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Call us at 562.427.9597 or send an email to info@crossfit360.com to schedule a private introductory class, and we'll hook you up! Check out the testimonials video on our youtube channel to see what you're getting into!
Call us at 562.427.9597 or send an email to info@crossfit360.com to schedule a private introductory class, and we'll hook you up! Check out the testimonials video on our youtube channel to see what you're getting into!
Class times are as follows:
Long Beach:
Monday: 530 am, 11 am, 5 pm, 6 pm
Tuesday: 530 am, 9 am, 6 pm, 7 pm
Wednesday: 530 am, 11 am, 5 pm, 6 pm
Thursday: 530 am, 9 am, 6 pm, 7 pm
Friday: 9 am, 11 am
Saturday: 10 am
Tustin:
Monday: 12 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm
Tuesday: 7 pm
Wednesday: 12 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm
Thursday: 7 pm
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Ask Away! What's Crossfit? Can you do it? How do you get started? If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it make a sound? Are you doing what you were meant to do in life? The answers to all (well, most) of your questions!
- 1. These workouts sound gnarly and impossible. Do you have to be an Olympic athlete do to Crossfit?
- a. No! All Crossfit workouts are scalable. Can’t do pullups? We have an alternative. Can’t deadlift 385#? Don’t worry- start with 10#, and if you stick with it, you’ll watch your strength grow exponentially. Coaches are more than willing to work with you to adapt the day’s WOD to challenge you at a level you can handle.
- 2. Speaking of WOD’s, what’s a WOD?
- a. You’ll find Crossfit has its own lingo. The WOD is the Workout of the Day, which changes daily. Some days are single modality (one type of exercise, e.g. lifting or cardio), others are dual modality (e.g. cardio and body weight (“gymnastic”) exercises or lifting), while still others are triple modality (cardiovascular, gymnastic, and lifting). WODs are typically for time, for rounds, or for weight, meaning: for time- pretty self explanatory, the WOD will say something like “Five rounds for time of…”; for rounds- as many rounds as you can complete in a given time period; for weight- again, self explanatory- you’re going for the heaviest weight you can lift safely and successfully.
- 3. Does everybody do everything in unison, like step-aerobics?
- a. Nope. You’re pushing yourself at your own pace- trying to be as fast as you can, or complete as many rounds as you can. You’ll still be working out with other people in class, but they may finish before or after you.
- 4. But what if I finish last?
- a. So what? You did it right? DFL>DNF>DNS. Odds are that you are going to be last at some point, whether it’s because you are having a bad day or what we are doing that day isn’t your strong suit. But the point is, you came in, you tried, and you put yourself out there (rather than staying home and eating doughnuts). You’ll find that everyone who Crossfits has respect for anyone else who does- it doesn’t matter if it takes you 5 minutes or half an hour to do something- we’re all in this together.
- 5. What the heck does DFL>DNF>DNS mean?
- a. Dead F*cking Last beats Did Not Finish beats Did Not Start. It’s the Crossfit360 motto.
- 6. Who does Crossfit? Am I going to fit in, or will I be the only (female, male, over 40, LE officer, firefighter, overweight, underweight, superfit, unfit, good-looking, bad-looking, insert adjective of your choice) person there?
- a. Everybody can do Crossfit- we get people from all walks of life (seriously). Some of us are superfit, some of us have set a goal to become superfit, and some of us just want to not suck at life, as they say over at Crossfit One World in northern California. We have men, women, police officers, students, older adults, overweight people, underweight people, and people from all walks of life and backgrounds- some are former or current athletes, while some have never played sports. And hey- everyone at our gym is good-looking!
- 7. How does this fit with Krav Maga and Thai Boxing?
- a. Crossfit is a great compliment to our other programs because it emphasizes explosive power, in addition to 10 other components of fitness. Chances are, if you either elect to put yourself in the ring or find yourself in a street fight, you’ll be doing something very intense for a relatively short duration. That is Crossfit! For example, a police officer frequently won’t chase a suspect for 10 miles. So why train to run 10 miles? Why not train to run 2 miles FAST? Real life doesn’t involve bicep curls (well, unless you live in a frat house), elliptical machines, and giving your leg muscles a day off every other day. So why would you exercise that way?
- 8. Why do you have rest days/skill days/make up day? What’s the reason for that?
- a. One of the recommended Crossfit splits is 5 on, 2 off, which is the split we use at our gym. We realize that because of work, life, interpretive dance classes, etc. that you might miss a work out on a weekday, or that 5 on, 2 off might not work for you for other reasons. Since we predict you’ll turn into a workout junkie, you’ll be disappointed when you miss a WOD. So the Saturday class is the day we give you to make up a missed workout the previous week. Don’t feel like it, but still want to come in on a Saturday? That’s OK- make it a skill day, and use it to focus on a weak area, like running, pullups, muscle-ups, handstand pushups, you name it. Practice a few dozen of those, plus your warm up, and there’s your workout. We find that the exercises that are tougher for people to execute don’t come up often enough to allow people to focus on them, and when you’re doing the WOD for time, it’s often hard to also focus on learning.
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13 comments:
530am
Heidi rxd 11:43
Dwayne rxd 21:45
David rxd 14:36
Efren rxd 10:10
Katherine rxd 11:30
Andrew rxd 17:09
Excellent work folks! remember to drive off that heel.
11am
Adrianna rxd 9:40
Magda rxd 12:37
Keith rxd 13:37
Maya 1/2reps 9:37
Moose rxd 10:01
Lisa rxd 9:52
Very well done, always great to see you motivate each other to the end!
Tustin
12:00
Mike 11:42
Amit 10:35
Rj 10:50
Dean11:49
nice work on those lunges today!
I don't know what those Rangels are eating at home, but I'd like to get a subscription delivery order in -- I'll even pay for the overnight delivery option if available.
I wanted to comment that I really like the mini WOD warmup idea. It feels like a more complete warmup; plus, I often feel after a WOD that I could probably have done better if I'd done a smaller workout earlier. Voila! request granted.
Also , I want to thank our instructors for the quality feedback they give. It is extremely useful when they show us how to do the exercises correctly AND when they show the typical mistakes. Thanks y'all!!
Some food for thought- a NYT article entitled "Is running barefoot better for you?"
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/phys-ed-is-running-barefoot-better-for-you/
Jenn
5pm beg 1/2 reps
Scott L 3:51
6pm
Annemarie rxd 10:47
Al rxd 10:53
Alison rxd 7:59
Gladys rxd 9:56
Candice rxd 10:47
Lizen rxd 8:59
Gabe rxd 10:15
Ruth rxd 11:51
Jose rxd 13:45
Carmen rxd 12:21
Tara rxd 11:59
Awesome efforts!!
Did it at home.
8:52 rxd
Tustin
6pm
Garth 8:29
Nat 13:37
John 13:15
Monica 8:31
Sir 10:54
Paul D 10:38
7pm
Vince 11:46
Mark M 12:49
Well done!
Jahn 16:38 rxd. From home.
Jenn what are the chances of you posting or emailing the warmup each week?
Often I walk in and am not familiar with some of the exercises. Just like the daily WODs were my form is better when I've studid the exercise before trying it.
Also, would be helpful for weeks like this were I have to workout from home.
It would also give you another chance to be in "Constant Contact" with the xfiters and might remind people why try love CF.
p.s. Jahn ^
Thanks Moose,
As to what we eat? steel and nails every now and then we'll substitute the nails for rivets. :o)
and
your right!! We have excellent trainers that do a heck of a job introducing and correcting our forms.
Efren
Jahn-
Great idea about emailing the weekly warmup. Will do- try to get started next week!
Jenn
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