CrossFit Level 1 Questions And Answers
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Latest Update 2025/2026.
Define CrossFit - ANSWER CrossFit is "constantly varied, high-intensity functional
movement".
Define Natural as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER Mimicking
movement patterns found in everyday life.
Define Universal Motor Recruitment Pattern as it relates to functional movement -
ANSWER Movement patterns that are common to all humans and their regular lives.
Define Essential as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER These movements
are universal and part of everyday movement patterns.
Define Safe as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER Natural and
mechanically sound.
Define Compound yet Irreducible as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER
Functional movements cannot be broken down into component parts while maintaining the
integrity of the stimulus.
Define Core to Extremity as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER
Movement beginning at the body's core (torso or trunk) and radiating outward to a given
limb.
Define High-Power Producing as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER
Containing the ability to quickly move large loads over distances.
Identify the most important characteristic of Functional Movement - ANSWER The
capacity to quickly move large loads over long distances.
Define and calculate work - ANSWER Force times distance. A measurement of a
given load moved a given distance.
Define and calculate power - ANSWER Work divided by time. A measurement of
the time required to move a given load a given distance.
Understand how relative changes in force, distance and time change power output -
ANSWER For something like Fran, Work doesn't change unless you alter the load or the
height of the athlete, so time is the only remaining variable with which we can impart
changes to our power output.
Describe intensity and how it is related to power - ANSWER Intensity is defined
exactly as power.
, Articulate the relationship between intensity and results - ANSWER Intensity is the
independent variable most commonly associated with maximizing ROR of favorable
adaptation to exercise.
Define variance - ANSWER The method by which CrossFit divests itself of fixed
notions of set/rest periods/reps/exercises/order of exercises/routines in favor of a broad
training stimulus that prioritizes the ability to perform well at all (even unfamiliar) tasks.
Define general physical preparedness - ANSWER A measure of your fitness relative
to your capacity in the 10 general physical skills.
Explain the concept of 'failing at the margins of your experience' and how it relates to
variance in CrossFit - ANSWER If you only cycle between 5 and 7 miles, you will
test weakest at <5 and >7 miles. CrossFit is engineered to expand the margins of exposure
as far as function and capacity will allow.
Articulate the difference between specialization and CrossFit - ANSWER
Specialization (third-wave adaptation) in a given activity comes at a detriment to broad,
general fitness as it prioritizes aerobic, endurance-focused work whose downside is a loss of
strength, speed and power.
Articulate CrossFit's definition of fitness and health, and their relationship - ANSWER
Fitness is defined as "work capacity across broad time and modal domains." Health is
defined as "fitness throughout one's life." Fitness and Health are varying different measures
of the same reality.
Define the 10 General Physical Skills - ANSWER This model suggests a regimen
develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of the 10 skills (effort against a full
range of adaptaions).
Define the The Hopper - ANSWER The essence of this model is the view that
fitness is about performing well at any and every task imaginable (breadth and depth of
performance).
Define the Metabolic Pathways - ANSWER Total fitness requires competency and
training in each of the three pathways or engines (time, power and energy systems).
Define the Sickness-Wellness-Fitness Continuum - ANSWER All measurable health
markers fall at some point on a continuum that moves from sickness to wellness to fitness.
Identify how each of the four models could be used to assess fitness and to determine the
fittest individual. - ANSWER Model 1: you are as fit as you are competent in each
of the 10 skills. Model 2: You are as fit as you are capable to perform well at any task in
relation to others. Model 3. You are as fit as you are balanced in your capacity across all
three pathways. Model 4. You are as fit as your health markers indicate.
Identify and define the 10 General Physical Skills - ANSWER
Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance—The ability of body systems to gather, process, and
deliver oxygen.
Stamina—The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
Strength—The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
With Verified Solutions 100% Correct
Latest Update 2025/2026.
Define CrossFit - ANSWER CrossFit is "constantly varied, high-intensity functional
movement".
Define Natural as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER Mimicking
movement patterns found in everyday life.
Define Universal Motor Recruitment Pattern as it relates to functional movement -
ANSWER Movement patterns that are common to all humans and their regular lives.
Define Essential as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER These movements
are universal and part of everyday movement patterns.
Define Safe as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER Natural and
mechanically sound.
Define Compound yet Irreducible as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER
Functional movements cannot be broken down into component parts while maintaining the
integrity of the stimulus.
Define Core to Extremity as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER
Movement beginning at the body's core (torso or trunk) and radiating outward to a given
limb.
Define High-Power Producing as it relates to functional movement - ANSWER
Containing the ability to quickly move large loads over distances.
Identify the most important characteristic of Functional Movement - ANSWER The
capacity to quickly move large loads over long distances.
Define and calculate work - ANSWER Force times distance. A measurement of a
given load moved a given distance.
Define and calculate power - ANSWER Work divided by time. A measurement of
the time required to move a given load a given distance.
Understand how relative changes in force, distance and time change power output -
ANSWER For something like Fran, Work doesn't change unless you alter the load or the
height of the athlete, so time is the only remaining variable with which we can impart
changes to our power output.
Describe intensity and how it is related to power - ANSWER Intensity is defined
exactly as power.
, Articulate the relationship between intensity and results - ANSWER Intensity is the
independent variable most commonly associated with maximizing ROR of favorable
adaptation to exercise.
Define variance - ANSWER The method by which CrossFit divests itself of fixed
notions of set/rest periods/reps/exercises/order of exercises/routines in favor of a broad
training stimulus that prioritizes the ability to perform well at all (even unfamiliar) tasks.
Define general physical preparedness - ANSWER A measure of your fitness relative
to your capacity in the 10 general physical skills.
Explain the concept of 'failing at the margins of your experience' and how it relates to
variance in CrossFit - ANSWER If you only cycle between 5 and 7 miles, you will
test weakest at <5 and >7 miles. CrossFit is engineered to expand the margins of exposure
as far as function and capacity will allow.
Articulate the difference between specialization and CrossFit - ANSWER
Specialization (third-wave adaptation) in a given activity comes at a detriment to broad,
general fitness as it prioritizes aerobic, endurance-focused work whose downside is a loss of
strength, speed and power.
Articulate CrossFit's definition of fitness and health, and their relationship - ANSWER
Fitness is defined as "work capacity across broad time and modal domains." Health is
defined as "fitness throughout one's life." Fitness and Health are varying different measures
of the same reality.
Define the 10 General Physical Skills - ANSWER This model suggests a regimen
develops fitness to the extent that it improves each of the 10 skills (effort against a full
range of adaptaions).
Define the The Hopper - ANSWER The essence of this model is the view that
fitness is about performing well at any and every task imaginable (breadth and depth of
performance).
Define the Metabolic Pathways - ANSWER Total fitness requires competency and
training in each of the three pathways or engines (time, power and energy systems).
Define the Sickness-Wellness-Fitness Continuum - ANSWER All measurable health
markers fall at some point on a continuum that moves from sickness to wellness to fitness.
Identify how each of the four models could be used to assess fitness and to determine the
fittest individual. - ANSWER Model 1: you are as fit as you are competent in each
of the 10 skills. Model 2: You are as fit as you are capable to perform well at any task in
relation to others. Model 3. You are as fit as you are balanced in your capacity across all
three pathways. Model 4. You are as fit as your health markers indicate.
Identify and define the 10 General Physical Skills - ANSWER
Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance—The ability of body systems to gather, process, and
deliver oxygen.
Stamina—The ability of body systems to process, deliver, store, and utilize energy.
Strength—The ability of a muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
