Cross Fit

[Anonymous]

Anyone do it? And what are you results?

[Anonymous]

I am curious too, as a cross fit gym just opened near me. I haven't done it but have exercise freaky friends who do. They rave about it , but in a rather cult like manner which scares me--these are my marathon running friends, so I have no idea whether cross fit might work for someone who used to be athletic about, oh, 2 kids and 2 knee surgeries ago...

[Anonymous]

Love it! Check out Crossfit.com.

Crossfit is great b/c it's completely scalable to your level of fitness, if you are just starting out after 10 years or a current college varsity athlete.

If you are in Montgomery County, check Crossfit DoneRight:
crossfitdoneright.com

[Anonymous]

I did it for one year. I stopped because I got annoyed by the motivation techniques that did not really resonate with me - however the results were fantastic. You need to go at least 4 times a week and is not cheap. Plus, ideally you also follow a Paleo diet. If you like working out at high intensity levels and feel good about yourself when you push your limits constantly, cross fit is great.

[Anonymous]

I belong to washington sports club and they just started this twice a week class called UXF that's an attempt to mimic crossfit. I assume they saw themselves losing members to crossfit and figured if they can't beat them, join them. The class just started this week so I've done it only 3 times (a demo last week plus two classes this week) and I love it. I was already doing kettlebells and running intervals and stuff like that, and doing total body conditioning classes at the gym, but this takes it to a different level. The types of exercises the instructor has us do is nothing I've done before and it just feels very fresh and challenging. They don't discuss diet or motivation stuff at all, which I also really appreciate. I have no interest in attempting the paleo diet or in doing group motivational exercises or anything like that. Just give me a good workout that makes me feel like I'm going to puke, and I'm happy.

so that being said, I would try crossfit and see if you like it. You have nothing to lose. Or if you happen to belong to a washington sports club sign up for UXF. I bet other gyms have done classes like this as well, everyone is trying to get on the crossfit train it seems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I belong to washington sports club and they just started this twice a week class called UXF that's an attempt to mimic crossfit. I assume they saw themselves losing members to crossfit and figured if they can't beat them, join them. The class just started this week so I've done it only 3 times (a demo last week plus two classes this week) and I love it. I was already doing kettlebells and running intervals and stuff like that, and doing total body conditioning classes at the gym, but this takes it to a different level. The types of exercises the instructor has us do is nothing I've done before and it just feels very fresh and challenging. They don't discuss diet or motivation stuff at all, which I also really appreciate. I have no interest in attempting the paleo diet or in doing group motivational exercises or anything like that. Just give me a good workout that makes me feel like I'm going to puke, and I'm happy.

so that being said, I would try crossfit and see if you like it. You have nothing to lose. Or if you happen to belong to a washington sports club sign up for UXF. I bet other gyms have done classes like this as well, everyone is trying to get on the crossfit train it seems.

Just curious -- what are the types of exercises at your UXF class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I belong to washington sports club and they just started this twice a week class called UXF that's an attempt to mimic crossfit. I assume they saw themselves losing members to crossfit and figured if they can't beat them, join them. The class just started this week so I've done it only 3 times (a demo last week plus two classes this week) and I love it. I was already doing kettlebells and running intervals and stuff like that, and doing total body conditioning classes at the gym, but this takes it to a different level. The types of exercises the instructor has us do is nothing I've done before and it just feels very fresh and challenging. They don't discuss diet or motivation stuff at all, which I also really appreciate. I have no interest in attempting the paleo diet or in doing group motivational exercises or anything like that. Just give me a good workout that makes me feel like I'm going to puke, and I'm happy.

so that being said, I would try crossfit and see if you like it. You have nothing to lose. Or if you happen to belong to a washington sports club sign up for UXF. I bet other gyms have done classes like this as well, everyone is trying to get on the crossfit train it seems.

Just curious -- what are the types of exercises at your UXF class?

box jumps, burpees (awful, but effective), single-arm rope (like what they do on the biggest loser, where you're holding two ends of a huge rope and have to make waves with each using your whole body basically), and then last night we used barbells to do snatches and push presses (and other stuff like dead lifts and squats which i've done before) and then we did pike pushups. If you google these you'll see descriptions, it's hard for me to describe them. We also did walking lunges holding at least twenty pounds of weights and alternated them with wall-sits. It's probably not new and fresh for people used to real weight lifting, but since I'm more of a yoga/running/jillian michaels DVD type, this is all new and really fun for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I belong to washington sports club and they just started this twice a week class called UXF that's an attempt to mimic crossfit. I assume they saw themselves losing members to crossfit and figured if they can't beat them, join them. The class just started this week so I've done it only 3 times (a demo last week plus two classes this week) and I love it. I was already doing kettlebells and running intervals and stuff like that, and doing total body conditioning classes at the gym, but this takes it to a different level. The types of exercises the instructor has us do is nothing I've done before and it just feels very fresh and challenging. They don't discuss diet or motivation stuff at all, which I also really appreciate. I have no interest in attempting the paleo diet or in doing group motivational exercises or anything like that. Just give me a good workout that makes me feel like I'm going to puke, and I'm happy.

so that being said, I would try crossfit and see if you like it. You have nothing to lose. Or if you happen to belong to a washington sports club sign up for UXF. I bet other gyms have done classes like this as well, everyone is trying to get on the crossfit train it seems.

Just curious -- what are the types of exercises at your UXF class?

box jumps, burpees (awful, but effective), single-arm rope (like what they do on the biggest loser, where you're holding two ends of a huge rope and have to make waves with each using your whole body basically), and then last night we used barbells to do snatches and push presses (and other stuff like dead lifts and squats which i've done before) and then we did pike pushups. If you google these you'll see descriptions, it's hard for me to describe them. We also did walking lunges holding at least twenty pounds of weights and alternated them with wall-sits. It's probably not new and fresh for people used to real weight lifting, but since I'm more of a yoga/running/jillian michaels DVD type, this is all new and really fun for me.

forgot to mention: also lots of plyometrics, which again, aren't anything new, but I've never been able to force myself to do them before. When you have the instructor forcing you to do it, it suddenly is very effective.

[Anonymous]

You have to pay extra for UXF. As with personal training, I think a lot of the reason they have you do these unusual exercise is because they are unusual. If they had you lift free weights and do cardio on the elliptical, you probably would get the same or better results. But you would question why you were paying for a class or training.

To the extent you want some freshening up of your routine or the motivation of a trainer, go for it. Don't think you actually need to pay for this stuff if you just want to get way fit, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I belong to washington sports club and they just started this twice a week class called UXF that's an attempt to mimic crossfit. I assume they saw themselves losing members to crossfit and figured if they can't beat them, join them. The class just started this week so I've done it only 3 times (a demo last week plus two classes this week) and I love it. I was already doing kettlebells and running intervals and stuff like that, and doing total body conditioning classes at the gym, but this takes it to a different level. The types of exercises the instructor has us do is nothing I've done before and it just feels very fresh and challenging. They don't discuss diet or motivation stuff at all, which I also really appreciate. I have no interest in attempting the paleo diet or in doing group motivational exercises or anything like that. Just give me a good workout that makes me feel like I'm going to puke, and I'm happy.

so that being said, I would try crossfit and see if you like it. You have nothing to lose. Or if you happen to belong to a washington sports club sign up for UXF. I bet other gyms have done classes like this as well, everyone is trying to get on the crossfit train it seems.

Which WSC are you at? I am at Clarendon--don't know if they have this.

I am a freaky exercise person that has run 7 marathons and in a rut...this crossfit intrigues me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to pay extra for UXF. As with personal training, I think a lot of the reason they have you do these unusual exercise is because they are unusual. If they had you lift free weights and do cardio on the elliptical, you probably would get the same or better results. But you would question why you were paying for a class or training.

To the extent you want some freshening up of your routine or the motivation of a trainer, go for it. Don't think you actually need to pay for this stuff if you just want to get way fit, however.

I'm the UXF previous poster and I agree with you. You do have to pay extra but if you are in a rut, I think it's worth it. And you pay month-to-month (as you do with a crossfit gym, I am assuming) so once you've done a month's worth, you could probably jsut do the stuff on your own if you're motivated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I belong to washington sports club and they just started this twice a week class called UXF that's an attempt to mimic crossfit. I assume they saw themselves losing members to crossfit and figured if they can't beat them, join them. The class just started this week so I've done it only 3 times (a demo last week plus two classes this week) and I love it. I was already doing kettlebells and running intervals and stuff like that, and doing total body conditioning classes at the gym, but this takes it to a different level. The types of exercises the instructor has us do is nothing I've done before and it just feels very fresh and challenging. They don't discuss diet or motivation stuff at all, which I also really appreciate. I have no interest in attempting the paleo diet or in doing group motivational exercises or anything like that. Just give me a good workout that makes me feel like I'm going to puke, and I'm happy.

so that being said, I would try crossfit and see if you like it. You have nothing to lose. Or if you happen to belong to a washington sports club sign up for UXF. I bet other gyms have done classes like this as well, everyone is trying to get on the crossfit train it seems.

Which WSC are you at? I am at Clarendon--don't know if they have this.

I am a freaky exercise person that has run 7 marathons and in a rut...this crossfit intrigues me!

I'm at silver spring. If they had it at your gym you'd know it. They are promoting the hell out of it, you can't miss it if they're offering it.

[Anonymous]

A bunch of people in my circle swear by it. It is basically small group training with a trainer. More expensive than your typical gym (like $150/month), but cheaper than a trainer. (mine costs like $35/session.) I would probably have to maintain a second membership, though, in order to keep up with my running, so it would be prohibitively expensive for me. But the people I know really like it and most of them have seen some pretty impressive results. (one guy has gotten fatter, though. lol.)

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine has been doing it for the past 4 months. She was already skinny but now she looks really toned and fit. She loves it.