What is CrossFit scaling?
Scaling CrossFit workouts is the process by which athletes, and often times in conjunction with their coaches, decide to alter a workout so as to make it safe, appropriate, and effective given an individual athlete’s capabilities, limitations, and goals.
Why is CrossFit scaling important?
A properly scaled workout safely maximizes relative intensity (load, speed, range of motion) to continue developing increased work capacity despite limitations. A long-term goal of scaling is creating the ability to perform workouts “as prescribed.”
How do scaled CrossFit competitions work?
In CrossFit, scaling means to adjust your workout and its intensity based on your relative fitness level. This gives people of all fitness and experience levels the ability to complete CrossFit exercises. Each exercise has a scaling component, where the athlete can choose if they need to scale the exercise or not.
What is fitness scaling?
Scaling is making modifications to a workout of the day to align with your fitness level, experience, and skills. Scaling is not cheating, and it doesn’t give you any less of a workout. When it comes to scaling, you can scale three main ways: load, reps/rounds, or movements.
What does WD mean in CrossFit?
The Leaderboard, presented by Western Digital, shows how you rank in relation to your peers.
What is rogue scaled division?
Scaled — 50% of body weight rounded to the next five-pound increment.
What are scaling options?
Scaling involves splitting your position into separate tiers and entering at different prices. You enter some now and then wait for a better price before entering the rest later. Typically we refer to it as scaling in.
What is the long term goal of scaling Crossfit?
A properly scaled workout safely maximizes relative intensity (load, speed, range of motion) to continue developing increased work capacity despite limitations. A long-term goal of scaling is creating the ability to perform workouts “as prescribed.”