Crossfit

Agreed, I'd mark it as circuit training, or maybe as strength training depending on the workout. Since Crossfit workouts are a bit of a moving target, plus the specific benefits would be dependent on your effort and fitness, there's no way to have easily quantified entries for it.

Don't forget to log the calories burned posting on Social Media every time that you were within 2 miles and tagging everyone else on your friends list that attends the same gym...errrrr....box.

I am new to Crossfit and have been using my Fitbit HR to track my workouts. They have varied from 250-500 cals burned in the span of 45-60 min. I created a Crossfit cardio option on MFP and I log according to my Fitbit calorie burn. So yeah. HRM would be best. And for what MFP has, Circuit Training is good enough. Business wise, maybe MFP's relationship with so many companies forbids them from being associated with Crossfit. I don't see a lot of other commercialized brands offered as workout options, either.

Crossfit is the name of a workout studio/gym. It is not an exercise. You must do an exercise to earn cals. Same reason there is no exercise called "YMCA ".

CJZielie wrote: »

LHWhite903 wrote: »

From what I understand, as I do not do crossfit myself, crossfit is made up of different workouts put together. Some days you work out arms, other times legs, sometimes a total body workout is done. Sometimes weights, sometimes cardio. Maybe there are equivalents for these to mark it down for whatever WOD (workout of the day) you do?

There isn't

Um, yeah, there is. You can log calisthenics, strength training, aerobic activities, etc. Since the workouts are made up of multiple types of exercises it would be impossible for MFP to call "crossfit" am exercise that burns x calories per minute. It's a style of training. You wouldn't expect "boxer training" to be an option because you might be running 5 miles or spending an hour practicing with a heavy bag.

wheelsjad wrote: »

because crossfit is effort based...it will be different for everyone and it will be different for the individual based on how hard they went that day. HRM will be your best bet

To many variables in any given Crossfit class - 1) Warm-up (some burn a good bit of calories - like Thunderstruck - and some don't), 2) Strength (is it weightlifting, gymnastics, or cardio), 3) WOD (is it more focused on weightlifting, gymnastics, or cardio), 4) Individual effort level (do you spend all your time in the Red Zone, or are you taking it easier)?

The best option is to use an HRM (understanding some of the limitations of HRM and calorie burns for that are not steady state cardio).

time2cutnow wrote: »

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apparently it's now a "sport".

Hmmm....time2cutnow....sounds you're a hater? Two posts appearing to bash CrossFit and in neither did you post anything having to do with Ops question. Why bother? Take the hate somewhere else. CrossFit isn't for everyone, nor does it try to be. But it sure is for a lot of people.