Most of this post is from Crossfit websites or Crossfit Des Moines’ site…
CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.
Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.
The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.
The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. Our terrorist hunters, skiers, mountain bike riders and housewives have found their best fitness from the same regimen. Thousands of athletes worldwide have followed our workouts posted daily on this site and distinguished themselves in combat, the streets, the ring, stadiums, gyms and homes.
We also publish the CrossFit Journal, designed to support the CrossFit community detailing the theory, techniques, and practiced by our coaches in our gym, in essence bringing your garage or gym into ours, making you a part of the CrossFit family. For entire article and more information click here!
Big thanks to: Jennie Yundt on Vimeo for the video.
What is Fitness?
Check out this October 2002 CrossFit Journal article:
http://journal.crossfit.com/2002/10/what-is-fitness-by-greg-glassm.tpl
CrossFit FAQ
CrossFit.com’s FAQs:
http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/faq.html
Crossfit Des Moines Pricing: Monthly Rates
Unlimited: $150 (approx $7.50/class)
12 x Month Punch Card: $100 (approx $8.30/class)
Discounts:
10% – Military, EMS, Fire, Police, Student
10% – Couple
15% – 1 year Membership
Personal Training: $65/hour
You can schedule your Elements Session by contacting us via: mike@crossfitdesmoines or call 515.360.8209
CrossFit Elements sessions teach movements for optimal performance in the CrossFit program.
*Group Element classes are strongly encouraged for beginners starting at the same time
Skills taught:
Squat
Front Squat
Overhead Squat
Push-up
Kipping Pull-up
Dead Lift
Sumo Dead Lift High Pull
Shoulder Press
Push Press
Push Jerk
Med ball Clean
Barbell Clean
Ring Dip
“Burgener” Warm-up
Snatch
The skills taught in the Element Classes are the most important skills you can learn in your CrossFit program. These skills are the foundations for 90% of the movements used in CrossFit. CrossFit Des Moines stresses the value of the movements taught in Elements above any other movement found in the CrossFit Community. CrossFit is not part of Farrell’s Extreme BodyShaping or Kosama Fitness.
Strength Builds Pride, Pride Builds Champions. 