Today’s Featured Comment
When Monika asked about building upper body strength at midlife, VN member tree recommended CrossFit:
At the age of 54, I am back at a gym. I actually take CrossFit classes. You work with your own body weight but also free weights. Weights do not bulk you up – they make you strong.
When I joined the box (that is what CrossFit calls there gym), I did not think I could do pushups, chin ups etc., but I can. I am amazed at what I have accomplished. I can do pullups on my own, bench press 95 lbs, squat 141 lbs. It has not bulked me up – it has made me stronger.
Check into a CrossFit box in your area….you might be surprised!
[This recommendation was first posted in this conversation. ~ Eds.]
Have you tried CrossFit? Share your story!
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I started CrossFit recently and I love it. It’s part of my Six Months to Sixty Campaign.
I start gym to late!!!! why I love it, it is not boring and fast, you have to found the perfect gym for you, and then you found joy!! Am 58 years young, and move better then ever. Mother of 3 sons, who are training regularly, we have now a subject in comon, We all eat better, and are in better moods. The government should pay it, like health program. I got go now.A nice trainer is expecting me!!
started crossfit 3 yrs ago..changed my life completely..it is touted as physically empowering and the added bonus is that the mental empowerment is beyond words.. It took me a year to do a pull up w/o a band and now I can do 120 pullups in one workout! Crossfit has changed so many lives in such positive ways..just go in there and try it!