Fitness League (NPFL) okwamanje, maningi amathuba okuthi uzofika maduze: Umdlalo omusha ulungele ukuba sematheni omkhulu kulo nyaka, futhi ungase ushintshe maduzane indlela esibheka ngayo abasubathi abangochwepheshe unomphela.

Ngamafuphi, i-NPFL wuhlelo oluzohlanganisa amaqembu aqhamuka ezweni lonke ukuncintisana, imidlalo yethelevishini, njengebhola elikhokhelwayo noma i-baseball. Kodwa ukufana kwe-NPFL akunqunywa ngobhasikidi noma amagoli atholiwe-kususelwa ekusebenzeni kweqembu ngalinye kusethi yokujima okuhlanganisa amandla, ukushesha, nesivinini. Futhi ngokungafani nanoma yiluphi olunye uphiko lwezemidlalo lobuchwepheshe, amaqembu e-NPFL azohlanganiswa, akhiwe ngamadoda amane nabesifazane abane.

Uhlobo Olusha Lokuncintisana

Ngesikhathi somdlalo ngamunye we-NPFL, amaqembu amabili ancintisana emijahweni ehlukene eyi-11, yonke ingaphakathi kwewindi lamahora amabili nasenkundleni yasendlini elingana nenkundla yebhasikidi. Izinhlanga eziningi zinemizuzu eyisithupha noma ngaphansi futhi zibandakanya izinselelo ezifana nokukhuphuka ngezintambo, ama-burpees, ama-barbell snatch, kanye ne-handstand pushups.

Uma ucabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzwakala kufana ne-CrossFit, uqinisile. I-NPFL ayihlangene ne-CrossFit, kepha kunokufana phakathi kwalezi zinhlelo zombili, ngenxa yokuthi lolu phiko lwasungulwa nguTony Budding, owayengumqondisi wezindaba eCrossFit.

U-Budding wayefuna ukuthatha umbono oyisisekelo wokufaneleka kokuncintisana futhi awenze uhehe kakhulu ezibukelini. Enye indlela enza ngayo lokhu ukuthi anikeze umjaho ngamunye umugqa ocacile "wokuqala" futhi "wokuqeda", ngakho abalandeli bangalandela kalula inqubekela phambili yamaqembu. (Isithombe esingezansi sibonisa isifundo esiyisampula.) Ukwengeza, kunezikhathi zokuxoxwa kwezindaba ngaphambi nangemuva komjaho ngamunye. "Ufunda ukuthi obani abancintisana nabo bese uya ngemuva ekuziqeqesheni kwabo, ngakho-ke kuzoba yinto enhle kakhulu kubalandeli ababukela ku-TV." (UBudding usaxoxisana namanethiwekhi, kodwa ulindele ukusayina isivumelwano esikhulu sokusakaza maduze.)

Ngokungafani nabasubathi abaningi beCrossFit, abadlali be-NPFL bayizinzuzo zangempela-okusho ukuthi bayaholelwa futhi bazokhokhelwa okungenani ama- $ 2,500 ngomdlalo ngamunye abancintisana kuwo. $1,000 kuya cishe ku-$300,000.)

Ngo-Agasti 2014, i-NPFL izosingatha imidlalo yombukiso phakathi kwamaqembu ayo amahlanu akhona eNew York, eSan Francisco, eLos Angeles, ePhoenix nasePhiladelphia. Isizini yokuqala yokuncintisana yeligi izoqala ukuwa ngo-2015, namasonto emidlalo ayi-12. Isizini yokuqala yeligi egcwele amasonto ayi-16 izokwenzeka ngo-2016. AmaRosters asaphothulwa, kepha kuze kube manje, abadlali bathathwe kakhulu ezweni leCrossFit.

Abesifazane be-NPFL

Thatha uDanielle Sidell, isibonelo: Lo mfana oneminyaka engama-25 usanda kusayina ne-NPFL's New York Rhinos, ngemuva kokuthi iqembu lakhe le-CrossFit lithathe indawo yesibili kuma-Reebok CrossFit Games ka-2012. USidell wagijimisa izwe lonke ekolishi, wabe esephendukela emincintiswaneni yokwakha umzimba ngemuva kokuthweswa iziqu. Ngokungabaza wathatha ikilasi lakhe lokuqala le-CrossFit ngokuphikelela kosebenza naye. Uma ebheka emuva, ujabula kakhulu ngokuthi wenza kanjalo.

“Ngisesimweni esingcono esiphindwe kashumi manje kunakuqala lapho ngangisengumgijimi engangisebenza naye noma lapho ngangenza umsebenzi wokwakha umzimba,” usho kanje. "Ngizizwa ngingcono, ngibukeka ngingcono, nginamandla futhi ngiyashesha, futhi ekugcineni nginempilo enhle futhi ngiyazethemba njengomdlali."

USidell uyawuthanda umncintiswano obumbene we-NPFL, futhi uthi uyajabula ukwenza umehluko emhlabeni wezemidlalo yezibukeli. "Ngifuna ngempela lokhu kuqale-ukuze kuqhathaniswe nanoma iyiphi enye iligi," kusho yena. "Ngifuna kube mnandi futhi kujabulise njengeSunday Night Football, futhi ngifuna izingane ezincane zithenge amajezi kaDanielle Sidell, futhi ngazi ukuthi lo mdlalo wesabeka kanjani."

Omunye umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwe-NPFL namanye amaligi ezemidlalo okhokhelwayo ukuthi uhlu ngalunye lweqembu kufanele okungenani lube nendoda eyodwa nowesifazane oneminyaka engaphezu kwengama-40. KumaRhinos aseNew York, lowo wesifazane ngu-Amy Mandelbaum, 46, umgijimi weCrossFit nomqeqeshi ozokwenza lokhu uzoncintisana neMidlalo yakhe yesine yeCrossFit kuleli hlobo eMasters Division.

UMandelbaum, onendodana eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala kanye nendodakazi eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala, uthemba ukuthi indima yakhe ku-NPFL izosiza ekuhlomiseni abesifazane bayo yonke iminyaka ukuze bathole isikhathi sokuqina. "Kumele ibe yinto yesibili, njengokuphefumula noma inkomishi yakho yasekuseni. Ukuthola into oyithandayo bese uzibophezela kuyo kungenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu ongazenzela yona." (Uyaziqhenya nokuba yisibonelo esihle ezinganeni zakhe: Indodana yakhe isiqalile nokwenza iCrossFit!)

UBudding unethemba lokuthi ababambiqhaza abadala baleli qembu bazogqugquzela abantu abaningi ukuthi babuke imidlalo ye-NPFL, kodwa uyagcizelela ukuthi ababona nje ubuqili bokuzuza abalandeli abaningi. "Kunokuthile okuthinta ingqondo ngokubuka abesilisa nabesifazane abanamandla emhlabeni besebenza ndawonye," usho kanje. "Abesifazane abaqine kakhulu baqine kakhulu kunamadoda ajwayelekile, futhi abanamandla angama-40 bangaba kuhle njengabancintisana nabo abancane. Kulula ukubuka owesifazane enza imigilingwane engu-25 elandelanayo bese egijima ewela umugqa bese ucabanga, 'O, ungumpetha, akanampilo, konke akwenzayo ukuziqeqesha.' Kodwa-ke uthola ukuthi uneminyaka engama-42 futhi unabafana abathathu bese ucabanga, 'Hawu, nasi isizathu sami.' "

Indlela Yokuzibandakanya

Ngakho-ke konke lokhu kuzwakala kukuhle uma ufuna ukukubuka ku-TV-kodwa kuthiwani uma ufuna ukubamba iqhaza. Ngabe noma ngubani angazama i-NPFL? Yebo no-cha, kusho uBudding. Njengeminye imidlalo yezemidlalo, i-NPFL izosingatha inhlanganisela kanye ngonyaka, lapho abasubathi abamenyiwe bangazama khona izindawo ezivulekile. Ababambiqhaza abalindelekile bangathumela izinhlelo zokusebenza ku-inthanethi, ezibandakanya izibalo ezinjengobudala babo, ubude, nesisindo, kanye nezinombolo zabo zokusebenza-izikhathi, izinsimbi, noma inombolo ye-reps yokuzivivinya okuthile nokusebenza.

Yize iningi lethu lizobe lithatha izinyathelo lisuka eziteshini (noma phambi kwamathelevishini ethu), uBudding uthi akuphelelanga lapho ahlelelwe khona lo mdlalo. "Sesivele sinezicelo zamalayisense zokwehlisa uhlelo luye emazingeni asekolishi nasezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu, kanye nemincintiswano yama-amateur, futhi. Silindele ukubona izindawo eziningi zokuzivocavoca umzimba nokuzivocavoca umzimba sisebenzisa ukuzilolonga kwethu emakilasini abo, nokwakha nezinhlelo zethu ezizungeze izindlela zethu, futhi. "

Ngenkathi uBudding elindele ukuthi abalandeli bokuqala be-NPFL babe ngamalungu emiphakathi yokuphakamisa izinsimbi noma ye-CrossFit, unethemba lokuthi ababukeli bezemidlalo bazokhula ngokushesha. “Umdlalo ophoqayo abantu abangazihlanganisa nawo,” usho kanje. "Noma ungeke wakwazi ukudonsa ngokwenyama, usazi ukuthi yini ukudonsa nokuthi ungayenza kanjani. Yizinto izingane ezikhula zizenza, izinto ezizifunda ekilasini lokuzivocavoca, futhi manje zizokwenza bukela ezingeni elifanele. "

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