CrossFit Women
Beautiful women are strong and powerful. They are athletes, capable of every feat under the sun. They have muscles, borne of hard work and sweat. They gauge their self-worth through accomplishments, not by the numbers on the bathroom scale. They understand that muscle weighs more than fat, and they love the fact that designer jeans don't fit over their well-developed quads.
Beautiful women are happy, healthy, and STRONG...tossing conventional beauty on the ever-growing flames of what used to be. Be beautiful.
Beautiful women are happy, healthy, and STRONG...tossing conventional beauty on the ever-growing flames of what used to be. Be beautiful.
Can women do CrossFit? Sure they can!!
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
Now more than ever our lives are pulled in so many directions. It's hard to find time to make a difference in our own lives, let alone someone else’s. Work, or lack of work, stress, money, family, friends, commitments, responsibilities, and all those things that make up our daily lives take up most of our time. We find ourselves saying “I would do that if I didn’t have <<insert excuse here>>” as reason why we just dont have time to get in shape, or to change the lackluster training routine that we are in now. Getting healthy is sometimes the hardest choice for people to make. As if things couldn’t get any harder…. Now lets add being a woman to the mix. Lets face it-- fitness and exercise is still a man's world. I will speak for myself just so you understand. When I used to go to typical fitness centers, there would maybe be 2-3 women lifting weights. There are some exceptions to the rule (yoga, aerobics, etc.) but I know how you feel when you walk into the gym with the plan to lift some weights and do some leg extensions but end up on the treadmill because there were too many guys in the weight area and you didn’t feel like looking like a dork. Those machines are the comfort zone for most women as well as the wheelchair. Machines, as you will find, are so inferior to using and moving your own bodyweight through space. Balance, coordination, agility, accuracy are all skills improved through calistenthics and using free wieghts. In addition most women find working out with weights by themselves daunting. Before I found CrossFit, I would read about a workout routine in a fitness book or magazine and then do it for weeks and weeks at the gym until it became ineffective and boring. In CrossFit we do a new workout every day. Every day is something new that not only keeps the body from hitting a dreaded plateau but also keeps things fun. Keeping up with an exericise routine is hard enough. Keeping it enjoyable is key. That is a huge reason why CrossFit is becoming so popular among women across the country.
Myth Busters
I’ve heard it all: “I don’t want to try it cause I will get big and bulky”, “CrossFit looks hard core”, “I can’t lift those heavy barbells”….. I don’t have to tell you that CrossFit won’t make you big and bulky because I can show you. Just look at the testimonies all across the internet on CrossFit sites, look through some of the blog posts, and scan through some of the pictures in the gallery, you will see story after story and picture after picture of people losing weight and getting in shape and none of the women look like American Gladiators. If anything they are getting smaller. When people tell me something seems hard core it translates into “I’ve never done that before”. There are elements of CrossFit that might be new to you but I am sure most of it is not. We run, we jump on boxes, we do pushups, we throw balls in the air, we do some pull-ups, we row on a rowing machine, and we do lunges too. These are all things you probably did on the playground in elementary school and the last time I checked elementary school was not hard core. Lifting heavy bar bells may be hard core to you and you may not be able to lift a 45lb bar right when you come to the gym but you’re not alone. Even the fittest women you know can’t do a pull-up. At The Citadel we have several bars that don’t weigh that much so you can start at your own level. We have rubber bands that you put under your feet to assist you in doing pull-ups and you gradually work to a lighter band at your own pace. Everything that we do at the gym can be modified to your fitness level and you have a team of people there to help you through the entire process.
We record all of our results and keep track of our workouts so we can see our improvements over time. And everyday is a different workout. Now that is really different from 24 Hour Fitness. I can’t tell you how many years I went to the gym and worked out on the machines for 30 minutes and got on the treadmill for another 30 minutes. I would spice it up a bit and throw in 30 minutes on the bicycle, woooo! So when are you going to make a difference in your life? Who knows, it might be fun! Call us to schedule a free private Intro Session at 903-920-9922.
Now more than ever our lives are pulled in so many directions. It's hard to find time to make a difference in our own lives, let alone someone else’s. Work, or lack of work, stress, money, family, friends, commitments, responsibilities, and all those things that make up our daily lives take up most of our time. We find ourselves saying “I would do that if I didn’t have <<insert excuse here>>” as reason why we just dont have time to get in shape, or to change the lackluster training routine that we are in now. Getting healthy is sometimes the hardest choice for people to make. As if things couldn’t get any harder…. Now lets add being a woman to the mix. Lets face it-- fitness and exercise is still a man's world. I will speak for myself just so you understand. When I used to go to typical fitness centers, there would maybe be 2-3 women lifting weights. There are some exceptions to the rule (yoga, aerobics, etc.) but I know how you feel when you walk into the gym with the plan to lift some weights and do some leg extensions but end up on the treadmill because there were too many guys in the weight area and you didn’t feel like looking like a dork. Those machines are the comfort zone for most women as well as the wheelchair. Machines, as you will find, are so inferior to using and moving your own bodyweight through space. Balance, coordination, agility, accuracy are all skills improved through calistenthics and using free wieghts. In addition most women find working out with weights by themselves daunting. Before I found CrossFit, I would read about a workout routine in a fitness book or magazine and then do it for weeks and weeks at the gym until it became ineffective and boring. In CrossFit we do a new workout every day. Every day is something new that not only keeps the body from hitting a dreaded plateau but also keeps things fun. Keeping up with an exericise routine is hard enough. Keeping it enjoyable is key. That is a huge reason why CrossFit is becoming so popular among women across the country.
Myth Busters
I’ve heard it all: “I don’t want to try it cause I will get big and bulky”, “CrossFit looks hard core”, “I can’t lift those heavy barbells”….. I don’t have to tell you that CrossFit won’t make you big and bulky because I can show you. Just look at the testimonies all across the internet on CrossFit sites, look through some of the blog posts, and scan through some of the pictures in the gallery, you will see story after story and picture after picture of people losing weight and getting in shape and none of the women look like American Gladiators. If anything they are getting smaller. When people tell me something seems hard core it translates into “I’ve never done that before”. There are elements of CrossFit that might be new to you but I am sure most of it is not. We run, we jump on boxes, we do pushups, we throw balls in the air, we do some pull-ups, we row on a rowing machine, and we do lunges too. These are all things you probably did on the playground in elementary school and the last time I checked elementary school was not hard core. Lifting heavy bar bells may be hard core to you and you may not be able to lift a 45lb bar right when you come to the gym but you’re not alone. Even the fittest women you know can’t do a pull-up. At The Citadel we have several bars that don’t weigh that much so you can start at your own level. We have rubber bands that you put under your feet to assist you in doing pull-ups and you gradually work to a lighter band at your own pace. Everything that we do at the gym can be modified to your fitness level and you have a team of people there to help you through the entire process.
We record all of our results and keep track of our workouts so we can see our improvements over time. And everyday is a different workout. Now that is really different from 24 Hour Fitness. I can’t tell you how many years I went to the gym and worked out on the machines for 30 minutes and got on the treadmill for another 30 minutes. I would spice it up a bit and throw in 30 minutes on the bicycle, woooo! So when are you going to make a difference in your life? Who knows, it might be fun! Call us to schedule a free private Intro Session at 903-920-9922.
Contact us to schedule a free private introduction to CrossFit Citadel's fitness program. (903) 215-8404 info@crossfitcitadel.com