CrossFit?

It was Sherilyn, my friend who lives in Texas, who actually planted the idea in my mind. She's been doing CrossFit WOD for some time, and she says it's been keeping the numbers (LBM and BF) moving in the right direction.

At this point of my fitness journey, Tabata, HIIT, functional training and CrossFit -all of them- have a lot to offer to me. I see my future success there!

Of course there are some movements I cannot perform due to the risk of hurting my joints. And my arms are not strong enough to perform pull-ups. Anyway, all I have to do is follow the basics.

Can't wait to give it a try!

From crossfit.com:

"CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide."

"The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs."

"The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. Our terrorist hunters, skiers, mountain bike riders and housewives have found their best fitness from the same regimen." 

CrossFit chicks do look sexy!

However, CrossFit is not perfect for specific training.

From a review at the IC:

"Tom recently posted something else about Crossfit in the forums. He said, 'Crossfit makes claims about bodybuilding, but no one will successfully compete in bodybuilding using only CrossFit from start to finish. You would at least need the bodybuilding foundation first. If you are a competitive level bodybuilder, you need to use bodybuilding training first and foremost, not CrossFit. Bodybuilding is specialized training.'

CrossFit admits that they train to prepare people for as wide a variety of activities as possible. Their goal is not specificity, but to generalize training. Essentially, their goal is to get better at most things, but not to get really good at one or two things. I think they are succeeding in this area. Their clients are getting fitter, feeling healthier, enjoying physical activity, and feel mentally prepared to take on almost any challenge. However, put a CrossFit athlete in virtually any competitive arena, and his results will be shamefully lacking. Just like you won't win bodybuilding competitions with CrossFit training. Likewise, a CrossFit athlete will likely not be the best powerlifter, olympic lifter, triathlete, or MMA fighter."