Anyone belong to Crossfit?

Most offer a free day to try it out, or a bring your friend day if you have a friend there. I do the WODs here and their at home mixed in with what I normally do, cant afford the gym near me.

I wish.. However I can't pay for almost 200$ a month. Way too high for me..

I would suggest doing a search. I've explained my position as someone who used to do Crossfit and honestly, I wouldn't recommend it.

I would suggest doing a search. I've explained my position as someone who used to do Crossfit and honestly, I wouldn't recommend it.

I think it really depends on the person, though. It's olympic style training. it's really not for everyone. It's pretty hardcore. My friend does it, she LOVES it.. but its brutal...and expensive.

There may be some olympic lifts performed in some fashion at times, but I don't think I would call it "olympic style training" If you want to do olympic lifts, learn how to do them properly and incorporate them into a proper training routine with a proper plan for progression.

Hm, well that's what they are calling it at the gym my friend goes to. There is a crap-ton of lifting.. I hear about it all day and night.. seems to be the thing crossfitters do... talk about crossfit non stop lol!

I LOVE olympic lifting. It was my favorite part of Crossfit. We would often do olympic style lifts before a workout. That isn't my issue with Crossfit. My issue is doing certain movements 'for time' which really shouldn't be done 'for time' and results in injuries.

The 'box' I went to also had people with physical ed training in the past. I honestly didn't feel something was amiss until 8-10 months in, when I was being told to push to a point that would cause an injury. I just think there are better options out there. Obviously people can be a menace to themselves but if you are paying a premium for guidance, that guidance shouldn't be something that is known to cause injury. There are some good aspects of Crossfit but I personally feel that the bad outweighs the good.

i like the idea of crossfit, but it's becoming a franchise and a lot of gyms are popping up to capitalize on it. check out crossfit.com and look over the WODs. i pick a few every week to try because they dont take very long. my whole problem with it is that if you arent trained to do the lifts already, you get thrown to the wolves. if you are already efficient at them, you dont need to pay $200+ for someone to tell you to do a squat.

yeah see this is mny problem. I am 0% trained lol. And I still have a hard time paying 200 a month...it's just too much for me.

I wish.. However I can't pay for almost 200$ a month. Way too high for me..

go to bodyrock.tv. do the workouts. they are free and they will kick your *kitten*. also, most workouts include modifications.

Make sure you join a good gym. It pays to do your research. Many of the "certified" Crossfit trainers have no professional fitness background. They're just Crossfit fanatics that paid a bundle for a weekend conference and have no idea how to coach and modify their program for individuals. You have to make sure your instructor has top notch qualifications or you have a good change of getting seriously injured.

^^^^THIS!!!

My son joined a 'box' and he has gotten great results and loves it. He is the kind who is not good at motivating himself and working out alone, and that is why CrossFit was such a good fit for him. He really likes the whole group/camaraderie dynamic of it.
I gotta take issue too with these people who say: 'Oooo. Be careful! CrossFit trainers don't know what they are doing.' You can't tell. The trainers at my son's box actually have physical ed and physical therapy backgrounds. You can hurt yourself doing anything if you are not a little careful. In general, the lifts they have you do in CrossFit are not done with enough weight to be highly dangerous, since you are combining it with a bunch of cardio.
Shoot, I see guys at my YMCA who are a menace not just to themselves but to those around them. Should we, therefore, say: 'Oooo. Don't go to the Y. People have hurt themselves there.'

The fact is lots of people get injured doing crossfit and less get injured doing standard weight lifting that just about any other sport there is. Yes you CAN get injured doing anything, but more people DO get injured doing crossfit.

haha, I was thinking the same thing!

My son joined a 'box' and he has gotten great results and loves it. He is the kind who is not good at motivating himself and working out alone, and that is why CrossFit was such a good fit for him. He really likes the whole group/camaraderie dynamic of it.
I gotta take issue too with these people who say: 'Oooo. Be careful! CrossFit trainers don't know what they are doing.' You can't tell. The trainers at my son's box actually have physical ed and physical therapy backgrounds. You can hurt yourself doing anything if you are not a little careful. In general, the lifts they have you do in CrossFit are not done with enough weight to be highly dangerous, since you are combining it with a bunch of cardio.
Shoot, I see guys at my YMCA who are a menace not just to themselves but to those around them. Should we, therefore, say: 'Oooo. Don't go to the Y. People have hurt themselves there.'

The fact is lots of people get injured doing crossfit and less get injured doing standard weight lifting that just about any other sport there is. Yes you CAN get injured doing anything, but more people DO get injured doing crossfit.

Figures please. Or source of this information. Anecdotal stories do not make a fact.
I tore my ACL playing soccer. I have heard of many others who have done the same. Does that mean soccer is a REALLY dangerous sport? No. Only reasonably so.
But if I listened to "Bob sprained his ankle really bad" I'd have the impression that soccer is a carnage factory.

Quoted from this link http://www.thedreamlounge.net/crossfit-injury/

But … you have no PROOF. Show me PROOF (otherwise I’ll just keep doing CrossFit™)
The CrossFit.com official message board (link) has entire sections dedicated to reported injuries.

I don’t know what further proof you could possibly need when you have that staring you in the face.

There are over 31,000 posts in the injury section alone, which only refer to injuries that are being reported there, and not reported exclusively elsewhere, never mind an unknown number of unreported injuries occurring every year.

These people have dug their own grave.

You want studies?

Newsflash : studies are measurements of data already occurring.

A 50 year study of CrossFit™ protocol that starts tomorrow, and agrees with what I’m saying in this post, means that for the next 50 years, hundreds of thousands if not millions of people will be performing a supposed exercise program with a 100% chance of injury.

It does not suddenly gain this aspect when the lab rats come to a conclusion. It was true the entire ****ing time, and before they even started.

More

http://physicalliving.com/crossfit-at-its-worst-dont-try-this-at-home/

http://www.endofthreefitness.com/is-crossfit-injury-ridden/

http://www.tsmethod.com/blog/crossfit-workouts-what-is-wrong-with-crossfit/


You are welcome for me performing the simple task of using Google for you.

My son joined a 'box' and he has gotten great results and loves it. He is the kind who is not good at motivating himself and working out alone, and that is why CrossFit was such a good fit for him. He really likes the whole group/camaraderie dynamic of it.
I gotta take issue too with these people who say: 'Oooo. Be careful! CrossFit trainers don't know what they are doing.' You can't tell. The trainers at my son's box actually have physical ed and physical therapy backgrounds. You can hurt yourself doing anything if you are not a little careful. In general, the lifts they have you do in CrossFit are not done with enough weight to be highly dangerous, since you are combining it with a bunch of cardio.
Shoot, I see guys at my YMCA who are a menace not just to themselves but to those around them. Should we, therefore, say: 'Oooo. Don't go to the Y. People have hurt themselves there.'

The fact is lots of people get injured doing crossfit and less get injured doing standard weight lifting that just about any other sport there is. Yes you CAN get injured doing anything, but more people DO get injured doing crossfit.

Figures please. Or source of this information. Anecdotal stories do not make a fact.
I tore my ACL playing soccer. I have heard of many others who have done the same. Does that mean soccer is a REALLY dangerous sport? No. Only reasonably so.
But if I listened to "Bob sprained his ankle really bad" I'd have the impression that soccer is a carnage factory.

Quoted from this link http://www.thedreamlounge.net/crossfit-injury/

But … you have no PROOF. Show me PROOF (otherwise I’ll just keep doing CrossFit™)
The CrossFit.com official message board (link) has entire sections dedicated to reported injuries.

I don’t know what further proof you could possibly need when you have that staring you in the face.

There are over 31,000 posts in the injury section alone, which only refer to injuries that are being reported there, and not reported exclusively elsewhere, never mind an unknown number of unreported injuries occurring every year.

These people have dug their own grave.

You want studies?

Newsflash : studies are measurements of data already occurring.

A 50 year study of CrossFit™ protocol that starts tomorrow, and agrees with what I’m saying in this post, means that for the next 50 years, hundreds of thousands if not millions of people will be performing a supposed exercise program with a 100% chance of injury.

It does not suddenly gain this aspect when the lab rats come to a conclusion. It was true the entire ****ing time, and before they even started.

More

http://physicalliving.com/crossfit-at-its-worst-dont-try-this-at-home/

http://www.endofthreefitness.com/is-crossfit-injury-ridden/

http://www.tsmethod.com/blog/crossfit-workouts-what-is-wrong-with-crossfit/


You are welcome for me performing the simple task of using Google for you.

Dude, those are links to other sites that express the same prejudice you hold. Those are not reputable sources and there are no meaningful injury rates reported there. They are not really even credibly convincing sites, which kinda makes my point for me. These are old-school Gold's Gym trainers and power lifters who are threatened by a perception that what they do is being co-opted by people who just aren't doing it right and couldn't possibly know as much as they do.
I could show you probably 31,001 reports on myfitnesspal from people who injured themselves running. Every runner I know has -- shin splints, plantar fasciitis, twisted ankles, severe dehydration.
Really? We should all stop running because it is just too risky?

I cant stop laughing! ^^^^^