Fitness Without Using Any Equipment
Many of us now that the key to staying fit is dedication and determination. But for some people, the need for equipment to aid them exists. Apparently there is one gym that doesn’t make use of any equipment. No treadmills or ellipticals, no televisions to watch, just an intense workout with personal attention from the trainer.
The exercises mimic every day movements. “If you’re doing a bicep curl, it moves just one joint. When in the real world is there any point when you’re going to sit down at a preachers bench, and do this? If you’re doing any kind of curl in the real world, you’re using your back and moving your shoulders. With the box jump we’re working our knees, ankles and hips.” But the workout is meant to be more intense than a normal workout, for a shorter amount of time. “If you think about it genetically we’ve been industrialized for 10 generations, but we were cavemen for 10,000 generations before that. This is the fight that we don’t have anymore.”
There’s a different workout laid out for you every day at the gym. Hull leads you through it. He and his wife plan to keep classes small so you always get individual attention. “We really want a sense of community in our gym. It’s hard enough for people to want to go to the gym. So you have ownership in the gym.”
Alternative Athletics is on Central Avenue and planned its grand opening for the last weekend in March. There is one other CrossFit gym in Billings, called CrossFit Billings on 24th Street.
(Source) KULR8