Crossfit or Bootcamp

I would suggest that you forget about doing Crossfit and find a good boot camp class that has reasonable exercise routines. Crossfit is KNOWN for being extreme to the point of causing injury.

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Bootcamp programs can be good, or they can be extreme, so I would suggest that people interested in boot camp classes check them out and observe a class or two before you decide if you want to get involved.

Good luck!

Circuit training

Hi rosey. I love the bootcamp at my gym. It's more like a group training session with 2 other clients. We lift heavy, do circuits, and also conditioning (prowler runs, etc.) However, I would take crossfit if: a) I didn't have this class available to me and b) I could afford it. Crossfit is crazy money!

I'm having a similar issue. I participate in bootcamps where I feel like the MFP categories Circuit Training or Calenthetics don't really apply because we aren't necessarily doing push-up/sit-ups, etc, but rather cardio driven exercises like broad jumps, lunges, suicides, squats, and ladder drills.

Any suggestions for logging besides Circuit Training?

I wear my HRM during my Bootcamp and use those calories.

ding, ding, ding! Winner, winner, chicken dinner! :-)

I recommend you getting a heart rate monitor.

LOVE Crossfit and LOVE bootcamp classes as well. I think adding variety really helps with boredom. Either one is a great choice.
However, I would not trust MFP for logging how many calories you've burned. These are not accurate because calories burned are individual results.
HRM!!!! is your answer! Buy one and look on craigslist if price is an issue. This is the most accurate way of tracking how much you're burning.

Good luck!

I wear my HRM during my Bootcamp and use those calories.

This is what I do since neither bootcamp nor Crossfit (I've done both and currently staying with CrossFit) fall into a pre-made category. I created exercises called "Bootcamp" and "CrossFit" and log in the time and calories.

In answer to the OP's question, I prefer CrossFit. I find that the CrossFit trainer is more attentive to my progress and the program based on actual data (measurable).

Crossfit sets goals in their workouts that are too extreme for anyone but a highly trained athlete.

If Crossfit wants to market itself to the average person that wants to get fit, why don't they have more reasonable workouts with more reasonable goals?

BTW, dead lifting more than your body weight is not a reasonable goal for most people. Nor is that kind of lifting necessary. The kind of heavy lifting Crossfit pushes participants to engage in is an invitation to injury.

I have to chime in on this. Crossfit can be a major cause of Vertebral Artery Dissection in this NEW fad exercise. This leads to the main cause of stroke in young people. Not worth it. Not well known, until you are the one with the stroke, if you survive it. Ask any neurologist or stroke team. Life changing.

stop bashing something you won't even try and know nothing about. You probably just can't handle a real workout like Crossfit. Enjoy the elliptical and walking on the treadmill for hours at a time. I'll take my 20 minute WOD any day! This if for Health_Gal but I am sure you figured that out.

You know what? I feel absolutely NO need to risk injury or prove anything by trying to lift heavy. There are SO many exercise programs and classes available that are much more enjoyable and far less dangerous -- AND less expensive -- than Crossfit.

Good for you. Go do them,and stop bashing something you have no experience with.

Crossfit trainer certification is a JOKE! If people pay Crossfit money and answer some questions the way they want, they certify them.

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I wish people would quit forking out so much money to that franchise and instead support their YMCAs and other local gyms.

My local YMCA is more expensive than Crossfit and you definitely do not get the 1 on 1 attention. They scale the workouts. It's not for everyone but my husband is a chiropractor, I have excellent trainers, I'm very mindful of my movements and I'm seeing results that you absolutely WILL NOT EVER SEE without lifting. Like everyone else said, don't knock it til' you try it but it's not looking like you are interested in challenging yourself to achieve a higher level of fitness. Crossfit gives you something you'll never see from walking/running on your treadmill and/or doing a few movements with small hand weights.

I have been doing crossfit for two weeks now. At first, I have to tell you I was scared. I am definitely out of shape, definitely overweight -I need to lose 80 pounds. All I have to say is that the gym I have been using is great! They have to scale quite a bit for me, partially because I am new, but mostly because I am out of shape and overweight. I have noticed in my two weeks that things are getting easier, I am not so sore that I cannot move anymore, but I am noticing that I am sore each day. The workouts are different, and there are people that are pushing you. I love that. I wouldn't be doing what I was doing going to the gym by myself and not having that support. I wouldn't push myself or come up with these workouts as I would feel they are too hard and without that motivation, it is hard to do.Quite frankly it is hard to do even with the motivation. The one thing I love the best is being able to get weights and cardio in in the one hour. It is awesome. Plus, the way that I feel afterwards is great. It is not only great because of all the endorphins, but it is good because I know what I accomplished. For those of you that are scared, I was worried about what the others would think. It is interesting because everyone is so preoccupied trying to do their workout to their max ability that noone really pays attention to how many reps I do, they are worried about their own. I have learned more about proper stretching, form, etc. in the last two weeks than I have ever learned in my 6 years of belonging to a big box gym.