I was wondering if the military incorpotates any Crossfit style workouts into its fitness training. I did Crossfit for quit a while and always thought that it would be a good style of traning for the military since it touches on all aspects of fitness and not just centralized around running like the military (please correct me if I am wrong as I am not and have never been in the military.). I am sure the military has its reasons for training like it does. I will assure you though that a crossfit workout is no cake walk. So from someone that knows better than myself, what are the differences between Crossfit and military workouts and pros and coins of each? BTW… I tip my hat to the ones that have fought for my freedom.
PT is very much unit dependent so its hard to compare, that being said, many units do use CF or CF based workouts. I have a friend in IBOLC (Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course) and he said they do two of the girls every other week.
Young USMC infantry lieutenants love it.
I just lifted heavy and hard and then beat them at their little challenges.
They can outrun me though.
Thanks for the responses. I was just more curious than anything. Now that I think about it makes since that what unit you are in would dictate your training.
Considering that Ft. Benning has converted a gym (Audie Murphy) into a Cross Fit meca and it is full every morning with Soldiers doing Cross Fit; that would tell me at least some of the big Army has incorporated some.
IMO - it has it’s place, but getting outside and running till you puke is still the standard that can’t be replaced.
KevinC
I have a friend in IBOLC (Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course) and he said they do two of the girls every other week.
I had a completely different IOBC experience. 
During our last annual training, 2 companies had crossfit workouts going and one made a makeshift gym. Our welders used discarded tent poles to make the pull up frame.
I’m currently underway on a Coast Guard cutter in the Arctic, we’ve turned part of our helo hanger into a crossfit gym. We have treadmills, weights, pull up bars, a ring station, a rower, boxes for box jumps, and a bunch of other stuff…we’ve even made a little area for wall balls…we also measured out our flight deck to see how many laps = 400m, Running in 4 degree weather surrounded by ice is an interesting experience to say the least.
I consider myself in shape, but I went and did a Crossfit workout with an old football buddy and that 15 min workout kicked my ass! Keep in mind I go to the gym for an hour or two every day
I’m active duty USAF. While we don’t do exactly crossfit as a unit. I see lots of people doing crossfit style work outs. Our gym transformed 2 racket ball courts into crossfit type areas.
As a unit we have been doing more cross training stuff lately than running. Example a group of 20 will draw from a deck of cards, each suit has a excerise, push ups, jumping hacks, sit ups, burpees, lunges, mountain climbers, and a few others to choose from. The number represents how many we do, after 8 -10 people we run a lap on the track, then form back up and continue the card game. This lasts for about 45 minutes. It’s actually not a bad workout if you do it right and put in the effort.
Smith gym is also awesome.
Crossfit and Crossfit strength workouts are great and very relevant to military requirements.
The 82nd learned in Panama that ‘running till you puke’ was not very relevant when you are doing IMT from cover to cover in a city. That is more of a Crossfit workout.
To the OP the Army has transitioned to the new PRT. PRT is better than what it replaced and is good for Army units that have to train a lot of Joe’s with limited time and limited equipment. That said, PRT is inferior to Crossfit.
I’m not sure since crossfit will make one puke faster than running.
Dan