CrossFit’smeasure of intensity is power. Power is work performed divided by the time it takes to complete that work. That’s why in CrossFit, we record our weights, reps, and workout times, always with the aim of doing more and doing it faster — of increasing our intensity, because...
The hour-long classes or sessions in the CrossFit “boxes” mostly include a warm-up first, then a skill development segment, then the mighty WOD (workout of the day), and then the stretching session. The performances on each WOD are scored and ranked to encourage competition and to miles...
CrossFit ‘WODs’ Workout Of the Day’s” leave people doubled over out of breath, pouring water over their bodies and sometimes vomiting. But despite that, more and more people are showing up to their local CrossFit gym called a “box” to do a new WOD again the next day. The wor...
“This is the ethos of CrossFit; it’s where the intensity is,” explains Wagner. Every day the workout is different (i.e. varied) but most workouts are typically between five and 15 minutes long—and some are as short as three minutes. In fact, ask any CrossFitter for the hardest ...
Workout— Once everyone’s ready, your coach will start the clock and the entire class will do the workout together. Cool down— Fist bumps, sharing scores and stretching to transition you back into your day No, not at all. You don’t become fit to join CrossFit, you join CrossFit ...
“Pain is weakness leaving the body” -Anonymous This is a quote that’s been in my head since day one in Crossfit. I remember that when I did first workout the only thing that could go through my mind was “I can’t do this every single day”, and then I went back on Monday ...
The CrossFit Games began in 2007 and have grown to include over 400,000 athletes representing 175 different countries. The Games take place in three stages. First, there's the Open, which is a five-week, five-workout competition that takes place in the winter at CrossFit affiliates and gy...
Well, at CrossFit we work exclusively with compound movements and shorter high intensity cardiovascular sessions. We’ve replaced the lateral raise with the push press, the curl with pull-ups, and the leg extension with squats. For every long distance effort our athletes will do five or six ...
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In CrossFit, the approach is the opposite. First, the coach explains all the movements, shows them, breaks them down by their simplest components, and half of the training time is allocated for this. Then the main training part – WOD (Workout of the day). This is a fundamental principl...