Barfield and
Anderson (2014) |
25/0 |
active |
12 weeks |
CrossFit® template
program (5 d/w) |
↑ aerobic capacity (6%);
muscle endurance (22%) |
| Murawska-Cialowicz et al. (2015) |
15/15 |
active |
3 months |
2d/w; 2 mixed WOD
every day |
↑lean body mass; Wingate test; VO2max
(just women); brain-derived neurotrophic factor
↓ body fat (in women) |
| Drake et al. (2017) |
6/0 |
active |
4 weeks |
CrossFit® template program (5 d/w) |
↑ inflammatory status
↓ mood state performance
no significant changes in strength,
endurance, body composition |
| Brisebois et al. (2018) |
4/10 |
active |
8 weeks |
3d/w; unique program, mixed training sessions |
↑ VO2max; lean body mass; strength
1 RM (bench press, leg press) |
| Crawford et al. (2018a) |
13/12 |
untrained |
6 weeks |
CrossFit® template program (5 d/w) |
↑ 1 RM back squat, strict press, deadlift; VO2max |
| Feito et al. (2018b) |
9/17 |
3+ months
experience with CrossFit® |
16 weeks |
2d/w; unique program; 51% strength workouts, 49%
metabolic conditioning |
↑ 3 mixed WOD; 5 RM front squat; lean body mass; bone mineral content
improvements (greater in women)
↓ body fat |
| Kephart et al. (2018) |
9/3 |
6+ months
experience with CrossFit®,
on ketodiet |
3 months |
not described |
↑ push-up test
↓ body fat
no changes in 1 RM back squat,
400m run, VO2peak |
| Crawford et al. (2018b) |
13/12 |
untrained |
6 weeks |
CrossFit® template program (5 d/w) |
no relationship between RPE and
heart rate variability |
| Tibana et al. (2019b) |
0/1 |
elite CrossFitter |
6 months |
5d/w competition CrossFit program |
acute chronic workload ratio (ACWR):
50% of weeks outside the “safe zone”;
no relationship between RPE, heart rate
variability, ACWR;
no influence on well-being status |
| Poderoso et al. (2019) |
17/12 |
6+ months
experience with CrossFit® |
6 months |
CrossFit® template program (5 d/w) |
elevated testosterone level (greater changes in men); lower cortisol level (greater changes in women); no changes in lymphocytes |
| Cosgrove et al. (2019) |
22/23 |
0-6 and 7+ months
experience with CrossFit® |
6 months |
CrossFit® template program (5 d/w) |
↑ 1 RM back squat, bench press,
deadlift, pull-up test;
1,5 km run (women with less experience) |
| Durkalce-Michalski et al. (2019) |
11/10 |
CrossFitters on ketodiet |
4 weeks |
not described |
↑ utilization of fat under aerobic load (just men) |