Physical capacities and anthropometric measures between crossfit® practitioners and crosstraining

Abstract

Crossfit® and Crosstraining are extreme physical training programs that include high-intensity sessions, with a wide variety of functional exercises, aiming at the global development of individuals' physical capacities. Considering the wide use of both methods, their similarities, and the lack of studies that seek to compare them, the objective of the present work was to verify if there are differences between physical capacities (vertical jump, horizontal jump, fixed bar, jump in the crate, flexion, and burpee) and anthropometric among Crossfit® and Crosstraining practitioners. The data were analyzed using the statistical software SPSS version 20.0. They were expressed as mean ± standard deviation, and the Shapiro-Wilk normality test was performed. To compare the means, the Student's t-test for independent samples was used. In the analysis of the results, no significant differences were found between crossfit® and crosstraining practitioners, and it can be concluded that there is no difference in physical capacities and anthropometric measurements between the individuals evaluated.