CrossFit has created a "sport" out of fitness, with the competitive nature of the class setting, along with the digital clock that is always timing the workouts.
This environment elevates your level of training, and takes you out of your comfort zone.
The workouts are programmed to challenge you; therefore, avoiding the plateau and boredom you face with traditional routines.
Is it for everybody? Of course it is! All workouts are scaled to challenge elite athletes or weekend warriors. The benefits are dramatic!
The following words were written in the CrossFit Journal; it simplifies what fitness means to a CrossFitter.
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.
