CrossFit became popular starting back in 2000 and progressively grew to its own sporting event on ESPN today. Since the beginning there has been a tension between bodybuilders and CrossFitters. This feud will most likely never die, each will always claim their form of fitness is superior. If you are not familiar with one or both of these way to workout I hope to give you a bit more information on these two subjects. Even though CrossFit and bodybuilding may be similar fitness programs; however, they differ in the way each orchestrates and execute daily workouts, the doctrinal purpose and focus behind their workouts, and the types of exercises each utilize within their regimes. Before I elaborate on the differences of these two fitness lifestyles,
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In gyms and health clubs throughout the world the typical workout consists of isolation movements and extended aerobic sessions. Bodybuilders isolate muscle groups and break them down to develop each singularly spread out through a week to week program. This is a bit counter productive to the functionality of the human anatomy. Think about it, you bend down and help a family member or neighbor move a couch, which requires what, a multitude of muscles to perform this movement. If you are strictly bodybuilding and isolating your muscles they will not be accustomed to functionality, or working as a complete group to perform a task, or “lift”. By bodybuilding you in turn are hindering the functionality that we as humans are genetically mad up to apply in our daily lives. CrossFitters take this concept of functionality to heart in their focus behind their workouts. By being hybrid and open to many forms of fitness they incorporate olympic lifting, gymnastics, timed high intensity workouts, as well as flexibility tuned WOD’s, or Workouts of the Day. By being so versatile across the board when it comes to fitness, CrossFit has almost perfected they standard for …show more content…
These accusations are athlete specific, if you are applying the proper form and safeties that are provided all over the internet to protect you during your workouts you should not be injuring yourself. There are accusations toward bodybuilding as well, that by lifting heavy weights for extended periods of time will cause immense joint complications to the lifter. This too is varied based on how you are applying proper form and execution of each exercise, as you progress through your fitness goals. Though CrossFit and bodybuilding may appear as similar fitness programs; they both orchestrate and execute daily workouts, have different doctrinal purpose and focuses behind their workouts, and the types of exercises each utilize within their regimes differ a lot more then one may
In gyms and health clubs throughout the world the typical workout consists of isolation movements and extended aerobic sessions. Bodybuilders isolate muscle groups and break them down to develop each singularly spread out through a week to week program. This is a bit counter productive to the functionality of the human anatomy. Think about it, you bend down and help a family member or neighbor move a couch, which requires what, a multitude of muscles to perform this movement. If you are strictly bodybuilding and isolating your muscles they will not be accustomed to functionality, or working as a complete group to perform a task, or “lift”. By bodybuilding you in turn are hindering the functionality that we as humans are genetically mad up to apply in our daily lives. CrossFitters take this concept of functionality to heart in their focus behind their workouts. By being hybrid and open to many forms of fitness they incorporate olympic lifting, gymnastics, timed high intensity workouts, as well as flexibility tuned WOD’s, or Workouts of the Day. By being so versatile across the board when it comes to fitness, CrossFit has almost perfected they standard for …show more content…
These accusations are athlete specific, if you are applying the proper form and safeties that are provided all over the internet to protect you during your workouts you should not be injuring yourself. There are accusations toward bodybuilding as well, that by lifting heavy weights for extended periods of time will cause immense joint complications to the lifter. This too is varied based on how you are applying proper form and execution of each exercise, as you progress through your fitness goals. Though CrossFit and bodybuilding may appear as similar fitness programs; they both orchestrate and execute daily workouts, have different doctrinal purpose and focuses behind their workouts, and the types of exercises each utilize within their regimes differ a lot more then one may