CrossFit By The Horns
“Never give up your desire to be what you want to be. Stay focused, persistent and relentless.”
CrossFit is a lifestyle characterized by safe, effective exercise and sound nutrition. It can be used to accomplish any goal, from improved health to weight loss to better performance. This program works for everyone—from people who are just starting out to those who have trained for years.
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program based on functional body movements and draws from the disciplines of Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics, and cardio. Workouts are constantly varied with intensity being a consistent component. The idea is to challenge the body beyond previously experienced limits through variations of speed, time, weight, reps as well as combinations of movements. Our athletes run, jump, row, lift weights, do pull-ups, throw balls, squat, jump rope, and more.
The methodology of CrossFit is appropriate for athletes of ALL levels; workouts and movements are always scalable and adaptable.
What is it?
CrossFit requires capacity in all three of the main metabolic energy pathways driving human action and movement and works to build capacity in the following general physical skills:
Strength
Flexibility
Power
Coordination
Agility & Balance
Accuracy
Endurance
Stamina
Yes, everyone can do it.
The above is the foundation of CrossFit, which has now become a worldwide fitness phenomenon. One of the things that sets CrossFit apart from other exercise programs is that it recognizes that all athletes (from the senior citizen, to the stay-at-home mom, to the high school soccer star, to the weekend warrior, to the Olympic medalist, to the professional athlete) have the same requirements for an effective fitness program. The differences among their needs relate to intensity and volume, but not type of training. Functional body movements that are varied and executed at high intensity are key to the development of optimal fitness in all athletes.
“I’ve always been afraid to try CrossFit because it gets such a bad rep, but since I loved working out with Mia and Susan so much [in RackFit], I decided to try it out. I LOVE it! During all of their classes they always have 2 coaches floating around to fix your form and make sure you’re lifting safely. I’ve always felt lower back pain from deadlifts and now I am lifting with better form and feeling so great! Not to mention that I am learning so much and having a lot of fun. The community and vibe is super supportive.”