Here on the Allentown weight lifting examiner page, we have covered a few different aspects of the iron sports, including powerlifting, Olympic lifting, bodybuilding and strongman events. One we have not yet covered is something your author has only fairly recently become familiar with, and it is called crossfit.
What exactly is crossfit? Well, it is a genre of physical training that is kind of hard to define. It contains components of almost all the iron sports we have covered in this column, but has several additional ones that are more demanding of the cardio and endurance departments.
It challenges strength, power, endurance, balance, flexibility and plain old physical toughness.
Workouts are seldom the same from day to day, but can consist of bodyweight strength drills, sprints with or without additional loads, rowing or paddling, Olympic style or powerlifting style lifts, calisthenics, endurance runs and more. Athletes that excel in one particular area, such as competitive lifting, may find themselves challenged to the limit when faced with the more endurance based components of this type of training. A distance runner or cyclist, rower, etc, may find the strength and power components of the regime more than they bargained for.
If you are not satisfied with a one dimensional approach and are looking to get a high degree of overall fitness, than this mode of training may just be the ticket for you.
Crossfit style gyms seem to be springing up all over the place as this form of super demanding training becomes more popular. There are several right here in the greater Allentown area.
One of these is
Crossfit Lehigh Valley
http://www.crossfitlehighvalley.com/
They are located here:
CrossFit Lehigh Valley is located in the Steel Ice Center
320 East 1st Street
Bethlehem PA, 18015
Call them at:
610-349-6981
They are on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1679718869
Another in our area is:
Crossfit Apex
http://www.crossfitapex.com/2008/02/2-14-08-chipper.html
Located at:
117 East Broad Street
Souderton, PA 18964
Contact:
Call: 215-872-1013
Email: Crossfitapex@yahoo.com
Call: 215-872-1013
In Easton,
Crossfit advanced
http://www.crossfitadvanced.com/
Located at:
1001 Bushkill Drive, Easton PA.
Contact:
1-800-496-7308
training@ptd.net
In Warrington,
Crossfit Fivestar
http://crossfitfivestar.com/
Also in Bucks county is:
Bucks Elite Fitness
http://www.buckselitefitness.com/buckselitefitness/Welcome.html
Located at:
Durham Rd
Doylestown, PA 18902
Contact:
Dawn Bancroft
(267) 261-5457 or
Matt Giordano
(267) 337-4735
And then there is Crossfit Generation
Located in the Hatboro-Horsham area
http://www.crossfitgeneration.typepad.com/
Contact:
• Barry Weidner
Barry @crossfitgeneration.com Phone: 215-290-8373
• Jocelyn Weidner
Jocelyn @crossfitgeneration.com Phone: 207-807-7754
A bit further south in Bucks is Newtown Crossfit:
http://crossfitnewtown.typepad.com/crossfit_newtown/
Located at:
780 Newtown Yardley Road Newtown,PA 18940-4502
Contact:
215-860-9661
By E-mail: crossfitnewtown@gmail.com
And there are a number of affiliates in Philadelphia, New Jersey and other nearby places.
Check the website of the club nearest you to get more insights on what crossfit is all about or how you can get involved. We will have more coverage on this style of training in upcoming columns, so please stay tuned!
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