Crossfit?

So it looks pretty promising that in about 6 months I'll be able to move in to a nice little house in the Coronado neighborhood.  Just down the street is Core CrossFit, and lately, I have to admit that I have considered joining up.

CrossFit is sort of hard to explain, I think, and their website is not really much help either.  The main page says the following things under the heading of "What Is CrossFit?"

Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.

The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. 

The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. 

Basically, it appears to be a fairly high intensity program that utilizes some group work, and focuses on a lot of very interesting lifts.  For instance, the core of the program seems to be Olympic style lifting, and they use the gymnast rings a lot (once you get really fit you can even progress to ring maneuvers, not just pullups and stuff). 

I've been reading Strive to be Fergilicious lately, which is a blog apparently written by the daughter of the dude who started CrossFit or something.  Anyways, that is largely inconsequential, the blog is hilarious and she is super cute, so I recommend it.

What was I saying?  Ah yes, CrossFit.  So they use Olympic movements (clean, jerk, snatch, squat, et al), gymnastic rings, and then some other old school "real world" strength moves (sledgehammer, high intensity plyometric moves, etc whatever.  I can't tell if it is cheesy or not, because every website about it is super secretive and contains exactly 1 iota of information.  I mean, if I could get like 11 or 12 iotas, I think that I'd be set.   I have so far gotten most of my CrossFit information from people who HATE CrossFit, and I don't think that is a good marketing strategy.  

Also, CrossFit chicks are totally hot:

I may swing by Core tomorrow and check out the facility.  I am really only using the power rack at 24hr Fitness anyways, and that seems like a kind of silly way to spend $25 a month.