Do crossfit brehs

[Colicat]

..I was a crossfit fail.... partially tore my shoulder kipping (trying to at least).....

what was I thinking?

I will say that being in a gym with behemoths of men intimidated me out of doing weights...
I became comfortable with weights because of Crossfit....but looking back... I am glad that I got over that fad quickly...

 

[Adam3000]

I have open offers to all my co-workers for free personal training. Many of them have expressed a strong desire to lose weight. Not a single one of them has taken me up on my offer.

Motivation to put your body through stress is tough to come by for most people. Crossfit provides an atmosphere that can help them conquer this hurdle. For that reason, I am glad Crossfit exists.

If I have the opportunity, I do give a lesson to Crossfit acquaintances as to why they can accomplish their goals in a better and safer way, but from what I've seen they don't seem to care. Even after injuries occur then recover, its back to their Crossfit box. That "no pain no gain" mentality we were taught as kids is bullshyt, but people believe it. Since short term results don't exist for fitness, excessive soreness and pain are the only way that people are able to accept that they aren't wasting their time.

I will just offer them free personal training and they can make their own choice whether they want to continue with their cult or move onto something healthier. I aint their momma

 

[Sickology101]

Its always funny watching people attempt box jumps

 

[ThatTruth777]

So glad they didn't have any broken bones or nasty injuries in that , those clean & jerks had me like "don't do it .. no.. no.. "

that old lady though

 

[Jesus]

I have open offers to all my co-workers for free personal training. Many of them have expressed a strong desire to lose weight. Not a single one of them has taken me up on my offer.

Motivation to put your body through stress is tough to come by for most people. Crossfit provides an atmosphere that can help them conquer this hurdle. For that reason, I am glad Crossfit exists.

If I have the opportunity, I do give a lesson to Crossfit acquaintances as to why they can accomplish their goals in a better and safer way, but from what I've seen they don't seem to care. Even after injuries occur then recover, its back to their Crossfit box. That "no pain no gain" mentality we were taught as kids is bullshyt, but people believe it. Since short term results don't exist for fitness, excessive soreness and pain are the only way that people are able to accept that they aren't wasting their time.

I will just offer them free personal training and they can make their own choice whether they want to continue with their cult or move onto something healthier. I aint their momma

 

[PortCityProphet]

that chick at 1:31
whole video is comedy

 

[Snoopy Loops]

Idea behind Crossfit is cool. Combining O-lifts, gymnastics, and endurance work is a pretty solid plan. The issue is the programming behind it, I mean you do a 'warm-up' which leaves you exhausted, then you immediately proceed to do technical lifts and skill work. How do they expect people to maintain good form during strength centered WODs when you're tired as fukk?

Thats one of the main reasons why injuries occur. You also got the fact that they don't let people know that you need a good deal of hip and shoulder mobility to do alot of the stuff.

shyt is bushes status

Its also fukks up your gains

Good for women though

 

[Adam3000]

Idea behind Crossfit is cool. Combining O-lifts, gymnastics, and endurance work is a pretty solid plan.

Actually, even at a basic level it is a terrible idea to combine all these.

I'm too lazy to hunt for the science right now, but there is some biological mechanism involving how the left ventricle replenishes oxygen through our bloodstream that is not used efficiently when combining strength training with endurance training. They are meant to be done seperately. 1 + 1 = 0.5 in this case. Still gonna see progress, but it will be inefficient progress.

 

[Versa]

Only thing worse than Crossfit is Fletcherfit

"YOU SLIP A DISC.... YOU POWER THROUGH THAT shyt, DONT LET A BROKEN BACK STOP YOU"

LMAO

 

[Snoopy Loops]

Actually, even at a basic level it is a terrible idea to combine all these.

I'm too lazy to hunt for the science right now, but there is some biological mechanism involving how the left ventricle replenishes oxygen through are bloodstream that is not used efficiently when combining strength training with endurance training. They are meant to be done seperately. 1 + 1 = 0.5 in this case. Still gonna see progress, but it will be inefficient progress.

So are kettle-bell swings BS then?

 

[Adam3000]

So are kettle-bell swings BS then?

I had a big response typed out, but then I did a google search and found that the research is a bit more complicated than my earlier statement made it seem

While combining these two types of training shows eventual blunting of both capacity to add strength and power as well as to build muscle, it does have other benefits.

Rather than post multiple scientific journal articles to comb through, this looks like a nice summary:
How To Train For Strength & Endurance At The Same Time | Poliquin Article


As far as kettlebell swings go, I have always considered them a cardio exercise. Swinging 70 lbs in our most powerful position is not something that I would ever expect to build strength or mass with. Pulling out the 150 lb dumbells for them might be better, but I see no benefit over just doing deadlifts instead. I actually stopped doing swings except in my cardio workouts when I get bored of the treadmill.