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CrossFit adds spirit of competition to strength and endurance activities to offer new ways to stay healthy.

While doing her warm-up, Sadee Hansen examines the posted workout and knows she is about to endure something grueling. She begins the scheduled routine, putting her body through extreme exercises to improve her score, hoping to earn a spot on the prized leader board. Hansen is one of thousands of CrossFit athletes who are combining high intensity functional exercises into a varied program that enhances strength and endurance in a competitive format.

CrossFit gives working out a purpose since you get to compete against other people, said Hansen, a senior nursing student at BYU. You also always have someone to work out with and so it keeps you going.

Athletes thrive on competition and work to be in peak physical condition. Combining jumping, climbing, weight-lifting, sprinting and other exercises into a condensed period of time has resulted in a workout on steroids. CrossFit, the sport of fitness, is a program where a workout is posted daily and athletes are timed as they complete a series of functional exercises. After your score is calculated, the athletes with the best scores are added to the leader board which motivates competition. Those who are in the top spots within their CrossFit facility qualify for local, regional and national competitions where athletes compete against one another by completing a CrossFit routine.

[CrossFit] is all based on intensity within a safe parameter, said Justin Dickson, a trainer and manager at Salt Lake City CrossFit. As long as you can move mechanically sound, the intensity of CrossFit provides a better workout.

Just seven years ago, there were only 13 CrossFit boxes, or gyms, in the United States. Today, there are more than 3,400 gyms specializing in the sport and those numbers continue to rise. What started out as a new way to work out has escalated into a popular sport from military personnel to police officers to professional athletes. This workout regime has literally turned fitness into a sport with thousands of people participating and competing in various competitions across the country. Many people find that CrossFit is the best exercise solution and are canceling their gym memberships to buy passes to CrossFit boxes.

Regular gyms just provide a facility, they do not encourage you to keep coming, said Dickson. The philosophy that we have is that we coach everybody. Everyone that comes in we put through the introductory program so they can learn the correct fundamentals. You come in and receive the coaching to get better, which separates us from regular gyms and keeps people coming.

Capturing the nation

The first group of CrossFit athletes, led by creator Gregg Glassman, began performing various weightlifting exercises in a short period of time maximizing workout efficiency. This angered traditional weightlifters and eventually caused Glassman to move to Santa Cruz, Calif., to open the first CrossFit gyms. The nature of CrossFit workouts sparked an interest in those who value physical health and resulted in a fitness crazy that has captured the attention of thousands across the country.

It is hard to describe when you havent tried it, said Brandy Wann, an owner, manager and trainer at Utah Valley CrossFit. You get hooked in a way because you are doing things and accomplishing things with other people. CrossFit is turning your workout into a sport and that is exciting.

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