{"id":590,"date":"2022-05-05T23:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T22:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestgymhacks.com\/?p=590"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:24:32","slug":"how-did-crossfit-become-popular-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestgymhacks.com\/how-did-crossfit-become-popular-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did CrossFit Become Popular? Here’s How."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
How CrossFit became popular (and with such explosive speed) is an interesting question with a simple answer. Here’s what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CrossFit training regime was new and innovative at the time, becoming a movement in its own right, being likened to a cult by some. The popularity was proliferated by being what’s known as ‘infinitely scalable’, and accessible to people of all ages, shapes, sizes and fitness levels. The convenience of consistent, pre-programmed workouts available every day, along with a semi-personal training feel and a strong sense of community was a unique and winning formula, meaning CrossFit grew much more rapidly than many other known sports. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The CrossFit ‘Box’ (gym) feels more like a club than a gym. It’s a place where people make friends and bond with people they otherwise wouldn’t in any other setting, thus creating a ubiquitous sense of camaraderie. It made exercise fun for 10’s thousands of people, almost overnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n CrossFit has a desire for an aggressive growth strategy with a goal of over 100 million members in the next decade. You can read more on the popularity of CrossFit<\/a> in the year 2022 here.<\/p>\n\n\n Greg Glassman and his (now divorced) wife Lauren Jenai founded the early roots Cross-Fit in 1996. In 2000, they incorporated the company CrossFit Inc, and opened the first-ever CrossFit Gym (AKA Box) in Santa Cruz, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To find out how CrossFit works, check out this Best Gym Hacks article here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It became more widely known, initially in the USA, by internet postings of Glassman’s workouts on CrossFit.com<\/a>. The US Army, Police Forces and Fire Fighting Services started using the training methodology in their exercise and training prescription. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So a very reasonable inference as to why it became popular so fast is that it made exercise fun for hundreds of thousands of people<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n After Glassman developed a primitive training manual, a huge spike in CrossFit gym affiliations sprang up in the USA, particularly after the 2007 CrossFit Games<\/a>. This was a 2-day event and consisted of only 3 events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It was extremely basic and humble, but the ethos was the same then as it is now – a test of fitness. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The USA has the most number of CrossFit gyms, followed by France, UK, Italy, Spain, then Brazil. <\/p>\n\n\n\nCommunity vibes <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Founding of CrossFit Inc.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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