30-foot R/L dumbbell one hand overhead walking lunge

20 R/L alternating dumbbell snatches

20 pull-ups

Repeat 3 times

 

CrossFit defines fitness as work capacity across broad time and modal domains. This means we measure and compute fitness by the power output an individual can produce across a hypothetically unlimited set of tasks or workouts, across an unlimited number of time domains, from the shortest sprint to the longest challenge we can imagine. It’s a measure of the work an athlete can do in a given amount of time, averaged across all tasks. See how Galpin was right on track?

To support our definition, we have four standards or models that explain what we’ve seen in the real world with hundreds of thousands of athletes, and these models support the reasoning behind our definition.