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What is crossfit and why do we need it?
>>35374634
GGGGgggggGGGGggGGGGgg.
a combination of weightlifting and cardio, done so for the sake of entertainment so the participants are having fun until they injure themselves.
It's the equivalent of fitness mad libs.
We don't need it, fuck off.
>>35374634
Its needed for population control
Only way to look like chris hemsworth
>>35374678
It's pretty fucking stupid, but you hit on the key point of participants having fun. It's a tough thing for people on /fit to relate to, but exercising and fitness isn't for everyone and most people won't do it if it's not fun.
Yeah, they'll likely hurt themselves doing this crap, or they won't get all the sweet gains they could get with different approaches, but that shit doesn't affect me.
Seeing less fat people does affect me and if this can help with that, even slightly, I'm all for it for other people. I've dated two different girls who crossfit regularly. They were probably in better shape and better looking as a result of it than they would be without it.
>>35374634
Crossfit is the autistic cousin of fitness
I was talking to a little manlet at the gym the other day, dudes pretty ripped, 6 pack all that shit, small guy tho
Tells me he fucked his back doing crossfit, pulled 2 disks doing box jumps to deadlifts or some shit..
>was only 80kg diddly
>proceeded to lecture me on form
>told me sumo deadlift is not a real thing
W0t
>>35374735
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>>35374634
It's essentially lifting circuits for time, borrowing from weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman and gymnastics. Not particularly excelling in any of those areas, just being alright at all of them.
We need it because it's done a huge amount of work making barbell sports popular. I feel like no matter where I go now I can find a gym (even a standard commercial gym) with high quality bars, bumper plates, racks and platforms.
10 years ago you would need to hunt down a specific weightlifting, powerlifting or strongman club to find the shit you can find in some commercial gyms now. It's great.
>>35374634
'Crossfit' is a marketing scheme, mostly, but it's also turning fitness into a game, because the average jackoffs don't have any measurable personal discipline, so the only way you can persuade them to stop being fat weak sickly pieces of crap is to make a game out of the whole thing, like you do for preschoolers at recess. It's silly, and it's pointless for anyone who has the personal discipline to stick to a normal, productive training plan.
>>35375804
Where do you live where gyms dont have these things? I went to a poor high school in nigtown and we had multiple squat racks and bumper plates for hang cleans at our gym? Ive been to a lot of nasty cheap little gyms and they all have that equipment. ??
Kettlebells are a new thing though
>>35375686
How's all that butt taste?
