Simple Crossfit Principles to Boost Your Workout

By Troy Tyrell | Tsquared Personal Training | June 7, 2025
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If you’ve ever felt stuck in a fitness rut or bored with the same old routine, you’re not alone. Many fitness enthusiasts are turning to CrossFit for inspiration – and you don’t need to join a CrossFit box to benefit. You can borrow a few of CrossFit’s simple but powerful principles and add them to your workouts for more fun, variety, and results.

The core principles of CrossFit revolve around intensity, functional movements, short workouts, tracking progress, and adapting to your own level. Here’s how you can incorporate these ideas, no matter what your workout looks like.

✅ Intensity: Push yourself a little beyond your comfort zone. This doesn’t mean going overboard, but try to work hard enough that your heart rate rises and your muscles feel the challenge.

✅ Functional Movements: Include exercises like squats, push-ups, rows, and deadlifts. These natural movements translate to better performance in everyday life, whether you’re carrying groceries or climbing a mountain trail.

✅ Short and Effective Workouts: You don’t need an hour-long workout to see results. Many CrossFit-inspired circuits (like 15-minute AMRAPs) can deliver powerful benefits in a short amount of time.

Track and Compete with Yourself: CrossFit thrives on the idea of measuring and improving. Track your reps and sets, and aim to beat your own best performance each time.

Adapt and Respect Your Body: One of the best things about CrossFit is the idea of scaling. Modify exercises to fit your fitness level. Push-ups on your knees? Still awesome. Air squats instead of weighted squats? Perfectly fine.

Adding these principles can help you break plateaus and rediscover your love of movement. So next time you’re working out, think about borrowing a little CrossFit magic – your body (and your brain) will thank you!

Read the full article here: Simple Crossfit Principles You Can Include in Your Next Workout.

Troy Tyrell
Personal Trainer, Tsquared Personal Training
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