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9 Reasons You Should Try CrossFit
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It's a challenge
CrossFit can provide a challenge both mentally and physically.
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You will see results
If you commit to regular attendance to CrossFit, your strength will improve. Your endurance will improve. Your overall health will improve, as will your bodily aesthetics.
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It creates empowerment
When you complete workouts you didn't deem possible, you'll discover a new meaning to the word intensity in all facets of life.
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It's a culture and community
Individuals experiencing real challenges and providing endless support for one another quickly become a family, not just a class.
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Workout with a purpose
By not specializing in any one area and working on all of them instead, CrossFit provides one of the best overall fitness experiences for creating a better quality of life.
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There's always room for growth
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You can always progress to lifting a little heavier, moving a bit faster, or learning a new skill.
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Your goals with home exercising
Consider what you're trying to achieve.
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Heavy kettlebells
Two heavy kettlebells are the next best thing to a bar and plates. A weight of between 20 and 24 kilograms (45 to 52 pounds) is recommended.
By using the kettlebells individually or together, you can focus on almost every muscle group by squatting, swinging, pressing, pulling, or pushing them.**
Resistance bands and a stick
Two kettlebells might not be enough resistance for movements like squats and deadlifts. Some resistance or pull-up bands can increase resistance when you do "sumo-style" squats and deadlifts by looping one band around your wide-spread feet and through the handles of the kettlebells.
Add a wooden broom handle, and you have a wide range of new exercises. With a stick and a band, you can do many pulling exercises.
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Crossfit
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A training session
You can get a training session before starting classes. This will depend on your gym (your box) but some offer a free session to teach the techniques.
Boxes also let you sign up for a series of beginner-specific classes before you jump in with everybody else.
The barbells
Bars come in a variety of weights, from 15 to 45 pounds, and those giant plates are available in sizes going down to 10 pounds.
That means the barbell has about the same shape and size no matter how heavy it is.