Concept in Definition ABC

Crossfit is a modality of training physique that has become very popular in recent years as a result of many celebrities joining to it and they certainly took care of popularizing and spreading it, such is the case of the singer Madonna.

Its main objective is to improve the general physical condition of the practitioner from the realization of movements and intense exercises that consist of jumping objects and lifting weights, among the main ones. It also seeks to lose weight, strengthen muscles, and increase the athlete's cardiovascular capacity.

Its origin dates back to the United States, more precisely to the forces of safety, who first used it as methodology of training.

Voices against Crossfit: not a practice for everyone

The diffusion that Crossfit has reached has already surpassed and transcended the borders of the United States and as happens with all fashion, everyone wants to join and be a part, and here are the criticisms that arose around the practice and also the dangers physical.

According to the specialists who do not recommend it, Crossfit is not for everyone and since everyone wants to practice it, visible problems of Health in its practitioners. The high intensity of exercise that he proposes generates that those who practice it end up with ailments in the spine, in the joints and injuries in the muscles.

In Crossfit there is no routine programmed and designed for each athlete as is often the case in gyms and how it is recommended to meet individual needs, but what it commands are uninterrupted activities with a variety of training.

How is the training?

A class lasts an hour that is certainly intense and is usually organized in the following way: between ten and twenty minutes of warm-up, to which is added exercises of force Y technique, in the next thirty minutes the most intense exercises are produced. At the end, last ten minutes, there are stretching and abdominal exercises.

As can be seen, high intensity in which machines do not intervene and as they are rather free movements is It is necessary for the practitioner to do it in a compliant and error-free manner because if the aforementioned injuries.

Then, Crossfit can be an excellent sports alternative for those who have trajectory in terms of training, and care and caution is recommended to those who have never played sports because it can be very intense activity and unintentionally damage their health.

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