Health Impact and Physiology Changes of CrossFit
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2021) | Viewed by 4404
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physiology of CrossFit; nutrition; supplementation; performance enhancement; health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
CrossFit is the best known and most successful high-intensity interval training (HIIT) concept. Today, there are more than 15,000 CrossFit affiliates worldwide. While the number of people performing CrossFit is continuously increasing, however, CrossFit’s sports science is only just beginning.
Hundreds or maybe thousands of narrative reports describing the individual experience of how CrossFit has changed health and life are available. Scientific evidence is mostly missing, though. These individual reports suggest that the CrossFit training concept works effectively, but it is not evaluated or understood why and how. Research on the physiological basics, effects, or changes triggered by this training concept has just yet started.
CrossFit offers many people a new perspective, motivated by the community character, inspired to surpass themselves. Thanks to its scalability, it helps everyone to find an entry point, regardless of whether they are members of special forces, professional athletes from other disciplines, or patients with chronic or non-communicable diseases, disabled, restricted in mobility, overweight, or just untrained. This sport has not only a physiological but also a psychological component, which also needs to be investigated.
CrossFit, however, is not only a sport. Its understanding of nutrition and eating behavior is based on a so-called “Zone Diet”. People must track their macro-nutrition and reach an intended balance between carbohydrates, fat, and proteins. A scientifically profound understanding of sports nutrition in connection with CrossFit is therefore also desired.
Prof. Dr. Annette Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Timo Schinköthe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crossfit training
- physiology
- health
- quality of life
- sports psychology
- nutrition
