https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 16:15:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-742229 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:37:49 +0000 N-Marie 742229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did Crossfit for quite awhile (stopped after having my daughter).<br /> I think it's a great match for certain personality types- if you like variety, enjoy some healthy competition and are an experienced enough exerciser and weightlifter to know your own limitations.</p> <p>I found it to be a very entertaining and challenging way of staying fit, and it was really motivational to have other athletic women as role models in the gym (rather than the girls at the box gyms who were aiming to be as skinny and non-muscular as possible).</p> <p>Scope out the gym carefully though - I've been told that these days it's a bit too easy to get CrossFit certified and I know that there are some gyms with inexperienced trainers. In the wrong hands, the training system can get dangerous (rushing through exercises/Olympic Lifts with too-heavy weights and bad form).</p> <p>Also, be prepared to have rather unflattering pictures taken of yourself if your gym likes to post pictures on the web! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-732982 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:28:15 +0000 kellygirl 732982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol! Yes, definitely, Malina. Bottom line, I need someone yelling at me to make me put in the extra effort. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-732972 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:19:03 +0000 Mo 732972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kelly, I think I heard somewhere that you can get the list of exercises for each day on the web. Of course, having a list of exercises you should do and being live in person with someone making you do them are two very different things! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-731069 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:24:45 +0000 kellygirl 731069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Rute does it too. I would love to try it if it wasn't so expensive. Kids need braces, y'know? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-725300 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:55:54 +0000 Anonymous 725300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I know that Heather and Texas Sarah both do Crossfit and they look amazing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-725037 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:42:09 +0000 Ann in New England 725037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whee! I've been dying to chime in here but couldn't til I was an Active Member. I've been Crossfitting for almost 2 years and I love it. It. Is the ony exercise program that I've stuck with for more than a few months. At 47, I'm never going to be a fire breather, but I'm continually amazed at what I'm able to do when I push myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-710109 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:29:21 +0000 Suz 710109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wall balls! UGH!! The bane of my existence (along with burpees...). </p> <p>Actually, I love my cross fit class. It's not as challenging (quite) as Chouette's, from the sounds of things, and I admit I DO sometimes struggle to keep up, but what she describes is pretty accurate in my experience. I go at 6:30 am twice or 3 times per week and I really enjoy it. I also try to add two regular weights workouts per week, and one or two runs - although to be honest, in summer I have been to the gym for weights much less and have done much more running. </p> <p>What I love about cross fit is that even if I do change up my other workouts like that, I feel as if I have got good conditioning plus some resistance training every week. And the variety is stimulating. I never know what it's going to be. </p> <p>I also love that I don't have to think. I just do what i am told. For me that makes it easier! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-709973 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:23:57 +0000 chouette22 709973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I am a crossfitter and absolutely love it! As a matter of fact, it is through Suz that I got the idea to add this to my workouts and I joined a group in my gym back in January. It is my favorite form of workouts, by far! I had always been athletic and worked out 6 times a week, but felt that I kept doing the same stuff, a combination of cardio and weights (running outside when the season allows). I used to be pretty content to do 20-30 push-ups (real ones) etc., now this is what we do in the warm-up. </p> <p>I am sure you have looked up what crossfit typically consists of. They are always varied, rather short high-intensity workouts combining / alternating cardio and strength training. It's the toughest thing I have ever done, but the satisfaction factor is also the highest I have ever had. I am the type of person who wants to be exhausted after a workout, otherwise I am just not happy. The boot camp classes I had tried didn't do that to me, crossfit does. </p> <p>I didn't need to join a crossfit gym, as a personal trainer in my own gym is offering a class at 6am, 9am and 6pm on M/W/F. The groups are pretty small, which is perfect. I don't think he has ever repeated an exact workout since January, thus you never know what's coming. However, there are classes that focus nearly entirely on the upper body (using weights), or the lower body, to the point of really exhausting your arms or legs. And then there are routines that combine both of them. One workout, for example, is called the Angie (this one is kind of a measuring tool to give you an idea where you stand and how your strength level is progressing): You do 100 pull-ups (assisted with a rubber band chosen according to your strength level), then 100 push-ups, then 100 squats followed by 100 butterfly sit-ups. All of this for time, i.e. as fast as you can possibly accomplish this. </p> <p>A more typical example of a normal workout (we did this one last Friday): A short warm-up, then 4 rounds of<br /> - 20x throwing a big 20lb medicine soft ball from squat position above a line really high up on the wall, catch and back into squat (these are called wall balls)<br /> - 10 burpees<br /> - 20 standing lunges for each leg.<br /> 20 minutes or 4 rounds, whatever comes first. This was super tough. It may not look like it, but those wall balls are killer.</p> <p>To end we did 4 sets of sprints, long side of gym, 4 lengths, each time touching blue line on floor, 20 seconds rest in between (thus 16 lenghts in total). Then I biked home and I can assure you, I slept really well that night! :)</p> <p>Hope this helps!<br /> PS: In our groups (I fluctuate between the 6am, 9am and 6pm groups, depending on my work schedule) the majority is in the 20-30y group, then there is a woman who is 40, I am 50 and one tough yogi who is about 60. But I can tell you that we are keeping up with the younger crowd without a problem, if you are used to exercising and are a tough cookie, which I am sure you are! Let me know how things go for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/crossfit#post-709463 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:11:27 +0000 catgirl 709463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know Heather and TXSarah do it - anyone else? Do you like it? What's it about? I'm thinking of adding it to my running routine, as a guy friend of mine suggested it was good for our age group. Would love to know more! I'm looking for something to do for now while my partner and I are not able to rock climb more regularly.</p> <p>TIA! </p>