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Some of my friends in college started doing crossfit instead of weight training for a while. These guys were major meat heads and they said it gave them a better workout than all the heavy lifting they had been doing over the years. Most of them also it the gym after just to get the body parts like traps and bi's that they felt more vain about.

 

In short, I've heard really good things about it. No time to try it yet though.

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Yeah, like Octo said, it's basically weighted cardio for the most part - not enough weight to be ideal for building mass, but a fine alternative to running/biking/etc. and can be a pretty high-intensity way to train when done properly.

 

But, all in all, it's nothing miraculous. The same thing can be accomplished by doing complexes with weights as I've mentioned here before, rather than being a necessity to join a Crossfit group, as you'll get the same results without needing "experts" to come up with some sort of arbitrary combination of movements they deem to be the right pick for you.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I was put through the crossfit test at my gym because I got a guy who is certified in crossfit. I was dying at the end of the test. I thought I was in shape.... Think again... I knew that is where I should be with intensity not what I typically do. THanks for reminding me I will get back on that path.

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I think Cross fit is pretty good. I train brazilian Jiu jitsu and most of the higher level compeitors only do that and grapple for strength and there extremely strong. There's a wide variety of different cross fit workouts. I don't think it's the best think if you want to be a huge bodybuilder or power lifter, but if you want total fitness and don't care about being really big then it's good

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I like to use parts of it now and then, I was doing some of that stuff long before I heard of 'Crossfit' but then again, my training is very eclectic so I'll do it for a little while before I get bored and go back to something else.

I find it good when dieting, it gets the cardio and weights out of the way at the same time.

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