This graph was taken from Google Trends. It shows the internet search popularity of CrossFit, Bally Fitness, Gold’s Gym, and 24 Hour Fitness. Notice the huge spike each New Year for all big commercial gyms. CrossFit’s growth in popularity has been steady with the occasional spike due to large newspaper or magazine publications. However, it appears CrossFit will soon overshadow even 24 Hour Fitness in popularity.
One of the key differences with CrossFit is that it is a program and supportive community that seeks to improve the health, fitness, and well-being of it’s members, not a membership driven gym with several hundred or even a few thousand members which relies on an extremely high turnover rate for it’s success. CrossFit is a process of continual learning and refinement, both in regards to the exercises, as well as nutrition and other lifestyle habits. With the New Year right around the corner, don’t be just another jackass that makes a resolution to get in shape, only to give up come February. Make a change that will improve your long term health.
The first thing CrossFitters usually do before they leave town is check their destination and locate the nearest CrossFit gym. If there isn’t one nearby they will usually try to find a park or some other outdoor venue that they can workout in. A traditional gym usually has little to offer someone who does CrossFit. Small spaces crowded with machines and cardio equipment offer little room and even fewer options to perform functional movements. Couple that with gym patrons that lounge around on equipment or use the entire squat rack just to rest their curl bar on and you’ve got a recipe for frustration. That’s one of the great things about doing CrossFit at home or on the road. So much can be done with little to no equipment and all you need is some open space. After all, were we really meant to be confined to a room full of televisions while we workout?
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