I follow WOD Science on Instagram. They posted about a recent journal article on why middle-aged women do CrossFit. You can read the entire article here.
The research article states that: Women significantly reduce regular exercise during middle-age by up to 40%. Concurrently, women experience a reduction in basal metabolic rate and loss of lean muscle as they transition to menopause]; thereby increasing their risk for body weight gain and obesity. Obesity is associated with co-morbidities including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers
It got me thinking about our gym and the amazing middle-aged women in it. Our gym is over 60% women and of those women 60% are 40 years or older. Clearly these women have heard the messages about the importance of lifting heavy shit and high intensity interval training as they age.
On the flip side, I have seen many, many people, men and women, come and go at our gym. So what makes you all so sticky and the rest of the population not? In my nearly 10 years of owning this gym I can usually tell by the end of Foundations how "sticky" someone is. Meaning, I have a good sense based after just 5 personal training sessions if someone is going to stuck with us or not. It's got nothing to do with physical ability. People who stick with exercise, particularly the kind we do at our gym, have particular mental toughness qualities. They are curious, want to improve, lean into hard things, and like having fun with other. The WOD Science folks found this factors lead to the best exercise adherence: CrossFit doesn't work well because it is more effective than other resistance exercise and endurance programs. CrossFit works well because it is fun.
What do you think? Why have you stuck with us for as long as you have?
Feel free to email if have ideas about what makes someone sticky. In the meantime, please take 2 mins and take my non-scientific poll. â
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