What is CrossFit
I hope you’re as excited about your CrossFit journey as we are! We like to lead off with some important foundational information about CrossFit. Let’s break it down!
World Class Fitness in 100 Words
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.
– Greg Glassman (Founder of CrossFit)
What is CrossFit?
At it’s core, CrossFit is a world class strength and conditioning program. We develop the 10 general physical skills to help people reach their maximum ability.
- Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance– the ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen
- Stamina – the ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
- Strength – the ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units to apply force.
- Flexibility – the ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
- Power – the ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
- Speed – the ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
- Coordination – the ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a singular distinct movements.
- Agility – the ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
- Balance – the ability to control the placement of the body’s center of gravity in relation to its support base.
- Accuracy – the ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.
Why is it the Most Effective Training Program on the Planet?
Because it’s preparing you for the unknown and unknowable. What makes CrossFit so special is the people who keep you accountable, from the coaches to your fellow members.
The constantly changing stimuli, is part of what makes CrossFit so effective, because it requires constant adaptation, thus preventing the fitness “plateau” that so many experience with other types of exercise. Stick with us, and you will always grow, and never plateau!
Consistent, constant, life-changing GROWTH.
