What is CrossFit?

Naturally, this is a question all CrossFit enthusiasts and trainers are presented with regularly.

Of course, we can always us the standard Crossfit basic answer:

“CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program built on constantly varied, if
not randomized, functional movements executed at high intensity.”

However, for many people, this is not enough.

This page will serve as a living, breathing document, to be used to help explain the Crossfit methodologies, why they work, and why those of us who are die hard Crossfit believers and evangelists lean so heavily towards these ideas.

Crossfit is Scalable

Many people who are first exposed to CrossFit training via the workout of the day, or WOD as it’s commonly called in Crossfit, become instantly frightened by the workout and quickly dismiss it as something they cannot do. If someone new to Crossfit sees something like 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 situps and 400 squats, they are likely to think, “yea, right”, and move on.

This is where scalability comes into play. CrossFit is scalable to individual ability levels. A 75 year old woman and 24 year old super stud can utilize the same superior movements in training by just scaling the loads and duration, keeping the intensity at a level that intense for them.

A great video demonstrating this concept is available below.