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Jun 2012

321…Kids!

Chris O'Brien Daily Workout, Information, News 0 Comments

Today we kicked off the first “Teen CrossFit Class” for the summer months. Our intentions offering this class to teenage kids is to offer a ‘Broad, General, and Inclusive’ program to help them gain efficiency and competency in weight lifting, gymnastics, and metabolic condition.

Does this ring a bell older members? This is what you are doing as well. We understand that 99% of the general population are not going to be elite athletes who SPECIALIZE in a specific task, sport or event. We also understand that the needs of most teenagers are the same as most adults – they need to improve on the basics of fitness in order to ever become more elite in any endeavor they encounter or pursue. CrossFit was meant to be non-specific. Mainly because we are preparing for the unknown and unknowable.

If what you are seeking is complete competency in a SPECIFIC TASK OR SPORT -we can still help. We offer one on one individualized sport specific training using aspects of CrossFit to help you achieve a higher level of fitness related to your individual sport. What I mean is that, for example, if your training to become a sprinter, we would program you accordingly – Your WODS would not include daily long distant runs or conditioning workouts with multiple high rep sets. This indeed would be detrimental to your sport specific needs. With that said, the majority of young athletes who are either just starting a new sport or are new to fitness will thrive off of CrossFit programming. As I said before, there must be a solid foundation built first, covering all the general physical skills of fitness first in order to ever succeed down the road, know matter where you plan to go in the future. This is why CrossFit is universally the best approach for anybody, young or old.