Physical exercise: Crossfit

Nowadays there're many physical activity trends yoga, pilates, zumba, combat dances, lift weights, etc. In this post I'm going to talk about the crossfit. It's a type a physical activity that it's based in military training. It consists in perform exercises in the shortest time possible.

Photo taken from: http://tigersdencrossfit.com/about-dallas-crossfit/what-is-crossfit/

It's important to know that before beginning to do crossfit we have to have a good physical condition since crossfit is cataloged as a high intensity traning (HIT).

Well, the aim of this post is to show you how a crossfit program along with the paleolithic diet changed the body composition of 23 men and 20 women that performed a 10 weeks workout.

Main characteristics of subjects

Men's post characteristics (upper part) / Women's characteristics (low part)

The reserchers concluded that with this training (crossfit) we obtein similar changes as with doing HIT training. 

As I said at the begining, it's important our physical condition so we can perform correctly the exercises we have to do.

Below is an example of what I leave is the crossfit.

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Smith M, Sommer A, Starkoff B, Steven T. Crossfit-based intensity power training improves maximal aerobic fitness and body composition. J Strength Cond Res. 2013 Publish ahead of print DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318289e59f