Why To Mix Up Our Programming

When we do various things most of us want the ability to specifically measure results. Take fitness for example, CrossFit defines this as work capacity across broad time and modal domains. In other words how much work can you do with varying movements and time limits. There are bench mark workouts such as Fran, Cindy, Elizabeth, and Diane that test our fitness with different movement stressors. The goal is to improve our weakness being pullups, squats, or even building muscle in the hamstrings, glutes, rhomboids, or even the lats. Please note that this differs with every person because we all have different goals and backgrounds in fitness.

For most of us CrossFitters that do the program, we tend to only stick to doing the WOD's everyday. This happens and is not a negative thing, but we do like variation right? The point that I am getting to is recommending to try out a different class every once and a while to see how you perform. Take our BFIT classes for example. This high intensity, core stengthening, and weightlifting program offers a new take on defining our fitness. BFIT consists of a mixture of full body movements and isolated strength building exercises. The program is scalable and can be tailored to everyone's limitations or abilities. The added benefit is that this energetic class is non intimidating compared to that of CrossFit.

The reason why this program may be beneficial to try is that it tests our skills in a different way than CrossFit does. This is achieved with different pieces of equipment that are utilized such as the dumb bells in place of the barbell. BFIT aims at improving our oxygen utilization while providing shorter duration interval style workouts that last between 50 to 60 minutes.

The importance of mixing up your modalities of fitness is key to finding and strengthening our weaknesses. Try testing this recommendation out to see how you perform and don't forget to tell us what you thought.