Crossfit

A Documentary project around a Crossfit Competition for Charity and Friendship

No news that since November 2020, I have been training from home and at gyms, but I have never done CrossFit. In the gym, I still have the feeling that people are judging me. Have you ever felt the same?

I know you have.

Some of the extra weight I need to lose is still there, but “I’m taking my time”, and travelling for work in the middle of the training program doesn’t help. (excuses)

Nor my homemade pizza! Lol

Now! The point is. What if I’m telling you training is fun? There is a lot of sweat, tears and blood (Well, not really tears and blood, I want to make this article more dramatic) but sweat and self-discipline.

Getting inside the sports world, I gained knowledge of conditioning exercises, strength training and all the terminology that honestly doesn’t really sustain this project because the project is about friendship.

I always looked at CrossFit people as pumping-fist (all the time) humans who want to push their boundaries and are willing to be gods, but I learned there is much more there.

CrossFit is a discipline based on teamwork, effort and communication.

Taking these pictures for a charity event, I realised that people care and count on others. Were these friends? Acquaintances? Strangers? They were a mix that, in the end, shared the experience and achieved the same goal.

Sneaking around, I could capture moments of significant social engagement and support. Everyone was pushing everyone, even people from other teams. Teams of two that were competing against each other.

It was fantastic and surprising to meet these people and document what they have done. This is not a sport where you need to be fit. This is a social activity that puts feeling and trust first.

I might give it a go myself. Would you?

A Smiling Afro Man is sitting at the Gym during the Break. Black and White image
Crossfit Team is Gathered in the Gym listening before the Crossfit Competition
Two Coaches are talking in front of the Crossfit Board, Explaining how the Competition is developed. People out of focus Gathered in the Foreground. Black and White image
A group of adult people are running in the city, warming up for the Crossfit competition
A middle eastern man is warming up at the gym doing stretching.
a Real Adult woman is doing exercises Using a Rowing Machine during a Crossfit Competition in the Gym. Black and White image
Above view of an anonymous man exercising with a Rowing Machine. Black and white picture gym indoor
Man and Woman in the same team are doing Push ups during a Crossfit competition. Ground Level view from the back of the woman. Back and White image
Man and Woman in the same team are doing Push ups during a Crossfit competition. Overhead Image. Black and white image
A tired Real Woman is Cheering and Smiling while doing a Fistbump with an Anonymous Crossfit Team mate. Black and White indoor image
A young black man, Portrait, who is wearing a baseball cap, is lifting a Disk Weight during a Crossfit competition.
A real Caucasian Woman is Yelling and Cheering Her Teammate during a Crossfit competition in the Foreground, lifting a Dumbell.
A man with a struggling Face is Pushing Hard on the Bike during a Crossfit Competition. Low angle view focuses on the Hands. Black and White image
A Black Smiling Man is Training in a Crossfit Gym, Throwing the ball against the wall. Balck and White image
A Caucasian Male Trainer Coach is Wringing on the Crossfit Gym Board results and Exercises from the competition. Black and white image
Tired Real Man is Seated on the Floor breathing Heavly at the Crossfit Gym. Two anonymous people are in the foreground. Black and White image
A man is looking at the other team during his Female Teammate is lifting and finishing her exercise. The Athlete is framed between the lited arms. Back and white image
A Real Adult man is Lifting a Disk Weight during a CrossFit competition Training. Lifting His Arms, the Belly is visible. His team is waiting for his turn in the Foreground.
An Adult Caucasian Man is squatting with a Weight Disk during a Crossfit Competition. The Man is Framed between the body and the arm of His Anonymous Teammate in the Foreground. Black and White image.
A young Caucasian Man is Sweating on a bike during a Crossfit Competition. More People in the background. Black and White image
Close up of Anonymous Legs training with Bikes During a Crossfit Competition. Black and White image
A caucasian woman is cheering her Gym Partner during a cross fit competition at the end of his Rowing Exercise. The man shows his effort by sticking the tough out and looking tired. Black and white image
People Competing during a Crossfit Training. A real Caucasian Man in the Foreground is Lifting a Bar with Weights while more people in Focus in the Background are Exercising on a Bike. Black and White image
In the background of this Black and White Picture, a young woman is Lifting with energy a Disk Weight while an Anonymous Head, in the foreground, counts the number two of the repetitions. Cross Fit competition indoor
A Male Crossfit Coach counts down the Time During a Crossfit competition in the Gym. The clock on the top of the wall in the background and a Man screaming Loud in the foreground. Balck and white image
Portrait of a Tired woman Laughing on the Floor while the teammates are chatting in the background close to the Dumbell Rack. Black and White image
A black Young Man and a Caucasian Woman are taking a selfie in front of the Crossfit Gym's Board at the end of the Training
An Nonymous Man is hugging His Femlae Crossfit Teammate at the end of the Competition. Black and White Image