'CrossFit teaches women to ditch the skinny girl stereotype and be strong'
26.06.2022 - 14:49
/ ok.co.uk
If you've gone your whole life thinking that CrossFit consisted of some HIIT classes carried out by a majority of massive, muscular men, then you're not alone. It's admittedly an area of fitness I've never given much thought to – instead favouring running or Pilates. But, my editor is a huge fan.
She lives and breathes the sport, regularly updating her Instagram with videos of herself deadlifting or the events she's held with her box. Incorporating HIIT, plyometrics, gymnastics, calisthenics and Olympic weightlifting, CrossFit is becoming a widely recognised elite form of exercise.There are more 10million CrosFitters around the world, nearly 60 per cent of whom are women, according to research by ACE. Not to mention the 7,000 gyms dedicated to it globally, with over 500 located in the UK.
However, while CrossFit boasts about treating men and women equally, there still seems to be a bit of resistance to the sport. "I think there's a stigma behind strong males and skinny females in the gym – stereotypes," athlete Aimee Cringle said. But these stereotypes haven't stopped her from trying to be the best – constantly pushing to be stronger in her field.
Aimee, 23, from the Isle of Man, has always had a hand in fitness. At the young age of four, her mum took to her to her first gymnastics class and by the time she was 16 she had moved into what she calls "kids CrossFit", which is essentially barbell sessions, she told OK! But it wasn't until one fateful day on the school bus that she was first introduced to CrossFit. She explained: "I spoke this friend on the bus like, 'Where you going?' And he told me he was going to CrossFit and I asked what it was.
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