The Crossfit methodology of training is gaining ground because of its simplicity and minimalistic pattern. It is niche, yet very much uncomplicated and downright back-to-the-basics in its core structure. The Crossfit has been well known in US and Western Europe; it has now begun to find takers in India with Crossfit gyms cropping up in metropolitan cities.
Crossfit is efficient & different from other programmes
In millions of gyms and health clubs around the world, the accent is on isolation movements and long, slow aerobic sessions. The fitness community has impressed upon the gym-goers that hundreds of leg-extensions, bicep curls and abdominal crunches combined with a 20-30 minute routine work on the stair climber / elliptical trainer or treadmill is going to lead them to the promised goal of great fitness.
Crossfit on the contrary, believes exclusively in compound movements and shorter high intensity cardiovascular sessions. So the curls get replaced by pull-ups and the leg-extensions by squats. Long slow cardio sessions get substituted with 5-6 hard bursts of high intensity work.
Crossfit training aims to achieve physical competence in each of the 10 fitness domains – Cardiovascular endurance, Muscular endurance, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Co-ordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy.
Lastly, Crossfit is for everybody. It believes that your needs differ from an Olympian athlete’s by degree not kind. Almost all Crossfit movements are functional in nature. Crossfit has tested its methods on the sedentary, the overweight, the pathological and the elderly and have recorded positive benefits in the entire range of population, general and specific. Safety, efficacy, and efficiency are the three pillars on which the entire Crossfit training programme revolves!
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