Why does /fit/ hate crossfit?
>>36435123
Because you're a nigger
>>36435155
This
Because it's a gimmick to attract lazy normies to come to the gym in January
>>36435155
>>36435155
You are the niggers, go back sucking dicks.
>>36435181
also meant for >>36435173
Btw I don't do crossfit.
>>36435123
Deleted my facebook so i can't do it anymore...
>>36435123
i don't like seeing normies fall for bait&switch traps.
those "crossfit athletes" aren't even doing crossfit WODs most of the year, only when prepping for an event. they know better than to train like that on a consistent basis. stacy and greg don't.
I train at a crossfit gym, however i dont do crossfit. Almost all the people who I get along with are non-crossfit people and all the crossfit crew are complete douches and think they're so great
This kid I know does Crossfit. He's bisexual and always acts like he's a badass know it all. I'm suspecting he has no friends because every time I see him he always ask me to come over his house.
>>36435281
Pretty much this. The basic idea of training every aspect of fitness is a good one, and is probably the most appropriate goal for anyone who isn't training for a particular sport and just generally wants to look good and be healthy. But the WODs seem to be pretty much random clusters of exercises, with no real periodization or long-term planning involved, which is not a good way to train.
>>36435586
m8 he just wants to fuck
>>36435123
Highly technical lifts done for speed and reps.
Lack of quality control for instructors.
Extremely overpriced. $225/mo in NYC. Not much better in other locations.
Crossfit games are a joke. No weight classes so you have manlets going up against 200+ lbs adult males.
Rhabdo
When it comes to weightlifting you can prioritize 1 out of 3 things. Strength, size, or endurance/cardio. Theres of course some overlap between the three but if you want to excel in one you have to focus on it.
Crossfit tries to convince people that they can be badasses who excel in all three categories. Except the training is unperiodized and (depending on the coach) often simultaneously dangerous. Like the others have mentioned, crossfitters tend to be insufferable cunts because they think they're the best at everything because their crossfit idols (who don't train crossfit style year round) are good at all three areas (but not exemplary).
Also, /fit/ hates anything cardio related.
>>36435982
Forgot to mention the level 1 instructor course is literally 2 days long with no prerequisite unless they changed it.
>>36435123
Because the movements and workouts increase the probability of injury and subpar workouts for no compensating benefit.
Plus you usually have to go to a CrossShit gym and pay CrossShit membership fees.
So you're literally paying to do shittier workouts with a higher probability of hurting yourself for less benefit.
Sounds like shit to meeee!
What is crossfit
I work at a gym.
A few people come in who do Crossfit who can't always make it into their Crossfit gyms. Really chill people actually. They're pretty strict with form, and have decent lifts. I was really surprised actually.
Only one guy who "does Crossfit" out of 20 or so is actually annoying, but it's more related to his age and personality than him doing Crossfit. But even still, he has good lifts and good form for a kid who is 145 soaking wet.
Rick Ross does crossfit and he has every single pear in the known universe.
>>36435123
What's crossfit? Is that a new meme for /fit/ trannies?
>>36436098
I CAN"T WAAAATCH AAAAAAHHHHHH
Did someone said crossfail thread?
>>36436108
Retards pay $200 a month to do shit like this.
This is why people hate crossfit
>>36436108
>>36436098
Can someone be complete serious with me? Is this making fun of crossfit or do they actually do this bullshit?
>>36436063
That's why I like to focus on actual negatives, instead of attacking the culture. The people who say hurr durr crossfit is for elitist douches are no better than the people they rip on.
See >>36435982
>>36435249
Underrated post
>>36435999
/fit/ newbie here. Looked through other /fit/ posts to understand why cardio hatred, but found nothing. Care to elaborate? Irrational hatred, or simply impacts visible results?
Doing something similar to crossfit right now: hour class, 30 mins running and/or rowing, 30 mins weights with occasional rows. Weights almost always include abs, squats, shoulders/back with some variation in smaller muscle group focus from class to class. I find it physically challenging to do the class more than 3 times a week. From what I see in this post, is it because I'm not giving my body a chance to recover by not doing cycling muscle groups? Too cross-fit like?
I haven't gotten much stronger overall but the cardio has been good for my mile times and I can row like a literal champ which is satisfying. The class has been good for my discipline and creating a habit of working out regularly. Should I enroll in /fit/ academy and strike out on my own?
Help a bro out, /fit/!
>>36436139
they actually do the bullshit
>>36436231
you can row like a literal champ?
so like, at 1:30 500m split for half an hour?
because that's how literal champs row, you know, rowers who have literally won rowing championships, not newbies who have just found out you're meant to use your legs not your arms.
Being exceptional at marathon distance cardio will mean you won't look swole, which is why /fit/ hates it
>>36436231
The part of /fit/ that hates cardio are the ones who believe the "cardio kills gains" meme. Cardio could prevent muscle progress if you don't eat enough to compensate for the extra calories burned while bulking, but that's the only potential downside. Otherwise cardio is great. I do sprints once a week.
>>36436279
I'm close to that, yes. I can do 1:30 splits for about the first 25 minutes, it drops off to 2 min splits pretty quickly after that though and to 2:30 by 40 mins. Working on it!
Figured. What kind of cardio do you guys do that keeps you healthy without impacting results? Is picking things up and putting them down enough when the thing is heavy enough?
>>36435123
most of the exercises look dangerous and prone to injury.
>>36436133
What is happening here
>>36436345
alright well you have 2 choices, either stop lying on the internet,or join your countries olympic team because you *literally* row faster than 80% of gold medalists you fucking idiot
>>36435123
Because Uncle Rhabdo is their unofficial mascot, You couldn't choose one more fitting if you wanted to insult them.
The fact that they are proud of rhabdomyolysis and wear injuries like a fucking badge says it all.
>>36436366
Yessir! Thank you sir!
>>36435123
Heavyweight + Momentum = Danger
>>36436365
He is doing the fish.
>>36436139
Normal mortals cannot compete with crossfitters when it comes to making crossfit look bad.
This thread is now a crossfit hate thread
>>36436108
I watched the whole thing. Where is my reward of protein bars?
>>36435123
Overpriced nonsense
>>36436098
This guy is determined to take a trip to snap city
>>36436125
I would want to be the guy who films these, making millions of views on youtube.
I would try not to laugh but wouldn't be able to hold back.
I warned a really close friend about it but he didn't listened to me, he already has fucked up knees because judo when he was younger, I hope he don't kill himself there ;__;
>>36436098
I find the animals running around more triggering than some retard with a death wish.
>>36436546
I mean, they can't ALL be this stupid right...right?
>>36436133
Did he died?
>>36436530
Only possible excuse for this I can think of is for example the jump from one band resistance to another is too much for some of my clients so adding a little weight kind of gets a resistance level in between.
But they're probably just being retarded.
>>36436591
Paralyzed. I admire his effort cause he's still working out, doing deadlifts in a wheelchair.
>>36436591
"Kevin Ogar of CrossFit Unbroken is paralyzed from the waist down. He was participating in the OC Throwdown. According to spectator accounts, it was during a 3RM touch-and-go snatch workout that Kevin failed a snatch behind, falling backwards into a sitting position. The bar then struck a pile of 45lb plates stacked behind the platform and bounced back and struck Kevin. It damaged his T11 and T12 vertebrae and severed his spinal cord.
As of this writing, Kevin has no feeling below the waist. I hope and pray this changes."
another victim of crossfit
>>36436589
HAHAHAHAHA
>>36436605
>>36436611
Why they do not talk about how he was running a marathon before attempting PR snatches for time?
>>36436365
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540945/Kevin-Ogar-injury-CrossFit-athlete-left-paralyzed-waist-having-spine-severed-dumbbell.html
>>36436647
Yep. That's the one.
Fuck the chicks in the back, tho. Total bitches
>>36436647
How does that even work?
>>36436661
>>36436663
Poor bastard of kevin, he failed for the crossfit meme.
>>36436661
kek I always feel like people who kip are gonna smack their faces on the bar
>>36436345
This is such fucking bullshit
I have rowed at an international level and I can't hold 1:30 for 25 min
You are a fucking liar and you are probably fat
I hope you never make it for lying on the internet
Last one from me.
>>36436511
........ she purposefully caved the knees. The absolute madwoman
>>36436597
>>36436530
Isn't the point of resistance bands that, like springs, the resistance is variable depending on how stretched they are?
What I mean is, they exert exponentially greater assistance the further you are from the top, so they are basically making bottom half easier and top half harder than a clean pullup?
Crossfitters being retards about using equipment is much more likely though.
Didn't know you can workout and commit suicide at the same time.
>>36436709
Why would the top half be harder than a clean pull up? The farthest you can go is no resistance help which just equals a normal pull up.
>>36436660
>dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540945/Kevin-Ogar-injury-CrossFit-athlete-left-paralyzed-waist-having-spine-severed-dumbbell.html
>-dumbbell.html
What?
>>36436737
the weights
>>36435999
>crossfitters tend to be insufferable cunts
trips of truth
I hate crossfit because of the cult mentality. It's like why I hate Apple. Because crossfitters, like mac users, base their identities on it, and think they are better than everyone else. Of course this doesn't apply to all crossfitters, but to enough of them to make me hate the cult. Fuck they even have their own language that they use smugly. Box. WOD. Rhabdo. Rustles my jimmies.
>(who don't train crossfit style year round)
This is what these people miss. My neighbors are a couple who are both crossfit fanatics, the woman of the couple competes and admittedly looks good, but the man is DYEL as fuck and keeps training crossfit regardless. They just don't understand that crossfitters who are decently strong are either roiding or do traditional weight training.
>>36436335
HIIT isnt the dreaded treadmill cadio though, people usually think of cardio as the hour long running sessions and shit like that
>>36436530
I could actually see this being useful, just to get used to the 'feel' of having a certain weight on you while doing pull-ups, if that makes sense. Kinda like doing unracks just to get used to what a heavy load is like before squatinng it.
If I was trying to get as much weight on as possible for pull ups I might consider this
>>36436737
The weight belts makes top half harder, while the bands provide exponential assistance for the bottom half. Somewhere in between those two, there's a normal pullup.
While not necessarily literally top half, I hope you understand what I mean.
>>36436108
you could literally just run for the same exercise you're getting here. the fuck is this nonsense?
>>36436764
>>36436781
True. In typical crossfit fashion they make it complicated instead of just starting with a static weight and progressing from there.
I guess this nonsense is better than kipping pull-ups I guess.
>>36436789
FUNCTIONAL STRENGTH!!!1
>>36436487
holy fuck my sides
I haven't seen this one before
>>36436789
The idea is good, but the execution is shit because it's done by Mr/Mrs Potato.
Sprints with rapid change of direction is good for cardio as well as practicing sharp turns for sports that require this.
Semi-sort-of-walking-faster-while-pushing-a-bucket-on-wheels-in-large-arches-around-cones is not.
>>36436789
>he doesn't specifically train his mop bucket pushing muscles for speed.
>you're not gonna get that janitorial raise with that mentality.
>>36436659
the article where i ripped it from went on to complain about how they push people to retarded lengths to always outdo the previous event.
>>36436098
>>36436098
only a matter of time until he dislocates one of his shoulders. im guessing right shoulder
>>36436660
Wait, he got hit by the dumb crossfit bubble plates bouncing back up at his back and not during the actual lift?
>>36435123
elite crossfitters are in awesome shape
greg and stacey do crossfit iot look like elite crossfitters
>elite crossfitters don't exclusively train crossfit WODs
>crossfit games are untested
>>36435123
Blame it on homophobia
>>36436865
Bar bouncing off the plates, but yeah. A stupid amateur setup
I regret ever saying "I do something like crossfit". These are horrors I hope never to witness with mine eyes.
>>36436695
Hey guy, you say such hurtful things on the interwebs.
I have not rowed at an international level. I'm using a machine with some water in a plastic container attached to a propeller with a handle I yank on and a little electronic gizmo that says, "Hey guy you're doing great!" I'd say sorry for upsetting you, but since you're such a cunt I don't really care and I hope every lie on the internet consistently ENRAGES you.
>>36436938
I'm not the guy you're replying to, but if you're pulling a 1:30 split for 25 minutes you will almost certainly be a shoe in for the olympic games in 3 months time even with zero experience on the water BECAUSE THAT'S LITERALLY A WORLD RECORD PACE SON
>>36437104
lol Then I've lost all confidence in the aforementioned electronic gizmo telling me that I am a champion because I'm probably good but not that good.
Feels bad, man.
I'm still proud of me!
>>36436125
how does one not suddenly look around and become aware that this is nonsense
I think it's mostly the bullshit claims they make that gets hate.
If Crossfit simply marketed itself as fun (to some) way to get in shape in a semi competitive group setting no one would complain.
Instead, they make a bunch of bullshit claims like claiming Crossfit is better than bodybuilding for hypertrophy/aesthetics or that athletes should do Crossfit instead of traditional strength/conditioning programs.
>>36435123
>>36435123
>>36435123
>>36437133
Also not the guy you're replying to but I find it funny, in an embarrassing kind of way, that you're back pedaling from your original statement after being called out for telling lies.
It's amusing that you're one of those guys. You embellish stories on the Internet for what? Does it make you feel good lieing to yourself and to strangers? The most pathetic part is that you seek validation so badly that you have actually taken the time to recant your earlier statement, in a half assed way, after being called out anonymously .
>>36436546
95 pounds confirmed
>>36437389
I'm not back-pedaling. I'm better than the people I go to the gym with. I'm better than the instructors, even, but these people aren't competition rowers. I do well on an overused machine, with a compset of 100 amateurs; that does not an Olympian make.
>>36435123
> Advanced weight lifting class
> Instructor does straight Crossfit all semester
> Try to do OHP
> "You've got to use your legs Anon"
> Wut. That's not the exercise.
> "If you don't use your legs you'll barely do any reps"
> Kids get hurt, literally snap city
> Thought it was a meme
> 3 different kids, all advanced lifters, slip disks
> Things like:
- Deadlift into Clean into OHP into Squat into behind the neck OHP and repeat as many times as we can in 15 minutes with a pl8
> Everyday.
It's cancer.
>>36437726
complexes like that are actually good as long as you dont just pick a random weight and tell everyone of different strength levels to do it for a long as time.
i did a complex today with clean to thruster to front squat to split jerk and since i only did it with 175 i was fine
i also make those the first sets i do and then do less technical lifts later (tall cleans/clean deadlifts)
>>36436472
>>36436819
Best part is that she was gonna take off the heels and her dumb ass friends told her no.
Here you go senpai
https://youtu.be/aWsVnE2854I?t=219
>>36438093
skip to about 3:45
>>36435123
Who is this lizard wizard?
>>36435123
This video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viQnHOXyqEg
I'm a nice guy and I generally like most people, but I hope this guy dies of some horrific disease hitherto unknown to science.
This is by far and away the most disliked video I've seen on Youtube, and unlike most YT videos, pretty much all the hate in the comments makes sense and is perfectly rational.
Even more astonishingly, the video is on the official CrossFit channel.
>>36436556
ahahaha what the fuck
>>36435174
This.
There's better and faster ways to get in shape. And that won't fuck up your back.
And crossfit like to fad working out into some kind of club or competition. Which it isn't. That's what real sports are for.
>>36435123
Because most people don't see deadlifts as a speed sport.
>>36435123
Go do crossfit OP, then come back and ask us how you can continue lifting with your torn tendons and fucked up spine and knees.
>>36435249
Kek
>>36436098
Thank God that was babbyweight, otherwise
DECAPITATIIIOOOOOON!
>>36438093
Not sure if that's crossfit stupidity, or just your normal women stupidity
>>36436125
Stop the madness
>>36437553
Also you are using a water wheel, from what I can tell, not a proper erg
It's shitty exercise
>>36436231
I don't think literal means what you think it means
i've never done crossfit and i don't hate it, but i guess that i cannot do anything that isn't with sets and reps or easily quantifiable
>>36438362
fucking kek
"i just deadlifted 560 pounds"
>2016
>not doing clean-dip-sprints
>>36436098
Fucking moron. I haven't done any oly lifting but I'm 90% sure that if you aren't competing you fucking bale when your form starts to break. Even when in a comp you need some self-preservation instinct, jesus christ.
>>36438362
I don't think I've ever seen a more insufferable cunt than this guy
>durr hurr david's corner!
>I got so many people fired!
>I make the atmosphere here great!
>I just deadlifted 560 today!
>>36438362
Come on. That video is a /fit/ version of the office right? It's trolling.... right?
Please.
please
>>36438362
>10% body fat in a few months
>I just went paleo and wow it worked out
>>36439743
I love the shot to people looking over at him all pissed off when he was talking about how people watch him.
>>36437389
I was fucking wrong on the Internet. Went and rowed today, big tough guy, gonna prove the Internet wrong, be an Olympic rower.
Pulling that bar, being a man, split time says 1:30/500. Fuck yeah. 15mins in, 4.02km, still going strong...
Wait.
15 mins
15/4=1:53/500 split.
Stay in school, kids. Math is important.
>>36438362
This is why crossfit is so hateable. Nobodies who think they are hot shit because they do retarded workouts to failure. He unironically thinks of himself as some kind of fitness guru but you just know his lifts suck and I bet his running times are mediocre too.
>>36439699
>bale
you mean "bail"
>>36435565
Wait you can train at a crossfit gym without doing crossfit? Are the memberships expensive? There are so many highly rated crossfit gyms in my area, but I never checked them out because I thought they were only for crossfit.
https://youtu.be/J6-WESZ45jw
Crossfit is a lifestyle
>>36435123
did you know it takes 200 hours of instruction under a certified professional yoga professional to be able to get paid to tell people to bend over and touch their toes?
to take money from people to teach people to go from holding a piece of PVC pipe to more weight they can possibly hold directly above their heads in 15 minutes you need $1000 and a few hours from your weekend.
>>36436499
>fucking file name
kek
>>36436133
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME7Pswhet00
Skip to 2:19 for lulz (Survival of the crossfittest)
>>36440873
you can train there no problem you simply cant sign up for crossfit classes. I dont pay the full prices it's only 29 per month and I have access to all the equipment. for crossfit its almost 3 times the price
>>36436769
>roiding or do traditional weight training
Probably both since I read somewhere that these events aren't tested for gear and only recently started to do so but very sparingly to their figurehead "atheltes"
>>36436133
How u supposed to bail in that situation?
Is what he did completely retarded or is this a danger of doing oly-lifts even if you have an IQ above 60? (I'm guessing he's completely retarded)
>>36438362
>560lb deadlifts
I do not believe that for a second. He looks scrawny as fuck, I get that 200+kg deadlift isn't hard for some people, but I just cannot believe it with that body of his.
>>36441007
So she actually couldnt run a single lap? God thats pathetic
>>36439790
I have never seen a better representation of that mixed feeling of disgust and confusion that cap-bro has on his face in this video.
>>36442066
You're supposed to keep the area clear exactly for that reason. Notice in every other competition ever there's BOTH spotters and the weights are kept to the sides of the platform, not in front.
>>36438362
This dude has been lifting for 4 years "solid" and looks like that? Holy fuck.
>>36442427
Probably even blasted guido juice and still looks like shit
>>36440883
all my kek
when programmed correctly, crossfit is the best thing you could do
>>36436589
LOL
>>36438362
reminds me of this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvarrk11RYs
How about the fact that the top "athletes " of crossfit are probably roiding to get the award money.
>>36438362
i dont know how i managed to make it through the whole video
>>36446390
And the top power lifters and body builders definitely aren't roiding for the money and fame
>>36441007
shouldn't the ropes have been longer the further they were to the right? you have the two guys out on the left with the shortest part of the track with the longest line of rope
>>36435123
Beause it's a lunk sport.
>>36440883
fuck I choked on my drink with those snapping sounds
oh god I love crossfit hate threads
>>36436365
snappening happened
>>36435123
I don't hate crossfit. I think it's an excellent way to thin the herd of the stupid, the lazy, and the mentally weak.
>>36436098
>>36436108
>>36436125
The most unathletic, uncoordinated people in the country
>crossfit thread
I come for the embarrassing videos, but I stay for the top knotch banter. You guys make these threads the best on /fit/
>>36436125
saved. This is the funniest thing I've seen in weeks.
>>36436660
> The Missouri native works part time at a Whole Food supermarket and had no health insurance to cover his mounting medical bills.
>>36436108
LA fitness janitor here. Kek'd heartily.
>>36435123
Because the powerlifting platform used to open whenever I wanted to use it. Now I need to wait while Connie Cuntlips and her fat, horsefaced daughter attempt to clean with the 45 sized 5lb bumper plates using atrocious form and inconsistent rest time between sets. Then I have to deal with Ned of the neon spandex pants giving me tips like "you could do more if you used less weight" or "gloves work a lot better than that white stuff"
>>36435586
just fuck him and steal his protein man
>>36436706
pretty sure this girl is blind and/or retarded
>>36436139
They actually do this. These people have such poor attention spans and such skewed work ethics that they need to turn exercise into a game and feel instant gratification or else they won't do it. They need to feel good now instead of putting in the work to feel better later. Plus, they're being scammed by "instructors" who dress up basic exercises with ridiculous side bullshit that make the $250+ a month seem worth it.
>>36436125
What the fuck.
>>36436499
file name fucking orbiting
>>36436556
If I ever tried something like this in college, my lifting coach would kick my ass. He would literally beat the shit out of me.
>>36446983
he got it up doe, right senpai?
>>36436605
I routinely find myself traversing large tires while carying various items over my head, so this kind of exercise would be useful to me.
By tge way, what muscle does this exercise work?
might as well be crossfit
>>36436556
SNAP CITY
This really hurt to watch. I felt discomfort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEFoObpQeU0
0:00 - 0:13 i'm genuinely curious about this, what are they doing?
>>36436744
>The Missouri native works part time at a Whole Food supermarket and had no health insurance to cover his mounting medical bills.
There's a fucking crossfit gym next to the whole foods here too...
>>36447403
just pepping themselves up I guess?
Gotta get pumped like a super star to clean 1pl8.
>>36436511
>>36436706
>>36446877
The chick has cerebral palsy or something. It's kind of sad to see those lunatics preying on her.
>>36436844
Usually when people try to hold a weight that has drifted behind their center of gravity, it's their elbows that give out in spectacular fashion. It's amazing to me that he didn't end up dislocating his elbow.
>>36436098
kek form
No real reason, it just makes /fit/ cross.
I fucking hate Crossfit. If you're a beginner, doing tons of volume with a moderate weight you can easily handle is probably the best way to get the movements down and Crossfit completely ruined it by associating shitty form and jerky crap with it.
>>36446853
>45 sized 5lb bumper plates
Don't dizz the bumper plates, they're really good for people who aren't up at 1pl8 yet, but who needs the proper height on barbell from the ground.
>>36447751
Got a guy with CP at my gym. No shit, he's up to 2pl8 bench now, although I suspect his buddy is helping him juice up.
>>36436556
At least he hit depth unlike anyone on /plg/
>>36438362
inspiring, really
what I DON'T ever want to be as a person
>sprinting around the gym with weights overhead endangering self and other members (brags about it)
>bragging about hogging up the equipment
>wife miring some guy so he has to make a point about how that guy actually mires HIM
>bragging about getting people fired
>delusions of grandeur about how people encircles him and tells him he's a hero
>meanwhile confused and disgusted looks from other gym members
>drags his spawn to the gym and lets her wander around while people are working
>brags about how he makes the gym has a better atmosphere like he radiates god's blessings to mankind
>what he has mentally is way worse than autism
>>36436098
Aaaaaahhh, I was sure his shoulder was going to die.
>>36447403
Someone played football at some point in their life and is still having a hard time letting go.
>>36448039
They shouldn't be doing their "cleans" in the first place
>>36448656
Not just for cleans. For deadlifts, proper bent over rows and yeah, cleans.
Have you tried doing these exercises with too small plates? Awkward as fuck and counter-productive when you want to get used to the motions and build solid form on which to add weight.
But I wholeheartedly agree, there's a special group of fucking adults acting like ignorant children who needs to get out of the racks and stations and stick to stationary bikes and whatever McFitness Classes is popular at the moment.
>>36438362
>"I deadlifted 560 lbs earlier today"
>proceeds to muscle clean 135 with a rounded back and collapsing knees
Yeah right
>>36435123
>no real structure
>as many oly lifts as you can in a time limit/to failure
>lifting tired = more likely to be injured
>coaches teaching multiple people at once - can't teach everyone good form
>events decided by fans, not anyone in crossfit
>no consideration for "athletes"
>other sportsmen who try and boost their careers by doing crossfit for a year only fail at their own sports in the meantime
>anyone can do a weekend course and become a CF instructor
>cost
>clique mentality for the members
>doesn't take responsibility for injuries e.g. Kevin Ogar's injury was a "freak accident" when he in fact just followed the crossfit routine of tiring yourself out before doing oly lifts
>kipping everything
>sales pitches based on features, no real benefits
>>36436487
the fucking wall...
>>36448656
oh come on, bro. you can't even practice proper form unless the bar is at the regular height from the floor. so what if that means using rubber plates?
>>36436680
It looks like he's wearing a big girl's dress and clutching some sort of stuffed toy.
>>36436611
> unbroken
>>36435123
In all honesty, I've come to a pretty simple standpoint in regards to it.
99% of crossfit gyms are just completely autistic retards who do dumb shit.
The remainder are honestly pretty legit people. I went to one, where every single guy there was an ex-powerlifter/strongman, and were complete form nazis. They pretty much would mesh crossfit cardio/tempo with actually weightlifting in a respectable manner, and even then, held safety and form as #1.
The strongman aspect of it as a cardio workout could be pretty damn fun.
>>36436108
>janitor's walk
>>36447072
>hitting tire with sledgehammer
Is that really a workout? Why not just lift weights?
Fucking douchy LOOK AT ME shit, but surely most end up fine
>>36435123
>hate crossfit
... becoz it's not "cross",
and it's not "fit". It's a
marketing gimmick.
>>36435123
>no gain
Isn't in balance by gaining muscle and results
>competitions for losers who can't win in weight lifting
*cough* Rich Froning *cough*
>make you trains so hard it's unhealthy
muscle starts to turn to liquid
too high tempo leads to change of heart stroke when heart can't take it
There are several problems with crossfit. First off it's fuckin expensive, making a brand out of a way to train is retarded in my opinion. The result of that are way to many under qualified cf instructors running around and doing stupid "programming" like the shit you can see in this thread. Barbell complexes for example can be great for conditioning, but only if you have good form and use light weights.
When you have a decent coach, crossfit is nice for conditioning and mobility. I use 1-2 WODs per week for conditioning, works quite well but just as a sidekick to real weightlifting and running/swimming.
>>36436546
If you do sign up for crossfit, can you get to the point where they tell you to do something like this and say, "Nope, I'm sitting this one out," or is the groupthink too strong?
>>36436781
>exponential assistance
Not exponential, just scalar. How hard a spring pulls back when you stretch it is a constant factor times how far you've stretched it. If you stretch a spring to four times its original length it would pull back twice as hard as when you stretch it to twice its original length.
For these elastic bands, until you've fully deloaded the elastic, you're still getting some assistance, and you're getting more the lower you go. Can't say how much without more information.
>>36441031
I want to do the same thing, but i doubt they will allow it at the boy closest to me.
>>36436631
I... I just don't have any words.
