Contemplating Crossfit.

As you can tell by the title, I am contemplating giving crossfit a shot.

What is crossfit? According to wikipedia,

Crossfit advocates a mix of aerobic exercise, body weight exercise, gymnastics and Olympic weight lifting.CrossFit describes its strength and conditioning program as “constantly varied, high intensity, functional movement. Workouts are typically short—30 minutes or less—and intense, demanding all-out physical exertion. They combine movements such as sprinting, rowing, jumping rope, climbing rope, flipping tires, weightlifting, carrying heavy objects, and many bodyweight exercises; equipment used includes barbells, dumbbells, gymnastics rings, pull-up bars, kettlebells, medicine balls, and boxes for box jumps. 

These elements are mixed in numerous combinations to form prescribed “Workouts of the Day” or “WODs”. Hour-long classes at affiliated gyms, or “boxes,” typically include a warm-up, a skill development segment, the high-intensity WOD, and a period of individual or group stretching.

The aim of Crossfit is to physically prepare people for whatever life might throw at them. It is not about following a particular routine, but about constantly varying workouts.

To put it plainly, they do stuff like this:

and this…

and this…

As you can see, a lot of crossfit chicks are ripped.

They go from looking like

This….               to this.

So, needless to say, I am seriously considering adding 2 days of crossfit to my workout schedule. This would mean doing doubles a few days a week.

But, I think the results speak for themselves, right?

Have you done crossfit?

Has it helped your running?

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-RatherBeRunnin’