About CrossFit
Why CrossFit is so effective:
In a nutshell the CrossFit program is constantly varied, functional movements executed at a high intensity. With our program you won’t find yourself bored since you won’t see the same workout very often. Whether you are a housewife or a professional athlete our program can be scaled to fit you. The needs of an Olympic athlete and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. One is looking for functional dominance the other for functional competence. Competence and dominance manifest through identical physiological mechanisms. Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist. Methodology includes metabolic conditioning (or “cardio,”) gymnastics (moving body through space) and weightlifting. Our workouts and environment promote community, competition, camaraderie and of course fun.
CrossFit is a core strength and conditioning program. We have designed our program to elicit as broad an adaptation as possible. CrossFit is not a specialized fitness program, but a deliberate attempt to optimize physical competence in each of 10 recognized fitness domains.
* Cardiovascular respiratory endurance: the ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen.
* Stamina: the ability of body systems to gather, process, deliver, and store energy.
* Strength: the ability of a muscular unit or combination of muscular units to apply force.
* Flexibility: the ability to maximize the range of motion at any given joint.
* Power: the ability of a muscular unit or combination of muscular unites to apply force in minimum time.
* Speed: the ability to minimize the time cycle of a repeated movement.
* Coordination: the ability to combine several distinct movement patterns into a single distinct movement.
* Agility: the ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
* Balance: the ability to control the placement of the body’s center of gravity in relation to its support base.
Aside from the breadth of the totality of fitness the CrossFit program seeks, our program is distinctive, if not unique, in its focus on maximizing neuroendocrine response, developing power, cross-training with multiple training modalities, constant training and practice with functional movements, and the development of successful diet strategies. Nutritional advice and information will be readily available for members to help achieve maximum fitness.
