Have we talked about CrossFit?

[diablita]

good for her!  I'm glad she's enjoying it.

[radial]

One of the local cross fit gyms is doing a free 3x/week class for high schoolers. My daughter started going last week and, though very sore, seems to be enjoying it.

Unca Fred and the Greenman won't approve! 

  I say, good for her!  And good for you too.  I bet the example you set didn't hurt a bit.  Kids don't get the idea that physical fitness is important spontaneously.  Someone has to show them the way. 

[GreenMan]

Unca Fred and the Greenman won't approve! 

[Run Amok]

Well, she's two weeks in and seems to like it.   I'm hoping they keep offering this program. Maybe I'll send them a note of appreciation.

[fancypants]

Two weeks is usually enough to get someone over the hump

[RandMart]

Unca Fred and the Greenman won't approve! 

I don't "disapprove" of CrossFit in any way; I disapprove of people getting themselves hurt just to save face with knuckleheads

And I disapprove of those knuckleheads who put others in a position to get hurt, just because THEY wanna look so fucking cool

If someone is in a new workout routine, and they doing regularly AND safely, and it's showing results [both inside AND out]; I totally support that

[RandMart]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/benefits-of-crossfit-running_n_3862352.html

[diablita]

It's been great for my running.  I've never won age group awards until I started doing CF.

[RandMart]

It's been great for my running.  I've never won age group awards until I started doing CF.

So, there you go!

Well done!!!

[diablita]

 

[wherestheportojohn]

Dev is wicked fit.

[radial]

Dev is wicked fit.

As are you, dearie. 

[Schrödinger’s Bat]

It's been great for my running.  I've never won age group awards until I started doing CF.

My DH didn't do crossfit (trademark), but did his own versions of some of the exercises via a trainer and on his own last year.
He ran 4 marathons with no injuries, and did a PB time @ Chicago. The no injuries, for his biomechanics, is almost a miracle.

I guarantee that that training made all the difference to his running.

[diablita]

Great to read, Sbat.  I didn't know that factored into his training.

Since that last post, I won another AG award (second in my age group).  I'm in this sweet spot where I can squat and throw 14 pound balls at the wall AND none of the fast women in my age group are showing up at the races I run. 

[Richard21142]

While I don't do "CrossFit", I lift aerobically daily.  The upper body strength I have has been critical for being able to drive the last mile of a race and still have a really good "kick".

[markalan]

I've been doing Crossfit since the end of April and it's great - our trainers constantly pushing form, just so nobody gets hurt. Every class start with a skill session, just working on a specific movement, that will get incorporated into the WOD.   And even then we're still getting our form corrected.  We have people at all levels in a class from old farts like me, to a couple of people training for the Games. 

[RandMart]

http://fittish.deadspin.com/rebuttal-no-crossfit-does-not-terribly-maim-or-disfig-1582870025

A video released yesterday claims to be the "Ultimate Crossfit [SIC] Fails Compilation," during which you see a common theme of pain and worst-case scenarios in the gym. Problem is, that's not CrossFit, according to a company rep.

"The majority of it was not people doing CrossFit," says Russ Greene, a CrossFit spokesman. "So that just indicates that this [video] person—and people in general—are confused about what it is. And that's understandable."

In the video, there is a clip from a powerlifting competition. CrossFit athletes may do Olympic lifting, but that's a completely different sport. There's also a clip from American Ninja Warrior training. That's TV.

Really, Greene says, the video should be called "Workout Fails" or "Athletic Fails"—but that's not as catchy. CrossFit is more than a fitness regimen; it's a cult and culture, a popular but insular community that has only recently begun to explain itself to the world.

***

There are millions of people doing CrossFit every year. You probably know a few because they won't shut up about it. But the danger is taking a few anecdotes to categorize the whole.

Does the clip show any CrossFit gyms or athletes? Yes, Greene says, but many aren't. Regardless, there's a lot more to it than blindly box jumping and barbell-pressing.

"More people are learning about what it really is," he says, "rather than a caricature, which is not based on reality."

The vid in question is below, and I agree; just because something is done in a crappy warehouse doesn't make it CrossFit

Ultimate Crossfit Fails Compilation || FailArmy

[RandMart]

The xGF who runs the CF box sent this pic to me yesterday; I just may need to sign up & get one



https://www.mastersfunctionalfitnessleague.com/

[GreenMan]

 

[BobM59]

I don't "disapprove" of CrossFit in any way; I disapprove of people getting themselves hurt just to save face with knuckleheads

And I disapprove of those knuckleheads who put others in a position to get hurt, just because THEY wanna look so fucking cool

If someone is in a new workout routine, and they doing regularly AND safely, and it's showing results [both inside AND out]; I totally support that

Haven't been in this thread for a while, but checked back and really like this post.

The other thing that keeps me at arms length is that I don't want to be any more of a self-obsessed douche than I already am, and the people that I know that have gone down the road with Crossfit are fucking INSUFFERABLE.

I'd love the results.  I don't mind the work.  I don't want to turn into that guy.