Whether you’re new to CrossFit or just new to CFV, we encourage you to come by the gym and participate in a class. Everyone is welcome, free of charge. If you love it, the next step is our Academy program or a series of one-on-one sessions to get you up to speed in the mechanics of our fundamental movements. If you’re not sure, come back and try another class. If CrossFit isn’t for you, thanks for giving it a shot!
Why CrossFit?
The aim of CrossFit is to forge broad, general, and inclusive fitness. It is achieved by performing constantly varied functional movements at high intensities. The result is an increased work capacity across broad time and modal domains.
For optimal athletic performance, CrossFit is implemented in a three-phase process: mechanics, consistency, and intensity. Mechanics refers to technique—one’s ability to move properly through functional movements. This means moving yourself and external objects in the most efficient, effective, and safe manner possible. Consistency is defined by repeatedly performing the proper mechanics of these movements. Intensity is the the independent variable most commonly associated with the rate of return on a favorable adaptation to exercise. In other words, intensity is what produces positive results from working out.
The goal of CrossFit is to improve your fitness for life. It happens fast, but not overnight. While intensity is the path to elite fitness, it must be executed with consistency. Similarly, consistency is built on proper mechanics. Turning the tables, sound mechanics are the most efficient and effective way to move, and done consistently, lead to more work in less time. More work in less time means higher average power (force x distance / time = power). Higher average power means higher intensity. Higher intensity leads to better results.
-based on 2009 CrossFit Journal, Greg Glassman, Todd Widman
Enough big words, you get the point: learn to move correctly, do it again, then do it faster, heavier, and harder. That’s what CFV Academy is all about. Two weeks, 6 classes. You’ll learn the mechanics of the fundamental movements of CrossFit. You’ll develop consistency in these movements throughout the Academy and beyond. Intensity will come once a solid foundation has been laid.
