“Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed.”   
       -- Charles Baudelaire

Getting Started at CrossFit Genius (14 entries)

• What is CrossFit?
  CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program based on constantly varied, functional movement performed at high intensity. What does that mean to you? The goal of CrossFit training is to insure ...
• Why do I have to take the Elements series? What will I learn?
  Everyone goes through Elements. If you've never done CrossFit before it gives us a chance to show you all the core movements and ramp up the intensity at your pace. If ...
• How do you train people to be CrossFit?
  We address all 10 aspects of fitness (see: What Is Fitness? ) through the artful combining of Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics and sprinting. The Workout of the Day (WOD) is the training ...
• Don't I need to be in shape to do CrossFit?
  You can start right now. One of the great things about CrossFit is that the WOD's can be scaled to any level and modified to any ability. With a competent trainer ...
• Is this for me?
  Absolutely! Your needs and the Olympic athlete's differ only by degree, not kind. Increased fitness is important to the world's best athletes and to our grandparents.
• What if I don't want to be an athlete, I just want to be healthy?
  You're in luck. The truth is that fitness, wellness and pathology (sickness) are measures of the same entity, that is your health. It looks like this:  ...
• Who has benefited from CrossFit?
  Many professional and elite athletes are participating in the CrossFit program. Cyclists, MMA fighters, runners, surfers, skiers, tennis players and others competing at the highest levels are using CrossFit to advance ...
• Is it safe, fast, effective and fun?
  Yes, yes, yes and yes! Safe: Because the movements we do are natural extensions of normal human activity - standing, sitting, ...
• What are we actually going to do?
  A number of common and some not so common movements. Remember the goal is functional well-being. We will master the core lifts: presses, squats, deadlifts, swings, cleans and ...
• What if I don't have time for this?
  Home, family, work, spiritual growth and social obligations are, of course, our highest priorities. But to get the most out of any of these things you have to ...
• How long will it take to see some benefit?
  In 2 - 4 weeks you'll begin to see changes in your body and feel improvements in your attitude, mental sharpness, ability to move and capacity to respond ...
• Do you have a program for...?
  We hear this a lot. For running, soccer, swimming, karate, cycling, volleyball, rock climbing, whatever the sport or activity, the answer is: "Yes. CrossFit!" We ...
• What about diet?
  The basic CrossFit diet suggestion is, s imply put, eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that support activity but ...
• How do I start becoming CrossFit?
  Like the famous Chinese Proverb, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Your CrossFit plan will begin with learning the basics of the core ...