CrossFit reaches out to competitive nature in all of us
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- Created on Tuesday, 07 September 2010 13:50
- Written by Nathan
Photo by member Airie Bown
By KRISTEN BROWIN-BLAS, THE DENVER POST
Functional, varied, intense.
That's a CrossFit workout. "It's a fun, intense way to get in phenomenal shape," says Skip Miller, owner of Front Range CrossFit. "You're moving your body weight, or a weight, around your body, and the workouts are constantly changing."
Because CrossFit workouts are timed and coached, they offer a "very efficient way to get in shape." And because they are conducted in a group, CrossFit classes employ a certain amount of competition to boost the burn.
"It's basically group suffering," says Miller. "You're much more willing to suffer in a group than you are by yourself; that's just human nature."
As organizer of the annual Colorado Open CrossFit competition, Miller must really like making people suffer. Now in its third year, the event has grown from 37 athletes to the 180 CrossFitters who competed Aug. 28 and 29.
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