...Abstract In this paper, I will explain what CrossFit Training is and what the benefits are compared to a typical exercise program of isolated muscular training combined with a cardio workout. I will also examine the impacts that CrossFit Training has had on college athletes and athletic teams as a whole at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (UPB). I will look into what teams have the most athletes with experience with CrossFit training, how many UPB athletes have used it on their own time or during the offseason, and the general feeling towards CrossFit Training and its effectiveness in improving fitness. Introduction In the physical fitness realm, there are many different kinds of exercise programs. There are programs that focus on dancing, ones that focus on stretching, and ones that focus on core strength and conditioning. CrossFit Training is an example of a core strength and conditioning program. It was developed to enhance an individual’s overall ability to complete physical tasks by incorporating many different forms of exercise, from gymnastics to weightlifting (Glassman, 2002). CrossFit Training is different from the popularly accepted idea of a workout because it’s not just situps, curls, leg press, and a half an hour of cardio. CrossFit is all about combining movements and shorter, high intensity cardiovascular sessions (Glassman, 2002). For every long distance effort, a CrossFit athlete will do five or six at a short distance. This is implemented...
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...Through partaking in CrossFit workouts, I feel as though I have significantly improved my physical health. For further improvement I have set in place certain goals for myself in cardio, weightlifting, and gymnastics. In Cardio, I would like to improve my mile (1600 meter run) from 7:18 to 7:00. I would also like to improve my 500 meter row from 2:08 to 2:00. Both of these require strong core strength so in order to improve, I could do superman lifts and superman holds. Other exercises which I will work on to improve my cardiovascular endurance include sit ups, single jumps, plank holds, Also, to achieve my goals in running, I should pay better attention to and practice my technique while focusing on leaning forward more. For weightlifting,...
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...CrossFit was created and developed by Greg Glassman, a gymnast who wanted to improve his gymnastic skills and increase his strength more than just completing body weight workouts. He began incorporating weights in his workouts and noticed he began to surpass his competition. Using weights into his gymnastic workouts and integrating aerobic exercises like running and cycling Glassman developed the idea of a CrossFit training program. According to international athlete and Olympic coach Ross Edgley, “[CrossFit] was intended to improve 10 physical qualities… cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, agility, coordination, balance, and accuracy” (Edgley, “CrossFit: Sports Science”). Essentially, CrossFit...
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...started doing CrossFit. I wanted to lose some weight and get in shape, but at that time I never knew how CrossFit would become so important to me, and how it has become part of my life. Before I joined a CrossFit box - how CrossFit gyms are called - I played basketball in my school. I wanted to do physical training, so I would be more competent and athletic for the basketball season.A friend of mine and I, who also wanted to try Crossfit, went to the nearest box we could find and did the trial class. I felt horrible and amazing at the same time. Horrible because I felt exhausted after doing the workout, but amazing because the sensation I felt after doing giving everything I could be something unique that I never felt before. After that day I knew I could get really good at the sport so I signed up at that box and started training approx three to four times a day. Crossfit is the sport of fitness, which involves three main areas: Olympic weightlifting,...
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...CrossFit as cultural embodiment Introduction The term “CrossFit” is a different name for a regimen of exercise that is not heavily reliant on weights, but emphasizes intensity and furthermore, fitness over strength. These workouts consist of standard functional and compound movements performed accurately and at a high intensity with minimal rest. CrossFit is now not only a diet and exercise program, it’s become a lifestyle for many who aspire live a life of optimal fitness on par with our ancestor who had no choice but to forage and hunt for food, i.e. a Paleolithic lifestyle. Advocates of CrossFit follow a Paleolithic style diet consisting of fresh vegetables, fruits, meats, nuts and seeds. The idea behind this is that human genetics have...
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...promotes a man who used crossfit to get his life back on track, and now he pays it forward and is helping others achieve their goals. The Box promotes healthy eating and supplements to the athletes who use a lot of energy for things like marathons and Iron man competitions. Mostly in every monthly issue of The Box you can be sure to find a; success story, news about the crossfit community, competition dates, training methods, diet plans, and new advertised products. Typically men and women will pick two different issues of magazines that suits them. The Box is for any, men, women, endurance athletes, strength athletes, crossfitters, beginners to working out, people will disabilities and anyone who is interested. The exercise sections in this issue all can be scaled to anyone, they all include instruction on how to complete the exercise and if you can't quite get there yet, they have progression methods as well. The Box sponsors the military fitness events, and promotes retired...
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...Crossfit is the hottest fitness craze today, but how does it work and can everyone Crossfit? Crossfit Clearwater training is exactly that. Crossing various types of workouts in order to maximize the exercise, this exercise involves muscle and strength training, aerobics, endurance and balance testing, and flexibility to increase agility. It can be very extensive and is not recommended for beginners. Training with crossfit is often thought of as a strength and conditioning methodology of exercise. There are crossfit machines that claim to have this ability, but do lack some components and no machine can handle it all. CrossFit routines maintain that the best way to work the body is to never focus on just one area, but rather by focusing on the entire body. CrossFit Clearwater Programs use €free weights, kettle bells, gymnastics rings, pull-up bars and many calisthenics exercises. CrossFit may call on athletes to skip, run, row, climb ropes, jump up on boxes, flip giant tires, and carry odd objects. They can also squat and bounce medicine balls against walls.€...
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...VALLEY CROSSFIT Chris Chapple Business Plan MG 530 4/30/2012 Table of Contents: 1. Executive Summary a. Mission Statement b. Company Information c. Service d. Financial Information e. Future Plans 2. Description of the Business f. Nature of the Business g. Target Market h. How Product/Services Meet Needs 3. Competitive Analysis i. CrossFit Gyms j. Other Gyms 4. Industry Description and Outlook 5. Marketing Plan k. Market Penetration Strategy l. Growth Strategy m. Communication Strategy 6. Financial Plan n. Start-Up Costs o. Continual Costs p. Revenue 7. Critical Risk Factors Executive Summary Mission Statement: Valley CrossFit is the elite health and performance facility located in Shelton, CT. Valley CrossFit provides clients with a comprehensive health and fitness program tailored to their needs. Our coaches have experience in training athletes, weekend warriors, and people just looking to get in shape and have a good time. We have developed a health and fitness program that is second to none. Valley CrossFit’s coaches are experts in the fields of sport conditioning, injury prevention, nutrition, and fitness. Our focus is to offer each member that trains in our facility a life-changing experience as they work towards elite health and fitness. The greatest key to your success is you. Achieving elite levels of fitness is a process that takes time, determination...
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...Mahoney 1 Billie-Marie Mahoney Professor Charles Daniel English 111 October 18, 2012 Explaining a Concept: The Controversy with Crossfit Crossfit has become one of the most popular forms of fitness and exercise that has ever been part of this earth. For most people who have joined, it has also become a way of life. It is the main strength and conditioning program for many police academies and FBI, State Police, military special operations units, martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes all across the world. Crossfit has been developed to assist athletes in achieving a high level of fitness in endurance, strength, flexibility, speed, agility, power, coordination, and accuracy. Therefore; one may ask why it has become so controversial. Greg Glassman developed Crossfit, Inc. in 2000 and since then, the hype about Crossfit has exploded. In 2010, Reebok signed a 10 year deal with Crossfit to come together and try to reinvent the way people around the world achieve fitness. Crossfit, Inc. licenses’ their name “Crossfit” to affiliates around the world for a yearly fee and also puts each trainer through a series of trainings and certifications to certify each owner and trainer. There is a two day training course for beginners and specialty seminars which include gymnastics, Olympic lifting, running, mobility, programs for pregnant woman, kids, and military forces. Once licensed, the affiliate then develops their own...
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...Samantha Hicks Week 6 Writing Assignment November 30, 2013 2- In the final part of this case study, Roger Williams was making plans to create a business continuity plan for its information. Why do you think the hospital had not already developed such a plan in the event of a disaster? How is HP’s new IT infrastructure going to help Roger Williams build a robust business continuity plan? The hospital had not already developed a continuity plan for its information in the event of a disaster because Roger Williams Medical Center did not know that it would gain the large amount of information it did. HP’s new IT infrastructure will help Roger Williams build a robust business continuity plan because the new IT infrastructure will help the hospital achieve scalability, availability, and the performance required to process and store information with its new applications. By achieving scalability, Roger Williams will be able to add information as well as change information within a system easily. By achieving availability, the hospital will be able to have the information available when needed. By achieving the performance required to process and store information with its new applications, the hospital will be able to have enough processing power to work with the new applications and store large quantities of data. 3- According to the network infrastructures we discussed in this chapter, how would you characterize Roger Williams’ new IT infrastructure? Justify your answer...
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...CrossFit workouts are safe to perform, but like with any other type of physical exercise, when you know the correct way of doing it, you are able to do it the safest. At CrossFit Elko in Nevada, you will be guided by a personal trainer, who will teach you all of the proper mechanics and forms to help improve your fitness training and ensure you will not injure yourself in the process. During your CrossFit workouts, here are some of the main safety pointers you should always remember: Build Strength Slowly: Just like most things in life, you do not walk into a CrossFit gym and assume you can do what the experts are doing on your first day. These milestones take lots of hard work and learning to pace yourself. So, when you begin your workouts,...
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...Many schools have moved to WOD- based PE rather than the traditional sports- based PE. This is because WOD- based PE builds a community of trainers within the class that all help each other to become better. Schools have found that WOD- based physical education is better on the brain and improves grades. The expectations are high because “...kids will step up to the challenge” (Tis Nobler in the Mind ---and Body). Crossfit creates an environment where students do not judge each other and are all doing the workout to their best abilities. I also noticed that coaching each other was a very important aspect of sustaining the positive environment in the class. I have learned so much this year in PE because of the crossfit part of it. Another reason...
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...Professor Triolo, For the multimedia project, I elected to use my proposal argumentative essay because of its relevance and ability to be visually depicted. I believe in the idea that CrossFit is a scientific formula which has naturally evolved into a sport. This is because the formula is tough to carry out even though it is very effective and efficient. Whenever crew of people work ridiculously hard together, there is a positive outcome. This is why teammates on championship dynasties are so tight-knit and successful businesses create lasting friendships. Tackling tough tasks brings people together, so CrossFit brings people together, just like any other sport. Based on this information, I believe that this is something worthwhile and valid...
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...People call me crazy, but I call myself a determined, hard working crossfitter. Crossfit has taken up a vast majority of my life and I could say that it has changed who I am as a person and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Everyday i’m in that same gym day after day working my butt off to try and better myself. Most people who partake in crossfit, could easily agree that crossfit slowly becomes an addiction of your own...a very good one of course, once you start you can’t ever stop. Community; multiple people of the same interests’ come together as supporters for one another. Three years ago when I first became a member of “Portcrossfit”, everything had changed. When someone just starts out with crossfit, it almost feels impossible to complete a workout. Just when you think you can't finish and giving up is your only option, every single one of your teammates are surrounding you, screaming, clapping and pushing you to finish and suddenly, the pain just goes away and you feel invincible. The relationships built with everyone at...
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...Are CrossFit is the fastest growing community of fitness services businesses of all time. Starting with 13 affiliates in 2005, they now have approximately 12,000 affiliates in 2015. In Calgary there is 15 CrossFit gyms. Calgary population is about 1.2 million people and growing. South Calgary is the fastest growing part of the city. With the new South Health Campus Hospital build and new South East Town Center in developmet thats a place to be. Seton, the new South East Town Center in Calgary. There is only two CrossFit gyms in South Calgary, that can only handle 150-300 members per gym. Which makes a good opportunity to open new CrossFit gym in Seton. Why? - easy access from Deerfoot trail - high population in surrounding neighborhoods - surrounding neighborhoods still growing - Seton is still under development and still growing - relatively young demographics (this people are active and always looking for a ways to be fit) - South Health Campus Hospital located in Seton and has over 2500 employees working there CrossFit Seton is a CrossFit training facility based in Seton, Calgary, AB. Purpose of this gym is to bringCrossFit methodology to more people in Calgary. CrossFit wasdeveloped to enhance an individual’s ability to perform any task.Whatever this task is in your daily life: moving around the house,going playing with kids, hiking, running, work specific labor andtasks. CrossFit helps improving functional independence and improvingfitness. CrossFit brings...
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