| abstract | - Founded by Coach Greg Glassman in 2001 in Santa Cruz, California. CrossFit focuses on athletic fitness; taking pieces of endurance, strength and speed training while not specializing in any of them. CrossFit is one of the fastest growing exercise phenomenons in the world.
- CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program desiged to perform at the highest standards of many athletes by targeting peak exertion in the three main metabolic pathways. The program is designed to be applicable at all levels do the scalibility of the workouts. The principles are quite simple; CrossFit is a new fast growing fitness sport/lifestyle/movement. It combines gymnastics with weightlifting, with combat sports, with running, swimming, cycling, rowing, normally in the same workout. The goal is to achieve elite total body fitness including strength, endurance, balance, agility, flexibility, and accuracy. The movement is centered around the website, that publishes an extraordinary wealth of fitness information and includes a WOD (Work Out of the Day) every day. The workouts are intense and varied. Followers of the fitness regiments post comments to the WOD including their times or results for the WOD.
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