What is CrossFit?

CrossFit COMBINES THREE DISCIPLINES WHICH ARE SCALED TO SUIT YOUR LEVEL OF ABILITY GYMNASTICS WEIGHTLIFTING RUNNING & ROWING HISTORY COACH GREG GLASSMAN AKA THE GODFATHER OF CROSSFIT 1ST THE FIRST CROSSFIT AFFILIATED GYM OPENED IN SANTA CRUZ IN... 1995 IN 2005 THERE WERE 15 AFFILIATE 6000 GYMS, THERE ARE NOW OVER... CROSSFIT IS USED IN TRAINING BY THE CANADIAN FORCES, AND THE ROYAL DANISH LIFE GUARDS. LINGO "AMRAP" AS MANY REPS AS POSSIBLE IN A GIVEN CROSSFIT HAS ITS OWN VOCABULARY TIME PERIOD WHICH ARE USED TO DESCRIBE MANY THINGS INCLUDING THE MOVES AND WORKOUTS. A FEW KEY TERMS ARE: "SCORE" "BOX" THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPS COMPLETED A BAREBONES GYM WHERE DURING A GIVEN CROSSFIT IS PERFORMED. IT HAS WORKOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO A KICK ASS WOD CROSSFIT IS GENERALLY HOUR-LONG CLASSES INCLUDE A WARM-UP, AN ACTIVITY TRAINING SEGMENT AND A SHORT PERIOD IS COMPRISED OF AN INTENSE, TIMED WORKOUT THE WOD WOD WORKOUT T WHICH ARE POSTED BY CROSSFIT HQ AND YOUR LOCAL AFFILIATE. THESE ARE THE BENCHMARK CROSSFIT WORKOUTS MANY OF THE WORKOUTS ARE NAMED AFTER GIRLS, FRAN BEING THE MOST FAMOUS WOD JOURNAL THERE'S AN ONLINE JOURNAL SYSTEM WHERE YOU COMPARE YOUR WODS TO OTHERS ACROSS THE GLOBE THE GOAL IS TO BEAT PBS (PERSONAL BESTS) CROSSFIT GAMES HAVE BEEN HELD EVERY SUMMER SINCE 2007 PRIZE MONEY INCREASED FROM $500 AT THE INAUGURAL GAMES TO $275,000 FOR FIRST PLACE IN 2013 IN 2011, THE "CROSSFIT OPEN" WAS ESTABLISHED ALLOWING CROSSFIT ATHLETES AROUND THE WORLD TO SUBMIT THEIR SCORES ONLINE TO ADVANCE TO REGIONAL EVENTS CROSSFIT'S FOR YOU IF... ...YOU'VE LOST INTEREST IN THE MONOTONOUS GYM 'ROUTINE' ...IF YOU WANT TO BE FIT - REAL FIT ...YOU WANT HANDS ON COACHING ...YOU HAVE A COMPETITIVE SPIRIT AND WANT TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF REFERENCES HTTP://CROSSFITZONE.CA/RANDOM-CROSSFIT-FACTOIDS/ HTTP://GAMES.CROSSFIT.COM/ARTICLE/CROSSFIT -SWEETENS-POT-2013-REEBOK-CROSSFIT-GAMES HTTP://GREATIST.COM/FITNESS/ULTIMATE-GUIDE-CROSSFIT-LINGO HTTP://JOURNAL.CROSSFIT.COM A ARGON CROSSFIT.com