Kodi National Pro Fitness League ndi Next Big Sport?

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Ngati simunamvepo za National Pro Fitness League (NPFL), muli ndi mwayi kuti posachedwa: Masewerawa ali okonzeka kukhala mitu yayikulu chaka chino, ndipo posachedwa asintha momwe timawonera akatswiri othamanga mpaka kalekale.

Mwachidule, NPFL ndi pulogalamu yomwe idzabweretse magulu ochokera kuzungulira dziko lonse kuti apikisane, machesi apawailesi yakanema, monga mpira waluso kapena baseball. Koma machesi a NPFL sanasankhidwe ndi madengu kapena zigoli zomwe adapeza - zimadalira momwe gulu lirilonse limagwirira ntchito pophatikiza kulimba, kulimba, komanso kuthamanga. Ndipo mosiyana ndi ligi ina iliyonse yamasewera, magulu a NPFL aphatikizidwa, opangidwa ndi amuna anayi ndi akazi anayi.

Mpikisano Watsopano Watsopano

Pamasewera aliwonse a NPFL, magulu awiri amapikisana m'mitundu 11, yonse mkati mwazenera la maola awiri komanso m'bwalo lamkati lofanana ndi bwalo la basketball. Mipikisano yambiri imakhala ndi mphindi zisanu ndi chimodzi kapena kucheperapo ndipo imaphatikizapo zovuta monga kukwera zingwe, ma burpees, kukwapula kwa barbell, ndi pushups zamanja.

Ngati mukuganiza kuti izi zikumveka ngati CrossFit, mukunena zowona. NPFL siilumikizidwa ndi CrossFit, koma pali kufanana pakati pa mapulogalamu awiriwa, mwina chifukwa choti ligi idapangidwa ndi Tony Budding, wamkulu wakale wa CrossFit.

Budding ankafuna kutenga lingaliro lofunikira la kulimba kwampikisano ndikupangitsa kuti likhale losangalatsa kwa owonera. Njira imodzi yomwe amakwanitsira izi ndikupatsa mpikisano uliwonse "kuyamba" ndi "kumaliza" mzere, kotero mafani amatha kutsatira momwe matimu akuyendera. (Chithunzichi m'munsimu chikuwonetsa maphunziro oyeserera.) Kuphatikiza apo, pali nthawi zosimba nthawi isanakwane komanso itatha. "Mumaphunzira omwe akupikisana nawo ndikupita kuseri kwa maphunziro awo, kotero zikhala zosangalatsa kwambiri kwa mafani omwe amawonera pa TV." (Budding akukalankhulabe ndi ma netiweki, koma akuyembekeza kusaina mgwirizano waukulu posachedwa.)

Mosiyana ndi othamanga ambiri a CrossFit, osewera a NPFL ndi zabwino zenizeni-kutanthauza kuti amalandila ndalama ndipo azilipira ndalama zosachepera $ 2,500 pamasewera omwe apikisana nawo. (Masewera a CrossFit, mbali inayo, amapereka mphotho kwa ochita bwino okha, kuyambira $1,000 mpaka pafupifupi $300,000.)

Mu Ogasiti 2014, NPFL izikhala ndi ziwonetsero pakati pa magulu asanu omwe alipo ku New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, ndi Philadelphia. Mpikisano woyamba wa ligi uyamba kugwa mu 2015, ndi masabata 12 amasewera. Nyengo yoyamba yampikisano ya 16 yamilungu ichitika mu 2016. Rosters akumalizabe, koma pakadali pano, osewera adalembedwa kwambiri mdziko la CrossFit.

Akazi a NPFL

Tengani Danielle Sidell, mwachitsanzo: Mnyamata wazaka 25 posachedwapa asayina ndi NPFL's New York Rhinos, timu yake ya CrossFit itatenga malo achiwiri mu 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games. Sidell adathamanga ndikudutsa dziko ku koleji, kenako adatembenukira ku mpikisano wolimbitsa thupi atamaliza maphunziro awo. Iye monyinyirika anatenga kalasi yake yoyamba ya CrossFit poumiriza wa wogwira naye ntchito. Pokumbukira, ali wokondwa kuti anachita.

"Ndili bwino tsopano kakhumi kuposa momwe ndinaliri nthawi yonse yomwe ndinali wothamanga mwaluso kapena pomwe ndimachita masewera olimbitsa thupi," akutero. "Ndikumva bwino, ndikuwoneka bwino, ndine wamphamvu komanso wachangu, ndipo pamapeto pake ndimakhala wathanzi komanso wodalirika ngati wothamanga."

Sidell amakonda mpikisano wophatikizidwa wa NPFL, ndipo akuti ndiwokondwa kupanga kusintha mdziko lamasewera owonera. "Ndikufuna kuti izi zichitike-kuti zifanane ndi bungwe lina lililonse," akutero. "Ndikufuna kuti izikhala yosangalatsa komanso yosangalatsa ngati Sunday Night Soccer, ndipo ndikufuna ana ang'onoang'ono ogula ma jersey a Danielle Sidell, ndikudziwa momwe masewerawa aliri owopsa."

Kusiyana kwina kwakukulu pakati pa NPFL ndi magulu ena ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndikuti gulu lililonse liyenera kukhala ndi bambo m'modzi ndi mkazi m'modzi wazaka zopitilira 40. Kwa New York Rhinos, mkaziyo ndi Amy Mandelbaum, 46, wothamanga wa CrossFit komanso mphunzitsi yemwe akuchita nawo mpikisano wake wachinayi wa CrossFit nthawi yotentha ku Masters Division.

Mandelbaum, yemwe ali ndi mwana wamwamuna wazaka 13 ndi mwana wamkazi wazaka 15, akuyembekeza kuti udindo wake mu NPFL udzathandiza kupatsa mphamvu amayi azaka zonse kuti apeze nthawi yolimbitsa thupi. "Iyenera kukhala yachiwiri, monga kupuma kapena kapu yanu ya m'mawa. Kupeza china chake chomwe mumakonda kenako ndikudzipereka kwa icho ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zabwino kwambiri zomwe mungadzipange nokha." (Amanyadiranso kukhala chitsanzo chabwino kwa ana ake: Mwana wawo wamwamuna wayambanso kuchita CrossFit!)

Budding ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti akuluakulu a timuyi alimbikitsa anthu ambiri kuti aziwonera masewera a NPFL, koma akuumirira kuti samangochita zamatsenga kuti apeze mafani ambiri. “Pali chinachake chochititsa chidwi kwambiri kuona amuna ndi akazi amphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse akugwira ntchito limodzi,” iye akutero. "Amayi okhwima kwambiri amakhala athanzi kwambiri kuposa amuna wamba, ndipo zokwanira 40-zokhazokha zitha kukhala zabwino mofanana ndi omwe amapikisana nawo achichepere. Ndikosavuta kuwonerera mzimayi akuchita 25 motsatizana kenako akuthamangira kumapeto ndikuganiza, 'O, ndi katswiri, alibe moyo, zomwe amachita ndi kuphunzitsa.' Koma kenako mupeza kuti ali ndi zaka 42 ndipo ali ndi anyamata atatu ndipo mukuganiza, 'Wow, apo pali chifukwa changa. "

Momwe Mungachitire

Chifukwa chake zonsezi zimveka bwino ngati mukufuna kuwonera pa TV - koma bwanji ngati mukufuna kutenga nawo mbali. Kodi pali aliyense amene angayesere NPFL? Inde ndi ayi, akutero Budding. Monga masewera ena apamwamba, NPFL izikhala ndi mwayi wophatikiza kamodzi pachaka, pomwe othamanga omwe angayesere kupita m'malo otseguka. Oyembekezera kutenga nawo mbali atha kutumiza mapulogalamu pa intaneti, omwe akuphatikiza ziwerengero monga zaka zawo, kutalika, ndi kulemera, ndi kuchuluka kwa magwiridwe antchito, zolemera, kapena kuchuluka kwa zomwe zachitika pobowola kapena kulimbitsa thupi.

Pomwe ambiri aife tidzakhala tikuchita izi kuchokera kumaimidwe (kapena kutsogolo kwa ma TV), Budding akuti sizomwe akukonzekera pamasewerawa. "Takhala tikupempha ziphaso kuti tithandizire pulogalamuyi mpaka ku koleji komanso kusekondale, komanso mpikisano wamasewera, komanso. Tikuyembekeza kuwona ma studio ambiri olimbitsira thupi tikugwiritsa ntchito zolimbitsa thupi m'makalasi awo, ndikupanga tili ndi mapulogalamu athu mozungulira njira zathu, "

Ngakhale Budding amayembekeza kuti ambiri mwa mafani oyambirira a NPFL kukhala mamembala a weightlifting kapena CrossFit midzi, ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti omvera a masewerawa adzakula mofulumira. "Ndi masewera okakamiza omwe anthu amatha kuzindikira," akutero. "Ngakhale mutakhala kuti simukwanitsa kukoka, mukudziwa zomwe zingachitike ndi momwe mungapangire imodzi. Ndi zinthu zomwe ana amakula akuchita, zomwe amaphunzira mukalasi ya masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndipo tsopano azichita muziwonera ngati akatswiri. "

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