Anybody do CrossFit?
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don't listen to rachel, she hates all things crossfit, and gives no reason other then a few pictures of people that have hurt themselves, and an article about someone that had to go to the hospital after a crossfit session. however, she fails to point out that these people were injured or hospitalized because they were either doing the work out lazily or working outside of their comfort zone.
i do not belong to a crossfit gym or "box," but i do work out with a personal trainer that has shown me a few crossfit work outs. he puts a big emphasis on form and proper completion. no half a$$ing it. it is a great addition to my normal work outs.
you can get injured doing just about any type of work out, whether it is running, cycling, swimming, or whatever. and box jumps are an awesome, explosive physical work out.0 -
I have been highly addicted to crossfit for over a year.
I am so sorry you are addicted to Crossfit. You might want to check around in your area and see if they are any recovery groups for people that want to deal with their Crossfit addiction.
I know several people that were severely addicted to Crossfit until one of their extreme workouts landed them in the emergency room.
Reading this article from the New York Times might be a good place to start in breaking the grip of your Crossfit addiction:
Getting Fit, Even If It Kills You
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/22Fitness.html?pagewanted=all
You again?
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I just bought personal training sessions at my gym. He said he does cross fit - excited to start!
When you find out how sore you are going to be after a Crossfit workout, you might be a bit less excited than you are now.
I know people that are in great shape, and could barely walk for 3 or 4 days after they started doing Crossfit. They went back a few times times to see if they felt any better, but ultimately decided it wasn't worth the pain and suffering to continue, even though they could not get a refund for the rest of the month they had already paid for at the Crossfit gym.
Oh no!?? People get sore from working out?
Next you're going to say that competing in Ironman races are bad for your health too because one time this guy had a heart attack... yeah... :huh:0 -
I have been highly addicted to crossfit for over a year.
I am so sorry you are addicted to Crossfit. You might want to check around in your area and see if they are any recovery groups for people that want to deal with their Crossfit addiction.
I know several people that were severely addicted to Crossfit until one of their extreme workouts landed them in the emergency room.
Reading this article from the New York Times might be a good place to start in breaking the grip of your Crossfit addiction:
Getting Fit, Even If It Kills You
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/22Fitness.html?pagewanted=all
You again?
:noway: :huh:
Her workouts consist of scrolling through hundreds and hundreds of forums looking for crossfit threads to hijack.0 -
Last night we did 8,3,5 at 90% on back squats. It was a strength training warm-up before the WOD. The majority of Crossfit gyms build strength exercises, not the other way around. Unfortunately, the general population only considers the WOD instead of the entire hour you attend. You understand that we aren't doing 20 Olympic lifts in one sitting at 100% right? That is a misconception; if someone tells you that, they are an idiot. The WODs are always at 60-80% max weight in order to account for the speed and the reps. As for injury, that varies greatly with the gym and the trainers, but trainers are required to become certified before ever leading a workout. Certification is expensive and hard so I don't take it lightly.
-When is the next time you will back squat, and what will be the weight/rep scheme?
-I understand the Olympic lifts are done and low weight for high reps. My point is that this is not how Olympic lifts are meant to be done, and it will lead to form breakdown and injury risk. This is not even counting if your form was any good in the first place. Olympic lifts are HARD to learn properly, I'd doubt that most of the coaches are even doing them right.
-The crossfit certification process certainly is expensive, but I would not classify it as rigorous.
the main website has the WOD posted for tomorrow and it is back squats 3-3-3-3-3. low reps and try to pr weight.0 -
No!!!! Don't do crossfit! It is so dangerous! You WILL die!0
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No!!!! Don't do crossfit! It is so dangerous! You WILL die!
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No!!!! Don't do crossfit! It is so dangerous! You WILL die!
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What kind of animal is that supposed to be?0 -
i can't tell if you're being serious about crossfit killing someone or not. you just can't make claims about things like that as fact.No!!!! Don't do crossfit! It is so dangerous! You WILL die!
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What kind of animal is that supposed to be?0 -
-Strength training should involve progressive overload, meaning your goal is to get stronger, little by little. Crossfit does a poor job of that.
THIS is the #1 reason I don't want to do anything with CrossFit. I'm a numbers nerd, if I don't see my lifts staying the same or increasing from session to session, something is wrong. Without that consistency, how can I measure progress?
I run too. Numbers there are easy. I can run X minutes/mile over Y distance. Next time I try a little faster or longer, there is progress. Weight training is no different to me.
The other side of the coin? My wife LOVES crossfit and other functional training. Whisper sweet nothings into her ear like "sandbag", "truck tire", "kettlebell" and she melts.0 -
i can't tell if you're being serious about crossfit killing someone or not. you just can't make claims about things like that as fact.No!!!! Don't do crossfit! It is so dangerous! You WILL die!
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What kind of animal is that supposed to be?
I know how much you enjoy a good chart!
crossfit is ranked #1... even more dangerous than stroke and cancer...0 -
lol. what are your sources?0
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To each his own on what style workouts you like to do and get results from but, getting kind of tired of people bagging on things they HAVE NEVER TRIED!!! It's called pushing yourself people, trying to do something you couldn't do before. If you are not into that, they stop talking and do your little treadmill or what makes you happy in your glass house and quit telling people they are making a bad choice. I enjoy crossfit workouts...I am getting stronger, losing crazy inches and enjoy challenging myself. So leave me and everyone else alone that wants to increase their fitness. I can get injured stepping off a curb wrong. Find a better past time then blasting every forum about crossfit that comes along and allow people to exchange ideas that want too!0
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lol. what are your sources?
Silence is a source of great strength.
And this tigger image I found when googling crossfit dangers... http://beastmodaldomains.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/crossfit-box-jump-tigger.jpg0 -
I signed up for it, starting next month!!! Kinda scared!!!0
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To each his own on what style workouts you like to do and get results from but, getting kind of tired of people bagging on things they HAVE NEVER TRIED!!! It's called pushing yourself people, trying to do something you couldn't do before. If you are not into that, they stop talking and do your little treadmill or what makes you happy in your glass house and quit telling people they are making a bad choice. I enjoy crossfit workouts...I am getting stronger, losing crazy inches and enjoy challenging myself. So leave me and everyone else alone that wants to increase their fitness. I can get injured stepping off a curb wrong. Find a better past time then blasting every forum about crossfit that comes along and allow people to exchange ideas that want too!
thank you.0 -
To each his own on what style workouts you like to do and get results from but, getting kind of tired of people bagging on things they HAVE NEVER TRIED!!! It's called pushing yourself people, trying to do something you couldn't do before. If you are not into that, they stop talking and do your little treadmill or what makes you happy in your glass house and quit telling people they are making a bad choice. I enjoy crossfit workouts...I am getting stronger, losing crazy inches and enjoy challenging myself. So leave me and everyone else alone that wants to increase their fitness. I can get injured stepping off a curb wrong. Find a better past time then blasting every forum about crossfit that comes along and allow people to exchange ideas that want too!
thank you.
if i try crossfit will i become hot and wet and have a huge smile?0 -
lol. what are your sources?
Silence is a source of great strength.
And this tigger image I found when googling crossfit dangers... http://beastmodaldomains.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/crossfit-box-jump-tigger.jpg
silence is a source of strength. but you can't just say crossfit causes more death then cancer and not provide a source. like the great homer simpsons said, "people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that."0 -
To each his own on what style workouts you like to do and get results from but, getting kind of tired of people bagging on things they HAVE NEVER TRIED!!! It's called pushing yourself people, trying to do something you couldn't do before. If you are not into that, they stop talking and do your little treadmill or what makes you happy in your glass house and quit telling people they are making a bad choice. I enjoy crossfit workouts...I am getting stronger, losing crazy inches and enjoy challenging myself. So leave me and everyone else alone that wants to increase their fitness. I can get injured stepping off a curb wrong. Find a better past time then blasting every forum about crossfit that comes along and allow people to exchange ideas that want too!
thank you.
if i try crossfit will i become hot and wet and have a huge smile?
christina I noticed your profile says that you do cheerleading, and you don't believe there is a risk of injury when you get thrown into the air?? I am pretty sure I can find some statistics about people getting injured doing that. Severe injuries like paralysis and death from landing on their head and neck.0 -
lol. what are your sources?
Silence is a source of great strength.
And this tigger image I found when googling crossfit dangers... http://beastmodaldomains.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/crossfit-box-jump-tigger.jpg
silence is a source of strength. but you can't just say crossfit causes more death then cancer and not provide a source. like the great homer simpsons said, "people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that."
very wise indeed.
the source lies within the interweb. there is great truth in the interweb.
Crossfit is a system, engineman. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.0 -
To each his own on what style workouts you like to do and get results from but, getting kind of tired of people bagging on things they HAVE NEVER TRIED!!! It's called pushing yourself people, trying to do something you couldn't do before. If you are not into that, they stop talking and do your little treadmill or what makes you happy in your glass house and quit telling people they are making a bad choice. I enjoy crossfit workouts...I am getting stronger, losing crazy inches and enjoy challenging myself. So leave me and everyone else alone that wants to increase their fitness. I can get injured stepping off a curb wrong. Find a better past time then blasting every forum about crossfit that comes along and allow people to exchange ideas that want too!
thank you.
if i try crossfit will i become hot and wet and have a huge smile?
christina I noticed your profile says that you do cheerleading, and you don't believe there is a risk of injury when you get thrown into the air?? I am pretty sure I can find some statistics about people getting injured doing that. Severe injuries like paralysis and death from landing on their head and neck.
Oh noooo, I dont cheerlead! That is a quote from Bring in On! :laugh:0 -
Christina, I need your approval to cut down some lollipop trees outside the seamonkey hut. These decisions have to go through you because you're the mayor of crazytown.0
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:Christina, I need your approval to cut down some lollipop trees outside the seamonkey hut. These decisions have to go through you because you're the mayor of crazytown.0 -
Christina, I need your approval to cut down some lollipop trees outside the seamonkey hut. These decisions have to go through you because you're the mayor of crazytown.
Is this located near a pineapple under the sea?
Also, Crazytown was a great band, with a hot tattooed lead singer. I would love to be in charge...
My answer is always yes!0 -
so basically you like to talk in circles, post crap and lie on your profile and see who you can get worked up. I personally am not on this site for this purpose. I am here to get in shape, meet people with similar goals and exchange GOOD information with people. Have a nice day0
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I have been highly addicted to crossfit for over a year.
I am so sorry you are addicted to Crossfit. You might want to check around in your area and see if they are any recovery groups for people that want to deal with their Crossfit addiction.
I know several people that were severely addicted to Crossfit until one of their extreme workouts landed them in the emergency room.
Reading this article from the New York Times might be a good place to start in breaking the grip of your Crossfit addiction:
Getting Fit, Even If It Kills You
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/fashion/thursdaystyles/22Fitness.html?pagewanted=all
Please elaborate on your friends that landed in the ER. I'm curious what got them there.
The article you always reference is 1 of 5, being the most severe, cases of rhabdomyolysis seen from Crossfit workouts.
Another, college football:
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/26/iowa-hospitalizations-reportedly-caused-by-exertional-rhabdomyol/
Further point:
"Exertional rhabdomyolysis is largely unpredictable. It can happen to persons of either sex, and any age, and it can be caused by a variety of physical activities. When it occurs after exercise, it doesn't always require the exercise session to be extreme. In case #3 above, it occurred after only 110 deep knee bends, which were probably completed in no more than 15-20 minutes. A 29-year old man developed rhabdomyolysis after doing 30-40 sit-ups per day for 5 consecutive days (Kao PF, et al. 1998). In another report, over 100 high schoolers developed rhabdomyolysis after doing 120 push-ups in 5 minutes (Lin AC, et al. 2005)."
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so basically you like to talk in circles, post crap and lie on your profile and see who you can get worked up. I personally am not on this site for this purpose. I am here to get in shape, meet people with similar goals and exchange GOOD information with people. Have a nice day
Oh noezzzzzzzzzz you have me allllllllllll wrong. I like to post absurd quotes and see who is smart enough to figure out which movie I'm quoting. I also, like to laugh at people who don't get it and get worked up over trivial things.0 -
I just bought personal training sessions at my gym. He said he does cross fit - excited to start!
When you find out how sore you are going to be after a Crossfit workout, you might be a bit less excited than you are now.
I know people that are in great shape, and could barely walk for 3 or 4 days after they started doing Crossfit. They went back a few times times to see if they felt any better, but ultimately decided it wasn't worth the pain and suffering to continue, even though they could not get a refund for the rest of the month they had already paid for at the Crossfit gym.
Oh no!?? People get sore from working out?
Next you're going to say that competing in Ironman races are bad for your health too because one time this guy had a heart attack... yeah... :huh:
This. And this is a bit random, but since I'm a runner ...I found this interesting: Jim Fixx, an avid runner/marathoner and writer who wrote the bestselling "Complete Book of Running" in 1977...died of a heart attack shortly after his daily run. Immediately opponents of running (it was not a popular "average person" fitness choice back then) said "Oh! Must have been the running!" No, not exactly.Turns out Jim Fixx had a host of genetic issues that contributed to his heart attack and death. I know that every time I run out the door...I could get hit by a car, chased by a mountain lion (I do live in Colorado), have a heart attack, choke on my Shot Bloks, slip and fall and break a freaking hip...but I still run.
I don't understand why RachelSNO feels the need to hijack every CrossFit thread with the same comments and tired old link every time. I too, know someone who knew someone who knew someone who injured themselves while doing X activity. Some people still choose to do X activity. To each their own.
Dear RachelSNO, start an anti-CrossFitter's group, please. If someone posts their enjoyment of CrossFit, why is it your mission to say something negative about their choice of activity? I don't even do CrossFit and I find my interest piqued every time I read another one of your rants. Kind of reverse psychology
Sorry, stepping off the soapbox now (not jumping! that might be too dangerous!
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so basically you like to talk in circles, post crap and lie on your profile and see who you can get worked up. I personally am not on this site for this purpose. I am here to get in shape, meet people with similar goals and exchange GOOD information with people. Have a nice day
Oh noezzzzzzzzzz you have me allllllllllll wrong. I like to post absurd quotes and see who is smart enough to figure out which movie I'm quoting. I also, like to laugh at people who don't get it and get worked up over trivial things.
unfortunately there is so much misinformation on here and people willing to spread it. and you just basically said your a troll. good luck in life.0 -
so basically you like to talk in circles, post crap and lie on your profile and see who you can get worked up. I personally am not on this site for this purpose. I am here to get in shape, meet people with similar goals and exchange GOOD information with people. Have a nice day
Oh noezzzzzzzzzz you have me allllllllllll wrong. I like to post absurd quotes and see who is smart enough to figure out which movie I'm quoting. I also, like to laugh at people who don't get it and get worked up over trivial things.
Am I the only one who believes that all of Christina's posts were meant as sarcasm and not to be taken as serious?
Relax, folks.0
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