Ask a Coach: Do I Have To Be Fit To Start CrossFit?
You do CrossFit to become fit; you don’t become fit to do CrossFit.
STORIES
VIEW MOREWhat to Expect at Your First CrossFit Class
Before you jump into your first CrossFit class, here is everything you should expect and how to prepare.
Ask a Coach: How Will My Body Change With Regular CrossFit Training?
CrossFit will produce a multitude of positive changes in your body, including increased strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, and power. Through a combination of functional movements, varied exercises, repetition ranges, distances, and durations, your body undergoes a remarkable transformation — including changes in body composition that can help you reach your goals.
ARTICLES AND MORE
VIEW MORECourse Photos | Sept 10-16, 2023
Each week CrossFit offers in-person courses around the world as well as a variety of online courses.
Five Tools To Help you Become a Kick-Ass Coach
Connor McDonald has been a full-time CrossFit trainer since 2014. Since then, he’s become a Level 3 Trainer, was hired to CrossFit’s Seminar Staff, and recently opened his own thriving affiliate. Along the way, he’s identified some tools that helped him develop his coaching skills that he believes can help any coach do the same.
Ask a Coach: Is CrossFit Safe for Kids?
CrossFit helps children develop confidence and body awareness while performing movements that are natural for their bodies. As Dr. Katina Thornton explains, it will also help to keep their bodies mobile and pain-free as they enter adulthood.
SUCCESS STORIES
VIEW MORERon Gets Fit
Find out how Ron Britt lost 84 lb. with simple adjustments to his nutrition.
Kai Rainey: 720 hours
Kai Rainey’s watershed moment came in the produce aisle at the grocery store. She recalls dropping a peach while shopping and laboring for three to four minutes in front of the prying eyes of strangers as she struggled to pick it up. This wasn’t the life she wanted. At over 300 lb. and in steeply declining health, she knew she was going to end up losing her ability to move without a mobility device. So Rainey decided to fight for her health instead.
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“I feel like there’s a lot of people that might be at their age and not willing to try,” she says, “and it’s that willingness at any age that allows us to experience new possibilities, new opportunities for growth.”
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