Debate over which exercise regimen, CrossFit or bodybuilding, is more effective has been a hot topic for more than a decade.<\/p>\n
Those in both sports have reasons for liking what they are doing.<\/p>\n
However, the differences are the scope of what each focuses on.<\/p>\n
CrossFit has a wide focus where it is part strength, part endurance, part flexibility and movement.<\/p>\n
A typical WOD (workout daily) includes a warm-up, strength training, conditioning, and recovery or cool down exercise.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t focus on building muscle or hypertrophy.<\/p>\n
Most CrossFit coaches think building muscle comes with CrossFit training so the focus isn\u2019t on hypertrophy.<\/p>\n
There are gains to be made with CrossFit strength training and you will gain strength and good technique.<\/p>\n
Chances are you won\u2019t have a lot of visible muscle like you would in bodybuilding.<\/p>\n
CrossFit isn\u2019t designed to do that but it is designed to make for a healthier body and get into shape.<\/p>\n
The workouts are created to simulate motions and ranges people do daily so it increases the ability for daily functioning and endurance.<\/p>\n
Any type of sport that focuses on one thing will see gains in that one thing.<\/p>\n
Bodybuilding focuses solely on building muscle.<\/p>\n
The strength training and diet involved to become a bodybuilder is totally different from that of CrossFit.<\/p>\n
Bodybuilders work on one specific body part at a time. One day it\u2019s arms and another it\u2019s core.<\/p>\n
Repeated workouts on one body part brings results in that area. Then, they move on to another area.<\/p>\n
Some CrossFit athletes that compete in advanced level games have muscles and that may confuse those starting training.<\/p>\n
The reason they have visible muscles is because of the amount of time they train.<\/p>\n
Competitive CrossFit athletes will workout four to five hours daily.<\/p>\n
They vary their routines and movements and the amount of training they do increases muscles.<\/p>\n
Those thinking about starting CrossFit should understand it is a rounded training method meant to improve overall health.<\/p>\n
It can help lose weight, gain strength, endurance and get healthy but won\u2019t necessarily give you a muscular body unless you put in a lot of time.<\/p>\n
Only focused strength training will substantially build muscle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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