Monday, September 21, 2009

Is Crossfit for me?

Whether you are an athlete, professor, fireman, parent, stayhome mom, retired or busy; in shape, out of shape, super fit, young, old, bored with same old work out routine, can't get enough exercise or simply the traditional gym and their machines aren’t cutting it then Crossfit is your ultimate answer. Crossfit is the “sport of fitness”. What is fitness?

The Crossfit is the core strengthening, conditioning program that's constantly varied, and the exercise programs are designed and based on functional movements and activities that are performed at high intensity level with short rest time. Unlike traditional machine exercises; for example the leg curl machine, its movement is in a single plane, load on an isolation muscle group, and yes, far from functional movement. Crossfit substitute exercise, “the squat”, its not only functional for sit to stand, but walk, running, jumping and just about anything that required movement at the core. It put a load on multiple muscles at multiple joints, furthermore, it’s an advance movement at the hip and legs, and with advance movement it works on strengthening at the core. With that said, the Crossfit exercises performed between an athlete and an sedentary individual differ not in the kind of exercise routine itself, but degree and intensity that an individual can perform to reach their full fitness capabilities and in turn and healthy lifestyle or elite fitness for athlete. Read more about Functional Fitness?

What are CrossFit exercises?

Example of crosffit exercises include; biking, running, swimming, and rowing in an endless variety of drills. The clean&jerk, snatch, squat, deadlift, push-press, bench-press, and power-clean. Jumping, medicine ball throws and catches, pull-ups, dips, push-ups, handstands, presses to handstand, pirouettes, kips, cartwheels, muscle-ups, sit-ups, scales, and holds. We make regular use of bikes, the track, rowing shells and ergometers, Olympic weight sets, rings, parallel bars, free exercise mat, horizontal bar, plyometrics boxes, medicine balls, and jump rope. There isn’t a strength and conditioning program anywhere that works with a greater diversity of tools, modalities, and drill. ~ Greg Glassman

So back to the question is this for me?
Absolutely!

So give Crossfit a try, visit the main site or local crossfit affiliates and I am confident that you will not be bored and it will change the way you do your workout and discover a new understanding of what core strengthening and functional fitness is all about.

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