Describing CrossFit is difficult, especially trying to explain it to somebody who hasn’t ever done it before.  The standard definition is: Constantly varied, functional movements performed at a relatively high intensity.  But that means absolutely nothing to the newbie.  You can also try the standard CrossFit fitness definition, increased work capacity (large loads, long distances) across broad time and modal domains.  But again that still doesn’t give them an adequate picture of what happens on any given day.  The easy way out is to have them watch a video, this is the first video I ever watched and it got me hooked. (WMV or MOV) What are you definitions? I typically tell people: Take a large bag, throw in Olympic lifting, powerlifting, gymnastics, running, calisthenics, kettlebells, rowing, lots of pullups, and a few other items. Shake this bag up, and now squeeze out a small portion each day.

Our fundamentals class is the best way to get a good taste of what we do. It is a small class with lots of one on one time. The open Saturdays are great for newbies (we will only do body weight movements) but they don’t get near the amount of time of instruction on their form in the movements that they need. Not to mention the ones that “Have done a boot camp before so should be OK here.” The fundamentals class is THE pre-requisite before joining the regular classes. Throwing an uninitiated individual (regardless of age, fitness level or profession) into our classes of fire-breathers is not taking interest in the progress of that potential client, nor that of the current clients. I schedule the fundamentals on a demand basis, so if somebody needs one they simply need to send me an email.