Many people walk in the gym and have interesting reactions. Many are intrigued about the differences in our gym vs. gyms down the street. After their reaction comes many questions. How do I do the exercises? What if I can't keep up? Will someone help me during my workout? Do you have a smoothie bar? (seriously, haven't heard that one yet but I'm sure it will come) Our gym is different and it does take a bit of an explanation. A gentleman came in the other day. He had a different reaction. He just learned about Crossfit and wanted to see a gym for himself. He was an older person, had an accent and trained in a communist country many years ago. As I explained what we did, he explained what he grew up doing for strength and conditioning. Interestingly, he trained like we do. More accurately, we trained like he did many years ago before fancy gyms, mirrors and machines. There are some differences as Crossfit includes a wide range of training modalities such as track, Oly lifts, weightlifting, gymnastics but many of the movements were the same. Crossfit does include a wide range of domains to accomplish the goal of increased fitness levels but squats, deadlifts and pushing weight overhead were great exercises many years ago, are great exercises now and will be in the future.
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