Crossfit - Elite Fitness

If you are into fitness, living a healty lifestyle, and like to challenge yourself daily you may be interested in Crossfit. Crossfit forges elite fitness and the workouts are full functional movements done at high intensity, which makes it fun and produces great results -- physically and mentally. I have been doing Crossfit for 3 years and I truly believe I will do it for the rest of my life. I was always into health and fitness, but always dreaded doing the same boring routine at the gym (ellipitcal and treadmill for 30 minutes + ab-work for 10, etc.). I have seen improvements in myself physically and I feel such challenges and activites enable myself to be happy and enjoy life more. Although I am not able to fit it in my schedule 7 days/week or as often as I wish, 2 or 3 days a week makes a significant challenge. What is also great about these workouts are they take, on average, 20 minutes! And profoundly more effective than 20 minutes on a treadmill. Take a look at the website below:

http://www.crossfit.com/

http://www.crossfitli.com/

The worksouts may seem rather intimidating, but you do them at your own pace. Most depend on your body weight only, while some involve auxiliary weights -- and with that you can start out with a 5lb weight or a 125lb bar. I work out with people from age 18 to age 70 (I am not kidding). Both my parents do it and they are in the best shape of their lives and the healthiest they have ever been. I was never, NEVER able to do a legit push-up, pull-up, or even run 1 mile, let alone 3. Now, I surprise myself during every workout. Each day brings a new accomplishment. I never think "I can't do that" because I know I can, I know I will, and I know I'll surpass my own expectations. This has translated into my daily life activities as well. You will be amazed at your own performance and at how you feel on a daily basis.

You can do the workouts on your own at your own local gym (I do that sometimes) or you can join one of the Crossfit affiliates (located throughout NYC or your local area). I belong to Crossfit-Long Island in Old Bethpage; if you are from the area I highly recommend this location. The head trainor's personality is great, he pushes you harder than you think you can be pushed, and the members have become more like a family to me than just "people I work out with." The benefit of joining the affiliate branches involve motivation by group support, a certified trainor working with you at all times, and building camaraderie with other members -- another thing to motivate you to get your butt to the gym.

Crossfit and my trainor have influenced me to continue working hard to achieve goals I never thought were possible. I can truly say Crossfit has changed my life in a significantly positive way - so much that I feel it necessary to share this and hope you can experience the same thing. 

Here are some testimonials from members of my gym:

http://www.crossfitli.com/blog/testimonials/

If you are interested and have any questions about this, please talk to me! I'd love to share more info