Written by Nikole Gessler

I could be wrong, but I don’t think anyone has ever just woken up one morning and said, “Yes, CrossFit is for me. It’s the thing I want to do.” I think most people go through a period of self-doubt about this whole “CrossFit thing.” I was certainly no different.

We wonder if we are in shape enough, fit enough, strong enough, fast enough, or good enough to do this thing we see on TV and all over the internet. We wonder if we will fit in, if people will talk about how slow we are or weak we are, if we are wearing the right shoes and clothes and talking the right lingo with the AMRAPs and the OMEMs and the WODs and the Paleo and the Zone.

It is also probably safe to say that CrossFit is in fact not for everyone. And that is OK. I do think that there is a very large demographic that can take advantage of the unique fitness structure that CrossFit is based on.

See if you fit into one or more of these categories. If you do, maybe you should at least give this “CrossFit thing” an honest try.

Are you or do you have developing kids, kids with special learning needs or high school athletes?

Are you someone who is trying to lose weight or gain mass/muscle or just look good naked?

Are you an experienced athlete training in the off season or an elite athlete looking to compete?

Are you an adult fighting cognitive disabilities due to disease or accident or part of the older generation trying to keep their mobility and stay out of a nursing home?

Are you a parent who needs to make the best use of an hour away from home while getting fit and doing something good for yourself and your family?

Are you tired of spending 3 hours at the globo gym and not getting results or tired of the monotony of the treadmill?

The things we need as humans to maintain a fit, healthy, and happy lifestyle vary only by degree, not kind. Everything in CrossFit is scalable and modifiable to best fit the athletes needs, goals and abilities. It’s why the most elite athlete training for the next competition can work out next to the high schooler trying to lose weight and get off the diabetes meds who is working out next to the grandma of 12 keeping her mobility so she can carry her own groceries who is next to the soccer mom just trying to get away from the house for an hour and do something good for herself.

This is what also drives the CrossFit community in the huge way that it does. CrossFit is cross generational, doesn’t care about your gender, and isn’t phased by what level of fitness you start in. Everyone starts the class together, does some version of the workout together and ends by stretching together. You get to know people you wouldn’t in any other setting. You get to go through the vulnerability of the workouts and pushing yourself to go faster, go harder, not quit – even when you really want to. And all of these people were right beside you going through the same thing. You can’t help but form a bond with people who have been to battle with you.

So really, at the end of the day, I am just not sure that there isn’t anyone that can’t, shouldn’t or couldn’t benefit from what CrossFit has to offer. So, go ahead, give that box near you a call and schedule a free trial class and see where that leads you. If you were waiting for a sign, this is it.

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