"Constantly varied functional movement executed at a high intensity." That's Crossfit in one buzzword–laden statement. But unlike most such statements, these buzzwords have real meaning. The normal human speech version might be, lots of different stuff you do in real life, all done real hard.

"So you just jump around and do push-ups a bunch until you get tired?" In fact the opposite is the case: in spite of the random–seeming nature of Crossfit, each workout, each week of workouts, each month of workouts, is carefully planned to stimulate the greatest possible athletic response over the broadest range of conditions. Crossfit is for real life, which rarely requires you to move a cantilevered shaft attached to an evenly distributed mass by a smoothly oiled cable with plenty of time to rest if the mass starts to feel too heavy, all while watching TV in an air-conditioned building. Real life is more likely to give you thirty boulders to pull off your buddy in a rainstorm before he gets crushed, all after a sleepless night lying on the ground. Those three sets of ten you've practiced will by no means prepare you for what you need to do – one set of thirty.

Which isn't to say that Crossfit is only for military personnel and cops and firefighters. On the contrary, the same basic movements that they train in are performed by all human beings on a regular basis. We squat to sit in a chair, deadlift to pick up the groceries, overhead press to put the groceries on the shelf, run to catch the dog, and so forth. The only difference is in degree, not kind. We scale every workout to every individual to ensure an appropriate challenge.

And what kinds of challenges are those? Crossfit utilizes bodyweight and gymnastic movements, Olympic and basic weightlifting, and metabolic conditioning ("cardio"), typically all mixed together. All of these elements in conjunction result in a fitness that prepares you for anything.

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