Hours of bicep curls and single-joint movements that focus on only one body part at a time mean longer hours in the gym and less time to focus on new experiences outside of the gym.

Crossfit is the solution to less time in the gym, more calorie burning, a better physique and a better sex life too. Crossfit makes you better at…everything. Weightlifters will gain more speed and endurance, runners/swimmers get more stength and flexibility, and couch potatoes increase general health and fitness for everyday life.  

In order to understand why Crossfit is one of the best workouts for DINKs, first, you need to understand what Crossfit is. Crossfit is continuously varied, functional movements done at high intensity.

Let me break this down for you:

• 1. Continuously varied This means that the body is always guessing. Each Crossfit workout is different. One day you may do high rep pushups and squats, the next day sprinting and weighted pull ups – it is always a mystery. When your body is guessing, it challenges each muscle in a different way. This leads to less injury since you are not pounding on the same muscles day after day, and you leave time for muscles to recover.
• 2. Functional movements Functional movements are movements that you do every day. Picking up a heavy box or lifting something off of a shelf. All of Crossfit exercises help you do things that you do every day easier. That is why the Crossfit workouts are grounded in full body natural movements - not machines - like squats, pullups, presses and deadlifts. If you still don’t know what these exercises are, the best thing to do is go check out Crossfit.com and watch the videos on their site. Don’t be intimidated, everything can scale to your level.
• 3. High intensity This leads to more calorie burning and is the best part of the Crossfit workouts because this is what makes them shorter. You can workout for a shorter period of time when you are working out harder, accomplishing your goals (and exceeding them) in half the time.