All About CrossFit Workouts

With all the fitness training programs becoming popular nowadays, it’s worth taking a closer look into each of them. One of the programs that’s been gaining popularity recently is CrossFit. If you’ve seen YouTube videos of CrossFit buffs, you probably noticed one thing--supreme intensity. Needless to say, it’s not for everyone.

CrossFit doesn’t involve gym equipment. You won’t see free weights. No machines. But you will experience a serious training that will condition your body to eventually be able to do anything. It’s all about functional strength.

Is it good for you?

Although the public has an impression of CrossFit as a wildly intense workout that is impossible for beginners, the truth is it’s great for different types of people. You won’t start at the high intensity stage of the program. That’s designed for advanced individuals. Your fitness level will be assessed and the right scale is set for you. The thing about CrossFit is it’s a single type of workout, but it’s scalable. If you can’t hold 140 lbs in a squat position, you can start with lighter weights. You start with the number of reps you can do. Eventually, this will become a high intensity program, but it’s one that doesn’t and shouldn’t sacrifice your health.

In the end, you will have to decide whether you want to progress or switch to other types of workout. Fitness fanatics tend to stick to the program and see best results.

What are the risks?

For people who are asking whether CrossFit training is dangerous. It can be. Just like any type of fitness program, there are risks involved.

Doing exercises in bad form

The main feature of CrossFit training is doing as many reps as possible within a specified span of time. This can be daunting, even troublesome for beginners, who have yet to master doing certain exercises in the right form. You can crank out high reps of push-ups, but in the wrong form, you could injure your rotator cuffs or tear your triceps tendon. The solution is always have someone watch over your form when you do the exercises. More importantly, once you could no longer do an exercise in the right form, stop! 10 push-ups done in proper form is much better than 25 bad ones.

Overtraining

The tendency of people on CrossFit training program is to push themselves way beyond their limits until something snaps. This shouldn’t be the case, as in any type of fitness program. Whether you’re into running or weight training, if you push yourself too hard, you are likely to injure something.

The problem with many CrossFit enthusiasts is they often encourage young beginners to push themselves too far, too soon. Many beginners and even intermediate members tend to show off too and do more than they should, and this behavior is often encouraged, causing many CrossFitters to have different types of injuries at some point.

CrossFit can be fun. Pay attention to your body. Work out at your own pace.