What Is CrossFit?

The CrossFit prescription is, "constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement". Functional movements are natural, effective, and efficient locomotors of body and external objects. We take functional movements like pushing, pulling, lifting, throwing, etc. (Olympic lifting, power lifting, gymnastics, and sprinting) combine them in an endless variety of combinations, and do them at high intensity. Functional movements have the capacity to move large loads relatively long distances quickly making them unique in their ability to produce power, or intensity (force x distance / time). Intensity is the independent variable most commonly associated with maximizing favorable adaptation to exercise. The prescription of functionality, intensity, and varied create a program that delivers measurable, observable, and repeatable facts as evidence to its efficacy. Read More...