We have all heard of the new workout craves like Insanity, Bowflex, Treadclimber, and P90X and I am sure that everyone has heard of TRX and CrossFit. Since my last post It’s Official! I’m TRX Certified I thought it would a great challenge to break down two workout programs and define what they really are.
CrossFit is a fitness program that consists of functional training at high intensity levels. The need for CrossFit is designed for a particular population of people states founder and CEO Jeff Glassman: “This fitness is demanded by military and police personnel, firefighters, and many sports requiring total or complete physical prowess. CrossFit has proven effective in these arenas.” CrossFit is an excellent program for athletes and military personnel. Recently, CrossFit has expanded the ‘box’ (box is CrossFit lingo for an affiliated gym) to people seeking to lose weight, gain muscle, slim down, and tone up. CrossFit and their trainers are getting smarter by building their fitness empire by allowing the public to join in on exclusive WODS (workouts of the day).
Problem: CrossFit is not meant for the typical fitness goer! I have done a lot of research on this topic and ran into many fitness blogs that oppose and commend CrossFit for its outstanding results. I also enjoy CrossFit and I think that it is a great workout even for the typical gym rat, yet there are a few things that bug me about the crossfit philosophy that I will discuss in detail in Post 2: CrossFit vs TRX.
Problem: CrossFit is not meant for the typical fitness goer! I have done a lot of research on this topic and ran into many fitness blogs that oppose and commend CrossFit for its outstanding results. I also enjoy CrossFit and I think that it is a great workout even for the typical gym rat, yet there are a few things that bug me about the crossfit philosophy that I will discuss in detail in Post 2: CrossFit vs TRX.
On the other hand there is TRX. The philosophy of TRX is emphasizing on working out the body through a kinetic chain of muscles. In other words, your muscles are moving together as a whole rather than just moving one muscle in your entire body to do work. The company uses a pen to demonstrate their philosophy at trxtraining.com: “Try to pick up a pen off the floor using just your hand. It's impossible. Even simple movements simultaneously engage the legs, core, shoulders, arms, and neck.” In summary, TRX urges all levels of fitness goers to stand up and move through various planes of motion-- to move the body in unity rather than moving muscles.
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