Crossfit was born way back in the 1980s when Greg Glassman, a high-school gymnast, developed it together with his then wife, Lauren. The aim is to exercise the body by performing functional and ever-changing sequences of movements. Crossfit training includes around 60 exercises, and there\u2019s a good reason why it\u2019s considered one of the toughest forms of circuit training in the world. With exercises such as chin-ups, weight-lifting, and squats all done within a short period of time, it not only encourages muscle building but improves coordination, speed, speed strength, strength endurance, and flexibility too. So it\u2019s little wonder that at first it was only cops and soldiers who did the crossfit exercises, which can be very demanding. It may have taken ten years after Greg Glassmann first developed crossfit training with his wife the first studio to open offering specialist crossfit classes, but now there are around 3000 studios offering crossfit workouts in the US alone. And crossfit training is popular in Germany and countless other countries too, because of its effectiveness.<\/p>\n
Crossfit \u2013 What equipment do you use?<\/strong><\/h2>\nIf you think of a crossfit studio as being like a fitness studio in the traditional sense, you\u2019ve got the wrong idea. It looks more like a playground for adults instead. You\u2019ll find rings, ropes, dumbbells, kettle bells, medicine balls and chin-up bars. After all, crossfit training is less about working your way through one piece of exercise equipment after another and much more about using your own body weight to exercise, with running, jumping and throwing. And you can even do crossfit without any equipment whatsoever. We\u2019ll talk you through a few exercises below.<\/p>\n
Crossfit training \u2013 here\u2019s how it goes<\/strong><\/h2>\nA crossfit training session always begins with a warm-up<\/a>, which is then followed by the Workout of the Day (WOD). Then comes a selection of the roughly 60 crossfit exercises, always in a different combination. The order of the exercises and also the intensity of them changes constantly, so your body is provided with a new training stimulus every time. Next up, this is where the feared women\u2019s names come in to play \u2013 names such as Annie, Diane, Elizabeth, and Jackie. For the Workout of the Day that goes by the name Diane, for example, you have to complete three rounds of deadlifts with 100 kg and handstand push-ups. As a general rule, you either complete the Workouts of the Day for a set time or a certain number of repetitions. For example, if there is a number sequence on the floor such as 50 \u2013 40 \u2013 30 \u2013 20 \u2013 10, then first you do the exercises in question 50 times without stopping, then 40 times, and so on.<\/p>\n
A crossfit training session always begins with a warm-up<\/a>, which is then followed by the Workout of the Day (WOD). Then comes a selection of the roughly 60 crossfit exercises, always in a different combination. The order of the exercises and also the intensity of them changes constantly, so your body is provided with a new training stimulus every time. Next up, this is where the feared women\u2019s names come in to play \u2013 names such as Annie, Diane, Elizabeth, and Jackie. For the Workout of the Day that goes by the name Diane, for example, you have to complete three rounds of deadlifts with 100 kg and handstand push-ups. As a general rule, you either complete the Workouts of the Day for a set time or a certain number of repetitions. For example, if there is a number sequence on the floor such as 50 \u2013 40 \u2013 30 \u2013 20 \u2013 10, then first you do the exercises in question 50 times without stopping, then 40 times, and so on.<\/p>\n
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