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If you’ve always wanted to get in shape, CrossFit is a phenomenal fitness program that is sure to transform you. Whether your goals are weight loss, gaining muscle or increasing endurance, all is attainable if you commit to CrossFit. The daily workouts include a mixture of cardiovascular and respiratory endurance based exercises. Benefits of increased stamina, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance and accuracy.
DEFINING CROSSFIT
CrossFit
is defined as constantly varied, functional movements executed at a high intensity (CrossFit HQ). Short and to the point right? Now let’s break this down.
Constantly Varied
This means that the workouts are always changing which disallows your body to adapt. Your body never gets completely used to anything so you will never reach those plateaus.
Functional Movements
These are movements that the human body was built for. These movements are natural, safe and used in everyday life such as squatting, deadlifiting, pushing, pulling, etc. This is NOT sitting in a machine that holds you in place while you perform a movement that isolates one muscle leaving your body unbalanced with useless strength. The movements used in CrossFit promote neurological and hormonal responses, leading to optimal fitness and overall better health.
High Intensity
This is where many misconceptions about CrossFit come from. These two words “high intensity” scare many individuals who want to try it. Many people think intensity is screaming, yelling, grunting and looking like you are going to pop a vain in your neck. This is not intensity although it may sometimes be the result of intensity. Intensity is synonymous with power (Force multiplied by distance divided by time.) This translates into exercise by converting it to: the load, multiplied by the bar path/movement, divided by the time. In simpler terms we are saying power/intensity is how much weight you can move over the longest distance in the shortest amount of time, while of course maintaining proper form and technique.
