HIGH INTENSITY, FUNCTIONAL FITNESS

COACH-LED TRAINING ADAPTED FOR YOU

CrossFit is a fitness program that produces measurable outcomes through lifestyle changes, centred on training and nutrition. Workouts consistent of constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movements, and are most fun and effective among friends at our local CrossFit gym.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Each CrossFit affiliate is unique, but all share in a relentless and continual pursuit of excellence — excellent coaching, excellent programming, and an incomparable community that supports you in your goals.

Pursuing excellence was the guiding tenet from the early days of the original CrossFit gym in Santa Cruz, California, and the concept has continued to guide larger decisions related to CrossFit as we evolved into a global network of over 14,000 gyms spanning 155 countries. The overarching purpose of the CrossFit affiliates is to bring more quality training to more people.

While CrossFit can be done at home, in garage gyms, in a park, at the beach — CrossFit affiliates connect you with expert coaches who can guide you in the safest ways to implement the program.

When you walk into a CrossFit gym, you never have to walk alone and unguided through a sea of bulky equipment and mind-numbing machinery. Instead, you’ll work with a coach and others like you who will help you move and feel better. When you walk into a CrossFit gym, you’ll get the sense that we’re in this together.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

CrossFit has thousands of independently owned gyms in 155 countries around the world. Each gym is unique but united by a shared commitment to world-class coaching and the development of a strong, supportive community. When you find your new gym, chances are you’ll find a group of people ready to lift you up and celebrate your successes, great and small.

A BETTER YOU

CrossFit workouts are challenging but worth the effort. And when you pair the unparalleled fitness stimulus of these workouts with sound nutrition, you get a program that is more transformative than anything you’ll find in any other gym anywhere. CrossFit is simply the best way to find the best version of yourself, inside the gym and out. Show up at the gym and show up for life.

“Functional Movement”, Have you ever picked something up off the floor? Sat down in a chair and stood up again? Placed items up on a shelf? If so, you’ve performed deadlifts, squats, and shoulder presses. In CrossFit, we train these types of movements because they are the movements life demands — whether we practice them or not. They are essential to independent living. And when we use these movements to move large loads over long distances, quickly, we develop power, which in turn develops tremendous strength and body control.

“Constantly Varied”, CrossFit has some famous benchmark workouts, like Fran and Murph, that we repeat on occasion to see how our fitness has improved. But most of the time, you’ll see new workouts programmed every day: workouts with different movements, rep schemes, loads, and time domains. That doesn’t mean the workouts are random — CrossFit programming strategically varies the workout stimulus so you’re prepared for any and all physical tasks — but it does mean you’ll never get bored.

“High Intensity”, No matter what you’re looking for from your workouts — feeling better, looking better, sleeping better, being stronger — intensity is the most effective way to get you there. In CrossFit, we focus first on moving well with consistency, and then we work on increasing intensity. But a workout that’s intense for one person may not be for another. Intensity is relative, which means the goal is to work hard within the limits of your own physical and psychological capacity, because that’s where the results are. If you’re working hard, chances are you’re getting fitter.

Visit the CrossFit journal for more information:

“DO FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT AT AN INTENSITY THAT’S AT A MATCH FOR YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL TOLERANCE, RESTRICT YOUR CARBS, GET ADEQUATE PROTEIN, ENJOY FATS, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. YOU’LL COME OUT BETTER.”

Making People Better, CrossFit Journal, 2018

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FAQs

  • Yes! Everyone can do CrossFit regardless of age, injuries and current fitness levels. The program is modified for each person to help him or her safely become healthier and fitter. Grandparents and Olympians can perform modified versions of the same general workout.

  • No. CrossFit is the program that will get you in shape. No matter what your current fitness level is, you can start CrossFit. As you become fitter, workouts will become more challenging. Every workout is designed to help you succeed, improve fitness and move you toward your goals.

  • To accomplish your goals faster, we recommend you eat a variety of healthy foods in quantities that support fitness training but not body fat. By avoiding excessive amounts of refined carbohydrates and measuring your intake of protein, carbohydrates and fat, you will see dramatic, measurable increases in health.