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I do not use crossfit (yet) but a friend of mine with serious fitness requirements for his day job (firefighter) does use it. He takes fitness very seriously, and is quite a fan of crossfit.

If you do want to consider doing it, take your time ramping up -- it is very intense.

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I am a huge fan of Crossfit. I began several weeks ago, and cannot remember being in as good shape since my peak in college (I was on a top-3 Division 1 crew team).

Be sure to follow the site's advice (and brianm's), however, about starting slowly. It helps to scale back some of the workouts to even a fraction of the time/intensity, and only working 1 or 2 of the workout sets (it is normally 3 days on, 1 day off).

My advice: start small, build up, don't give up!

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