Intro to CrossFit
What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.
CrossFit 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.
The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. The same routines have been used for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.
More information can be found on the main CrossFit site here. Some CrossFit exercises and demos of them can be found on the main CrossFit.com site here.
There are some great FAQs listed on the main CrossFit website. Click here to view them.
Getting Started
People new to CrossFit who wish to join CrossFit PEI can either enrol in our Fundamentals Course or take Private Lessons.
Participants in our Fundamentals courses learn the essential movements for participation in CrossFit while developing a strength and fitness base such that they can then perform the WOD’s (Workout of the Day).
Private lessons may be an option depending on the fitness level of the person – the pricing is the same as the Fundamentals course but the lessons occur over 3 sessions. More information on our Fundamentals Course can be found here. Please contact us if you would like more information about Private lessons.
For the person who endeavors to take on CrossFit without the guidance of a certified CrossFit trainer, the CrossFit Start Here page recommends three distinct approaches, depending on your fitness experience and available facilities.
Nutrition
There is a ton of information out there but a great place to start is CrossFit Journal #21. You can find it here.
