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5 Ways CrossFit Can Help You

It's more than just flipping tires and doing squats.

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5 Ways CrossFit Can Help You

What Is CrossFit?

The simple definition of CrossFit is regularly varied movements performed at high intensities. CrossFit workouts are based on functional movements, and these movements reflect the best aspects of gymnastics, weightlifting, running, rowing and more. But, what else is CrossFit? And how can it help you?

1. Confidence Builder

When you challenge yourself, you get a sense of pride and greatness when you accomplish an exercise for the first time. "With CrossFit, you feel such pride when a challenging exercise is executed perfectly because you have become stronger in so many new places." - Jonathan Ross, ACE-certified personal trainer.

2. Food Regimen

CrossFit is one of the few exercise regimens to offer a nutrition plan. The CrossFit Nutrition plan offers a ton of resources to help you learn how to eat quality foods, how to eat out in healthy ways, and even what you should and shouldn't be eating before and after workouts. The nutrition guide plays a role in weight loss, performance, endurance, and health. The goal of CrossFit Nutrition is about nutrition, not dieting.

3. CrossFit Creates Athletes

CrossFit is a form of High Intensive Interval Training (HIIT). This training is when you alternate condensed anaerobic exercises, at short periods of time with less recovery times. CrossFit has more to it than just HIIT, it uses olympic weight exercises and gymnastics. These exercises strive to improve stamina, speed, accuracy, balance, coordination and many other things.

4. Off Season Training

Sports such as football, skiing, and baseball are seasonal. During the offseason, athletes can use CrossFit to help them stay in shape during. Many sports need a sports specific skill set. CrossFit will improve the fitness as a whole through developing cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, power, speed, agility, etc.

5. Your Weaknesses Cannot Hide

CrossFit does not give you the option to avoid your weaknesses. The regimen makes you an all around athlete and helps you desire the exercises that you absolutely dread and hate with endless determination. It forces you to make your weaknesses into your strengths. The end result is what makes it all worth the time, effort, and sweat that you put into it.

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