As a fitness enthusiast, I love it when workouts are fun & varied. My friend Cristalle Henares introduced me to this cross training workout now avalable in Manila: Crossfit.
Crossfit is a fitness and lifestyle program that constantly uses different workouts (WODs or Workouts of the Day) everyday. It builds your competency to prepare you for any mental and physical consistency. It is designed to optimize physical competence and enhance cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy. According to Crossfit.com, it is the "principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide."
Executed at high intensity, workouts are no longer than 30 minutes and are timed, measured and done repeatedly. Workouts are based on organic, multi-jointed, natural movements. Proper technique and form are encouraged for maximum benefits.
Since Cristalle and I were newbies to the program, we were asked to an intro WOD composed of four types of exercise, as much rounds as we could within 20 minutes plus about 10 minutes ab workout afterwards.
Warm up: 20 reps jump rope
Main Workout: 1) wall balls, 2) pull ups, 3) box jumps and 4) burpees.
Ab workout: partner cranberry throws, ball passes up & down, & side to side
Cool down: Stretching
In the end, we was able to do 5 rounds but it was very intense. I had to stop a few times for about a minute to drink some water and catch my breath. But I love it! It was not only a really good workout, it was a lot of fun as well!
They hold Crossfit workouts in their Libis Gym, near Eastwood and at the AFP Gymnasium. You may contact them on twitter at @crossfitmnl.
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