If you are one of those gym rats who found the treadmill, stationary bike and lifting dumbbells already boring, these CrossFit girls may be the solution to your workout problem. So, meet Cindy, Chelsea and Angie.
Novices who are looking for a simple yet challenging workout may give Cindy a try. Cindy is a benchmark workout in CrossFit, which will challenge an individual by doing 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups and 15 squats.
Completing the 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups and 15 squats is equivalent to 1 round. For the entire workout of the day or WOD to be completed, the individual has to do as many rounds as possible or AMRAP in 20 minutes, according to WOD Well.
If Cindy is a little easy for a bodyweight workout, one can try Barbara. This routine includes 20 pull-ups, 30 push-ups, 40 sit-ups and 50 squats is equivalent to 1 round. The entire workout is 5 rounds for time with 3 minutes rest in between rounds.
Chelsea, which is 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups and 15 squats, can also be an option. The whole workout is done in a manner of every minute on the minute or EMOM for 30 minutes.
The name Angie may sound as simple as it is pronounced but this CrossFit workout will definitely hype up the regular gym routine. For time, an individual has to do 100 pull-ups, 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups and 100 squats.
There are a lot of other CrossFit workouts named after girls like Elizabeth, Karen, Jackie, Isabel and Nancy, which combines bodyweight movement with barbells and wallballs. Despite so many options, these girls were designed to do one common thing — measure ones' improvement through repetition.
The controversies about CrossFit are still out there but it cannot be denied that its workouts are becoming really popular. In fact, schools in Chicago area have already integrated CrossFit workouts to fight the growing cases of obesity, Post Bulletin learned.
