CrossFit - CrossFit workouts & community

The Games App has now evolved into the CrossFit App.

Initially designed as your go-to platform for the CrossFit Games, it now offers the complete CrossFit experience at your fingertips: the Workout of the Day (WOD), up-to-date resources from the CrossFit education team, and everything necessary to view and partake in the CrossFit Games season. Record your Open scores, keep track of the leaderboard, and watch the Games live. The CrossFit app serves as a gathering place for the global CrossFit community throughout the year.

Features of the App:

Newsfeed – Enhance your journey with updated tips, stories about athletes, coaching advice, and training materials directly from CrossFit HQ.

Workouts – Get access to the daily WOD from CrossFit.com, featuring scaling options tailored for every fitness level. Use it as your primary program or bookmark your preferred workouts for later inspiration.

Competition – Participate in the CrossFit Games season from anywhere. Check the schedule, finish the workouts, submit your Open scores, monitor your rank on the leaderboard, stream events, and follow athlete profiles—all from one central location.

Progress – Record your outcomes on benchmark workouts and essential lifts to track your advancement and remain focused.

Are you prepared for the 2025 CrossFit Games?

We certainly are! However, this year, there's something to engage with every day—whether you're aiming for the top spot or just beginning your journey.

FAQ

What is CrossFit?

CrossFit is a precise combination of exercise and nutrition that has been proven to increase fitness and health for people of all ages and abilities. CrossFit is founded on the first scientifically rigorous definition of fitness: The program produces observable results that can be measured and replicated. You can do CrossFit with a credentialed CrossFit trainer or in a supportive, motivating community at a licensed CrossFit affiliate, or you can do CrossFit in your garage or home gym by studying the resources found on this site. For more information about CrossFit, click here.

Is CrossFit for me?

Yes. Everyone can do CrossFit regardless of age, injuries and current fitness levels. The program is modified for each person to help him or her safely become healthier and fitter. Grandparents and Olympians can perform modified versions of the same general workout. 

Do I need to be in shape to start CrossFit?

No matter what your current fitness level is, you can start CrossFit. Every workout is infinitely scalable, and designed to help you succeed, improve your fitness, and move you toward your goals.

Read: Yes, You Can Do CrossFit

Is CrossFit safe?

Yes. CrossFit training is very safe, and sitting on your couch is actually incredibly dangerous. In CrossFit boxes, credentialed trainers provide precise instructions and coaching to help people move safely and efficiently, helping people avoid all the diseases that come from inactivity, obesity and poor nutrition.

What about nutrition?

To accomplish your goals faster, we recommend you eat a variety of healthy foods in quantities that support fitness training but not body fat. By avoiding excessive amounts of refined carbohydrates and measuring your intake of protein, carbohydrates and fat, you will see dramatic, measurable increases in health.

How will CrossFit affect my health?

CrossFit holds a uniquely elegant solution to the greatest problem facing the world today: chronic disease. The CrossFit program—constantly varied high-intensity functional movement coupled with meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar—can give you a pass on chronic disease. If you are not sick, know that fitness provides a great margin of protection against the ravages of time and disease. Fitness is and should be “super-wellness.” To improve or preserve your health, do CrossFit.

How will I get fitter with CrossFit?

CrossFit improves general physical preparedness (GPP). We have designed our program to elicit as broad an adaptational response as possible. CrossFit is not a specialized fitness program but a deliberate attempt to optimize physical competence in each of 10 fitness domains: cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance and accuracy. CrossFit was developed to enhance an individual’s competency at all physical tasks. People who do CrossFit are prepared for all challenges, whether they come in the gym, on a playing field or as part of daily life.

Ask a Coach: Do I Have To Be Fit To Start CrossFit?

Short Answer: No, you do not need to be fit to start CrossFit. You do CrossFit to become fit; you don’t become fit to do CrossFit.If you were

struggling in math class, would you wait until you got better at math to hire a tutor?

If you wanted to ensure that you had enough money to live on in your retirement, would you wait until you were already wealthy to seek the expertise of a financial planner?

The obvious answer to these questions is “no.” You would seek out the assistance of someone trained to help you overcome your hurdles and make progress toward your goals. A math tutor and a financial planner can do just that, regardless of what your current math skills are or what your investment portfolio looks like.

These two scenarios are directly analogous to the title question of this article. If you want to improve your health and fitness, it only makes sense that you START with the program that has demonstrated time and again to be the most effective for developing truly comprehensive fitness: CrossFit.

Starting a running program to try to get in shape for CrossFit is like taking a science class to help you with your math struggles. There might be some carryover, but it ultimately won’t get you to the end goal. You do CrossFit to become fit; you don’t become fit to do CrossFit.

While we understand that walking into your local CrossFit affiliate can be intimidating, there is truly no better place for you to take that first step. CrossFit trainers are experts in the art of scaling and modifying workouts to meet you where you are. Much like a math tutor can break down the complexities of algebra and create structured drills for you to practice so you can improve, a CrossFit trainer will do the same for complex functional exercises.

Getting started in CrossFit is much easier than you might think. Many affiliates have entry-level programs designed to get you up to speed on the program before allowing you to enter group classes. This ensures that you have some comfort with the movements as well as a head start on building your fitness base. Others will integrate new members directly into classes, while being ever mindful of using proper progressions and meeting you at your current level.

Every CrossFit athlete understands how hard it is to get started. The memory of our first workout is forever etched in our minds — which is why the community is so welcoming to new members. We have walked in your shoes. We have felt your struggles and fears. We have persevered and overcome, and we are excited to see you do the same.