CrossFit Kids

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CrossFit Kids classes start Tuesday, Jan. 12. They will be held three nights a week and on Saturday mornings. If you would like to register your child, please submit your information to the left so we can contact you about details.

Tue. / Thu. / Fri. evenings 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Saturday mornings 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

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First of all, what is CrossFit?
CrossFit is a style of training that combines elements of gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting, and different kinds of sprint work in any given workout. The aim is to mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as possible, several days per week, keeping each workout short and intense. You may have heard CrossFit described as “functional fitness.” This term is pretty overused, but what it refers to is a fitness program designed around the things we do every day in the real world. We bend over, we pick things up, we carry things overhead, we squat down, we stand up, we run after kids and pets, we jump over things, we climb stairs. CrossFit prepares you for all that by performing those exact movements in our workouts. We mix it up every day, so the body must always be adapting, which is what makes us stronger, faster, and better conditioned.

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To learn more about CrossFit, visit www.crossfit.com

To check out our local fitness family at CrossFit St. Pete, visit www.stpetecrossfit.com.

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How is CrossFit Kids different than CrossFit for adults?
In many ways, it’s not. Part of the CrossFit way of thinking is that people’s needs vary by degree, not by kind. We all need to fulfill our potential for cardiorespiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, speed, power, coordination, accuracy, balance and agility. However, children certainly have very specific developmental needs and as such, CrossFit Kids workouts are specially designed for their growing bodies. The kids program will adhere to the template of randomized, functional exercises performed at high intensity, but we use progressions to work up to complex or compound movements. They will perform vigorous exercises like box jumps, tuck jumps and sprints, moving quickly from one exercise to the next. A four-year-old and fourteen-year-old may do the same routine, but with variations in load and intensity.