Crossfit: Forging Elite Fitness

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Crossfit: Forging Elite Fitness Elite athletes to grandmothers can use the Crossfit method of fitness to achieve their fitness goals. It is the best and most well rounded fitness program there is in achieving general fitness. Whatever your fitness level and goals, Crossfit has something to offer everyone. Since its inception it has grown in popularity and has helped many reach maximum levels of fitness. This is why Crossfit is the best fitness program there is. Body: The Crossfit Fitness Organization was founded in 1996 by Coach Greg Glassman. He created the fitness program for one reason, for athletes to be as well rounded as possible in all areas of fitness. In fact, Crossfit is designed around athletes GPP which is General Physical Preparedness and make them efficient in the ten components of fitness which are cardiovascular/respitory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy. To make sure that athletes are proficient in all these areas Crossfit has a wide variety of physical exercises that are incorporated to achieve this overall fitness. Crossfit’s definition is constantly varied functional movements executed at high intensity. So essentially by the uses of functional movements, Crossfit workouts are designed around the way the body is supposed to move and operate. Crossfit measures an athlete’s power output through work capacity, essentially how much work a person can do in a short amount of time. Crossfit has incorporated very many physical conditioning and strength tools to help achieve their goals. These include Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, gymnastics, kettlebell training, rowing, dumbbell training, bodyweight exercises, medicine ball training... ... middle of paper ... ...ow and forge elite fitness. Works Cited Army, U. (2010, May). Crossfit Journal. Retrieved February 19, 2012, from journal.crossfit.com: http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/CFJ_USArmy_Study.pdf Crossfit Community: Forging Elite Community. (2012, February 19). Retrieved February 19, 2012, from A Crossfit Inc. Web site: http://www.crossfit.com/cf-affiliates/ Crossfit Inc. (n.d.). Crossfit. Retrieved from www.crossfit.com. Glassman, G. (2012, February 19). Crossfit. Retrieved February 19, 2012, from www.crossfit.com: http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/what-crossfit.html Levy, S. (2012, January 27). From 83 Pounds to the Games: Cheryl Nasso. Retrieved February 19, 2012, from 2011 Crossfit Games Web Site: http://games2011.crossfit.com/features/83-pounds-games-cheryl-nasso Springer, I. (2010, June). Men's Fitness. Cross Over , pp. 102-103.

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