Crossfit is a branded fitness method created by greg glassman. A registered trademark of crossfit, inc. Which was co-founded by glassman and lauren janet in 2000.
Crossfit is both a physical exercise philosophy and a competitive fitness movement that incorporates elements of high intensity interval training, olympic weightlifting, augmentation style training, powerlifting, gymnastics, aerobics, hercules and many other sports. There are now more than 13,000 affiliated gyms with members who complete individual exercises for daily workouts. Crossfit has also been blamed by the ministry for causing people to suffer unnecessary injuries and rhabdomyolysis, an extreme exercise that can be fatal in terms of muscle breakdown.
History
Glassman and janet founded crossfit in 2000. The company had been conceived as crossfit a few years earlier, in 1996. The original crossfit gym was in santa cruz, california, and the first affiliated gym was crossfit north in seattle, washington; by 2005, that number had reached 13, and today that number is over 13,000. Coaches include louie simmons, john wilburn, bob harper and mike bergner.
Glasman gained full control of the company after his divorce from jenai. Janet attempted to sell her shares in the company to an outsider after the divorce settlement was reached, but glassman bought the shares with a $16 million loan.
Overview
Crossfit, inc. Describes its strength and conditioning as "Ever-changing functional movements performed at high intensity across a range of time and domains" With the goal of improving overall physical fitness. The goal is to improve overall physical performance, and classes often include warm-ups, skill development sessions, high-intensity "Daily workouts, and a period of individual or group stretching. Some gyms also often focus on strength training, and performance on each movement is often scored and/or ranked to encourage competition and track individual progress. Some establishments offer additional classes, such as olympic weightlifting, which are not wod. Focused.
Crossfit gyms use equipment from multiple disciplines including barbells, dumbbells, gymnastic rings, bars, skipping ropes, kettlebells, medicine balls, resistance bands, rowing machines and various mats. Crossfit draws on categories and exercises such as aerobics, olympic style weightlifting, powerlifting, hercules, augmentation training, self weight exercises, indoor rowing, cardio, running and swimming.
The generic method used is used by thousands of private gyms, fire services, law enforcement agencies and military organisations, including the royal guard, as well as some us and canadian high school physical education teachers, high school and college sports teams.
Founder greg glassman says in the foundation document:- "Crossfit is not a dedicated fitness program, but rather a conscious effort to optimise fitness in 10 recognised areas of fitness." These areas are cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, explosive and, speed, coordination, agility, balance and accuracy.
A statistical analysis in 2014 showed that 50% of participants who took part in crossfit were men and 50% were women.crossfit is becoming increasingly popular internationally.
Crossfit competitions
The "Crossfit competition" Organised by dave castro has been held every summer since 2007. Athletes participating in the competition are given knowledge of the specific events only a few hours before the competition and sometimes include unexpected events that are not part of the typical crossfit programme. Past examples include swimming in difficult water, softball throwing and pegboard climbing. In this competition, participants are expected to be "Ready for anything".
In 2011, an online qualification format was introduced to facilitate the participation of athletes from around the world. During the five weeks of "Crossfit", a new workout was introduced each week. Athletes have a few days to complete the workout and submit their results online, either through a video or through certification by a comprehensive fitness organisation. As openness is offered to athletes of any level, many affiliates encourage members to participate and the number of participants around the world can be in the hundreds of thousands.
The best individual and team crossfit participants from each region will take part in regional events held around the world over the next two months. Each regional event features a certain number of the best competitors. These competitions include gender-specific individual and mixed-gender teams as well as a number of masters and junior categories.
Crossfit competition process
Crossfit competitions are the world's premier test for finding the "Best fitness on the planet". They are world famous because they are a tough test for the strongest athletes on the planet and an exciting experience for spectators. Since its inception in 2007, mixed crossfit has become "One of the fastest growing sports in america", according to forbes.
The competition was created to fill a void - no other true physical category existed. All other sporting events, from triathlons to the nfl, have neglected to accurately test basic fitness. Even the decathlon misses an important component of physical fitness when comparing a relatively wide range of abilities.
The crossfit competition program consists of a variety of functional movements. Functional movements move big loads, long distances and fast. These movements are also the basis of our exercise program. Make no mistake - crossfit competitions are designed to test, not train, the body. The goal is to find the most physically fit athletes, not simply to create a workout program that is easy to replicate.
Many roads lead to crossfit competitions.
Athletes can qualify through worldwide open competitions or online qualifying competitions for their age group. Top athletes and teams from sanctionals are also invited.
Open competitions
Results are posted online every thursday during the five-week, five-training competition and athletes must submit their results by the following monday. Anyone at least 14 years old can sign up for the first phase of this crossfit fitness season.
The open competition offers two ways to qualify for the integrated fitness competition. The top male and female competitors (with at least one member in good standing) from each country (based on nationality) will be crowned national champions and will qualify for the competition. In addition to the national champions, the top 20 male and female athletes in the world rankings will automatically qualify for the competition.
Sanctionals
Sanctionals is an independently owned and operated (and crossfit licensed) fitness competition that provides an alternative pathway for top male, female and team competitors to gain an invitation to compete in crossfit.
A key element of a fair competition is unpredictability. Athletes cannot train for something they do not know. In every mixed fitness competition, athletes perform a series of challenges they don't even know about until the competition begins. The combination of well-trained athletes and unknown events makes for an explosive combination.
Maybe only the best will win
The competition is an arena where the strongest athletes have the opportunity to stand out through consistent outstanding performances. In a single event, the crossfit athlete's ability to cross time and patterns. A wide variety of events are strategically planned. In the past, these have ranged from dusty mountain sprints to sandbagging to ocean swimming and endurance events. Future competitions will include even more surprises.
Scoring
The competition uses a relative scoring system. This means that athletes are rewarded based on their ranking in each event relative to their competitors, rather than on their absolute performance in that event.
Points are awarded for each event up to a maximum of 100 and athletes are awarded points based on their performance. At the end of the weekend, the athlete with the most points is the winner and is named the strongest man on the planet.
A growing movement
As crossfit has grown in size, so has interest in the sport. This time last year, there were just over 15,000 affiliates. More and more athletes are competing in more and more crossfit competitions around the world. 2019's reebok crossfit games in madison, wisconsin, will be the largest global competition to date for broad, comprehensive and inclusive fitness.
Risk of injury
The risk of injury associated with crossfit training has been a controversial issue since the program's popularity began to climb at the turn of the century. Critics have accused crossfit, inc. Of using dangerous movements and inappropriate intensities, and of allowing unqualified individuals to become crossfit coaches
In response to these criticisms, crossfit, inc. Claims that "Crossfit is relatively safe, even when performed with poor technique, but it is safer and more effective when performed with better technique. Crossfit, inc. Also claims that the risk of injury can be reduced through proper alignment and conditioning of the workout, a concept taught on its website and in the crossfit level 1 coaching program.
Crossfit, inc. Cites three academic surveys of crossfit participants to support this claim. These surveys calculated 2.4 to 3.1 injuries per 1000 hours of training, which crossfit believes is consistent with or even lower than the injury rates found in "General fitness training".
Whether or not there is a greater risk of injury, it does not change the fact that crossfit training improves the overall ability of the body and the appeal of crossfit competitions.
