CrossFit Explained.

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Crossfit is a fitness program that produces measurable outcomes through lifestyle changes, centrered on training and nutrition. Workouts consist of constantly varied, high-intensity, functional movements, and are most fun and effective.


A CrossFit class is a one-hour session led by a certified coach. While every gym or home has its own setup and each class consists of different movements, a typical class looks like:

  • Whiteboard Brief & Class Introduction — To start, you will gather in front of a whiteboard where your coach will walk you through the workout, the movements, and ideas for scaling.
  • Warm-up — Coach will take the class through a warm-up to prepare you for the rest of class.
  • Skill practice — After the warm up, Coach leads the class through a skill practice, which is typically related to the movements in that days’ workout.
  • Workout — Once everyone’s ready, Coach will start the clock and the entire class will do the workout together.
  • Cool down —  Fist bumps, sharing scores and stretching to transition you back into your day

Every class will have a Workout of the Day or “WOD.” The WOD changes everyday, bringing constantly varied, functional fitness to life.

A form of high intensity interval training, CrossFit is a strength and conditioning workout that is made up of functional movement performed at a high intensity level. These movements are actions that you perform in your day-to-day life, like squatting, pulling, pushing etc.

CrossFit may be an effective workout for losing weight, building strength, agility, and flexibility, and improving your aerobic fitness.

CrossFit comes with benefits other than helping you get stronger. "Whether your fitness goal is to help you maintain your current fitness level, get just 1% fitter, lose weight, do a pull-up, or be able to lift a certain weight, CrossFit can help you reach it

Do I have to be fit to start CrossFit?

No, not at all. You don’t become fit to join CrossFit, you join CrossFit to become fit! While some movements might seem hard or intimidating at first, we’ll coach you through it. 

CrossFit Workout Example





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