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Originally Posted by worth
Can someone please explain to me how to start with crossfit? i've seen it mentioned a ton of times, and i've been on their website, but it's confusing to me for some reason. I see a ton of workouts and videos on there, but i'm not sure if there is a balanced schedule to follow or exactly how it works.
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The best advice I can give, and I'm no expert, is to just follow the workout they post everyday. It will often describe what you are to do, but if you are unfamiliar with the workouts, you can go to their FAQ section or exercise video section and view the movements before trying it out.
If you are doing the workouts from home and don't have allbthe equipment, they also offer alternatives and substitutions to make it easier. Further, it is recomended that you scale the workouts to suit your needs. If it says do 135 pound clean and jerks for example, that is the amount of weigh that an in shape male who weighs 170 pounds could be using. So what I do is take 170, and divide it by 135 which gives you the percentage that you then multiply by your own body weight. You can then use that amount of weight, or scale it even lower in order to be able to complete he workout. I hope that came across clearly.
The way they post some workouts can me confusing. For example when they say 1-1-1-1-1, they want you to do 5 sets of 1 rep, with the weight increasing each time until on he last set, you should be at your max. Same goes for 5-5-5-5-5, but 5 rep sets instead of 1.
If you have over questions I can try to answer them.