CrossFit: exercise for everyone

Ritesh Bawri

20 Jun 2025 — 1 min read

CrossFit is a high-intensity training protocol. It combines multiple exercise modalities, metabolic conditioning, gymnastics, and weightlifting.

So is CrossFit training apt for you?

One of the most important aspects of exercise is variety. The more variety you can get into your routine, the more your body will thank you for it in the long run.

With CrossFit, each session is built around the workout of the day. Think of it as the optimized variety of exercises needed to get you fit.

That variability is not random. It is strategic. It forces adaptation.

CrossFit uses compound, functional movements. A compound movement is one that uses multiple joints and muscle groups at once. These exercises mimic life where you are lifting running, pulling, jumping or pushing.

Why does it work?

The answer lies in the principles of overload, intensity, and hormonal response.

You lift heavy. Your nervous system adapts. Your hormones respond. Human Growth Hormone, testosterone, and catecholamines are released. You build lean mass. You increase VO₂ max. You burn fat.

But it’s not just physical.

CrossFit builds lactate threshold. Lactate threshold is the ability of the body to remove or process lactate made when you use your muscles.

It also improves mitochondrial density. It sharpens agility, coordination, and your understanding of where you are relative to the ground that you stand on.

This is the same process that athletes use to train.

I did my first CrossFit workout three years ago. It was five rounds of rowing, wall balls, and kettlebell swings. I was humbled. It felt like sprinting uphill, barefoot, with no end in sight.

The data backed the pain. My VO₂ max improved. My resting heart rate dropped. My insulin sensitivity got better.

Everyone should do CrossFit. You may start small. You can start with the easier versions. The movements can be scaled. The load adjusted. The duration shortened. But the principle is the same.

Intensity of activity, the way the human body was meant to be.

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