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Is CrossFit good for weight loss?
For a lot of people, it is.
I’ve heard that CrossFit is a cult. You spend a couple hundred a month to workout
in a gym that could have been a garage last week.
That’s cheaper than a lot of yoga and healthy living courses, and Cross-Fit actually gets
your heart rate up.
I’ve heard it is for perfectionists and ex-military guys, not the average fatso.
CrossFit gets you moving. And one thing people like about it is the variety of activities.
You don’t get bored. Then again, they use equipment many people have never seen.
How many times could you do Sweating to the Oldies?
I couldn’t stand Simmons once, much less doing it over and over again. I only think
my grandmother can repeat his workouts because her dementia means she doesn’t remember
doing it before.
CrossFit mixes up the routine, so you keep coming back for the novelty. And by mixing
muscle groups, you get a better workout and muscle development than doing the same workouts
all the time.
They start out like A.A. meetings. Hi, my name is X, and here’s something weird about
me.
Then you pour your soul out into a workout, not a group discussion. And the dedicated
groups in Crossfit provide emotional support that running on a treadmill at home doesn’t.
That’s why treadmills in the corner tend to become an extension of the closet. Or towel
rack.
CrossFit is popular because it does work. That’s why there are about ten million of
them.
But will it help you lose weight?
Studies have found that you burn 10 to 20 calories a minute during their hard workouts.
That’s quite a burn rate.
It’s almost worth the financial burn rate.
But if you are trying to get from flab to fit, do Cross-fit in a formal gym to reduce
the odds of injury.
As long as it doesn’t have mirrors like the major cross-fit gyms, because that hurts
my pride.