Background Research 

            My study is to find out the proportion between members that crossfit in the morning vs. members that crossfit in the evening. Every crossfit gym has a wall where you can see every day of the week and what workout was scheduled for that day and who went to that class. So I went to several crossfit gyms to see exactly who went to the morning classes from 5am-11am and 12pm-6pm.

            When going to these gyms I noticed that there was a relationship to more females in the morning and more males in the afternoon. I asked a couple of people in the morning classes why they chose this and the majority of them said that they like to get their workout over with, so that they have time for other things in the evening. The majority of people who crossfit have jobs, family, and other activities that they have to do later in the evening. So crossfitting in the morning makes their life a little easier. Depending on the gym though, and their class hours, the morning class could be the most popular or the evening class. The crossfit gym in North Olmsted, Fullsterkur, has more female members than male. However going to the crossfit in Bay Village, Burning River, there members are about even.

            When looking up surveys on crossfit members, whether or not they go in the morning vs afternoon, I read a lot of the same answers I was getting at several gyms I have gone to. The members would rather go in the morning because they want to get their workout over with and have more time for other activities in the afternoon or to spend time with family. Or, the members  would rather go in the afternoon just because they are not morning people and have to work all day and would want to work out later in the day.

http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=3995

            From what I also found online about this is that more women are motivated to be physically fit and independent than men are. Majority of the crossfit gyms I have gone to have more women members than male. However more women, especially in the morning, go to crossfit to get their daily workout. When asking people as well why they liked the morning classes the women would tell me, it’s easier because they have children and they can take them to they gym with them in the morning, or because they are morning people. Whether or not someone was for the morning or afternoon class, everyone enjoys crossfit for the atmosphere and how much people support they get from one another while working out. Observing some of the classes, a lot of the women would try to motivate other people into working harder. This is a big reason why they come back for more even though the workouts are pure hell. Usually, after a couple weeks of observing you start to notice the regulars and what time of day they like to come in, which helped with the survey on whether or not there are more women or male crossfit members that go in the morning classes vs. afternoon classes.

http://breakingmuscle.com/womens-fitness/women-and-group-exercise-theories-from-a-male-instructor

            From what I concluded on about my research is that the majority of the women will go to the morning class due to their schedule, just because they are a morning person, or because of the other people that go to that class time. After doing crossfit for a length of time you develop friends and people who motivate you to be better. Usually you will see the same members at the same time every morning because they feel more comfortable around people they have worked out with for an extended amount of time.