Crossfit

I have written several times about different aspect of workouts that many people over look. I want to take a break from that and skip ahead to one of the most comprehensive workouts around....CrossFit.

CrossFit is the exercise sport. There is even a CrossFit Games where you can compete.
So what is CrossFit, it Functional Olympic Lifting, body weight exercises, and Gymnastics strength building, all done at high intensity.

The exercises are designed to use your whole body in natural Core to extremity motion that builds upon the natural efficiency of body mechanics. The idea is that if Force= Mass x Acceleration, then the fast you move heavy weights the stronger you are. Most modern work outs deal with either increasing weight OR increasing speed. This does both.

Many of the CrossFit workouts are done with a specific amount of reps/set to be preformed for time. One other common workout set-up is to preform a set of movements for time and record the amount of Reps/Set completed.

This way as you work-out you have many benchmarks to strive for and you increase overall body fitness.

The down side to CrossFit is that if you want to go to the Gyms owned by them it will cost you a pretty penny. At $150 dollars a month it is pricey. What do you get from that, a very personal training environment, once you get in to the Gym your fellow CrossFitters become family.

The upside to CrossFit is that you don't need to go to the Gym. Most CrossFit Gyms have great websites that post the Work out of the Day. with about $50-100 you can set up a home gym with the basic equipment. I managed to make a lot of my equipment from stuff I had around the house. Add an Olympic Barbell for $30 and I was ready to roll. I still need a few pieces but it doesn't really stop me from working out.

If you want more info check out my training forum http://n2.nabble.com/Training-f3618295.html
google Crossfit and find one near you

There is way more info than I could post here but it is worth the effort to find it.

~TJ
http://ggamartialarts.com