All that effort will create some changes in the body – building muscle and beefing up cardiovascular capacity – but in itself, is not enough to reverse the effects of excess weight. Scaled or Rx’d, it’s going to feel tough. When CrossFit doesn’t work…Įxercise gets hearts pumping, lungs working and uses calories that theoretically would not have been used had we sat on the sofa.
#CROSSFIT SUCCESS STORIES OBESE FREE#
All vitally important to break free from excess weight for a lifetime. This has the potential to create real, lasting changes to lifestyle by radically changing our views of self, failures and set-backs. Crossfit offers a rare opportunity to confront self-sabotaging and failure-prone mindsets head on through real-time, larger-than-life behaviours. The mindsets of a successful athlete differs from your average person, and in some ways might been seen as the polar opposite from the mindsets that lead to obesity. Crossfit also asks participants at all levels to think and behave like athletes.īeing competitive, measuring results against self and others, and learning about our strengths and weaknesses along the way are examples of how Crossfit changes our approach from average to athletic. Having a community, developing friendships, makes giving up the addiction-like behaviours people have with food more possible. It provides good feelings, it’s a social practice, it can be a comfort or a substitute for feelings, family or friends. If we’re all honest with ourselves, food is a lot more than nutrition. Being involved with a group that wants you to be successful and healthy often provides a stark contrast to the relationship and lifestyle factors that keep obesity going. Sources of support are essential to beat a weight problem.
Another reason Crossfit works is that it provides a community. With a different workout every day, your body can never really adjust and settle into comfortable patterns, as is our natural human tendency. It’s not important to work as hard as everyone else, you only have to work your hardest. When Crossfit works… Crossfit is a great tool to combat obesity.īuilt on the principles of intensity and variety, it encourages body changes better than traditional workouts by continually challenging the inertia we naturally find when left to our own devices. Here, I want to de-tangle some of the seductively simple ways of thinking for the overweight Crossfitter, with the hope that it will encourage healthier mindset, healthier body, better mood and more appropriate support from fellow Crossfitters and coaches.
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