Going to the gym is a top resolution every year and most people fail, at least for the long run, but one type of workout is seeing better results: CrossFit, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
The fitness craze has both strident enthusiasts and its share of critics, but proponents swear by its benefits.
"You get really close to the people you're working out with and it ends up being that you have someone to drag you on there," Jobie Zapico, owner of CrossFit Virilis, tells Newsradio 1200 WOAI.
That sense of community, he says, is where CrossFit picks up where traditional gyms fail.
"The newbies are really welcomed as opposed to the traditional gym setting where everybody hates the," he explains.
A report from data intelligence firm Cardlytics found that 46 percent of new gym customers drop off by the end of January. The vast majority give up entirely by the fourth quarter.
CrossFit members are about twice as likely to stick it out until February, Cardlytics figures show.
While Crossfit started in the early 2000s, it didn’t take off for about a decade. Now, there are more CrossFit gyms worldwide than Starbucks locations in the United States.