Whether you just caught the CrossFit Games on TV and are ready to conquer the world of CrossFit or you’ve been contemplating CrossFit for awhile and are finally ready to take the plunge, the reality is the same.
You’re a CrossFit newb!
This is arguably the best and most exciting time of CrossFitter’s career as you get to learn a bunch of new movements, put your body to the test daily, and get in really good shape really fast.
…but not too fast.
I know you’re ready to handstand walk for miles and lift your brother’s motorcycle over your head, but you’re going to have to get used to the movements and to the workouts first.
Thankfully, our list of the top WODs for beginners involve scaled versions of the most important movements while still being as fun and interesting as the most challenging CrossFit workouts.
Don’t expect any boring, overly repetitive (unless by design!) WODs here!
Do expect to get a lot better at CrossFit by the time you’ve made it through all of these!
Table of Contents
The Top 23 WODs for Beginners
2022 CrossFit Open WOD 1 “Foundations”
Equipment: Dumbbell, plyo box
What better way to start off the top WODs for beginners than with a CrossFit Open workout?!
To be honest, CrossFit HQ does a pretty good job of adapting these for athletes of all fitness and ability levels. 22.1 was no exception.
Anyone who hasn’t done more than a couple consecutive bear crawls may scoff at the movement, but I can assure you that these are no joke…especially over the course of 15 minutes. The scaled dumbbell snatches and box step-overs will help to develop good movement patterns for their respective Rx versions!
Scaled Triple 3
Equipment: Concept2 rower, jump rope, air runner
Triple 3 is a beloved CrossFit Games, CrossFit regional, and popular CrossFit competition workout. In most cases, time constraints require a bit of scaling (I did a version that cut the row to 1,000 me