why are crossfit facilities/ classes SO expensive?

If the trainers at my gym ever connected with Crossfit, I would withdraw my membership and go elsewhere. I don't want to have anything to do with the Crossfit KookAid Cult.

I wonder does the cult thing stem from how people broadcast themselves?
There must be hundreds of thousands of people doing Crossfit who feel absolutely no desire to talk about it or lecture about it.
They get in, they work out, they enjoy it.
But the people who get our attention are those who want it.
So people gauge their opinion of Crossfitters ( I dunno, is that the term for participants? ) based on those who would be foremost in their consciousness - unfortunately, this is usually the most annoying or militant of participants. The Evangelical type.
But like I said - if soeone's an *kitten* about crossfit, they'd probably be an assole about stamp collecting.

Could someone tell me a bit about the earlier remark about all wearing the same clothes etc?
Is there like a unifom that you have to get when you join a Crossfit gym?

There is a market for gear that is "CrossFit" seific, be it Rogue Fitness, CrossFit Games, or just some local garage throwdown.... But it's like the adventure race stuff. People just love their swag!

So it's not compulsory? Like say a Gi ( spelling? ) for a martial arts dojo?

If logging workouts and therefore having them show up in the newsfeed of anyone on my friends list means broadcasting, then I guess I'm broadcasting. And if defending something I have firsthand knowledge and experience in against many, many naysayers who have none makes me annoying and/or militant, then I guess I am guilty as charged -- in your eyes.

Like MissJJ, I don't bash other people's workout choices. And I don't just do CrossFit, either. I do water aerobics, yoga, good old fashioned walking, dancing, boxing, lifting, etc. I'm in a band and I've worn my HRM on stage to capture the burn because I am dancing and moving the whole time I'm up there. Fitness to me isn't about any one choice I make. It's about all of them.

But since I'm obviously just a brainwashed yuppie chugging Koolaid while throwing my money at the latest fad because I need to sit at the cool kids' table, what the hell do I know, amirite?

Could someone tell me a bit about the earlier remark about all wearing the same clothes etc?
Is there like a unifom that you have to get when you join a Crossfit gym?

There is a market for gear that is "CrossFit" seific, be it Rogue Fitness, CrossFit Games, or just some local garage throwdown.... But it's like the adventure race stuff. People just love their swag!

So it's not compulsory? Like say a Gi ( spelling? ) for a martial arts dojo?

Absolutely not. People in my box/gym wear anything and everything. I wear the undershirt from my uniform (Air Force ABU, tan undershirt), and generic training shorts. Some people come in looking like they're sponsored by Under Armor. Some come in wearing their "CrossFit" gear. Others wear a mixmash of Yoga pants and New Balance shirts. Our box has our own swag, sometimes I wear that shirt but not too often. Same thing with shoes. Some wear 5-fingers, some wear minimalist, others wear running shoes, while others wear power lifting shoes, and still others wear trail running shoes. We have a couple guys who will take their shoes off for WODs.

This seems like a jumble of information, but really, I'm just remembering last nights WOD.

If logging workouts and therefore having them show up in the newsfeed of anyone on my friends list means broadcasting, then I guess I'm broadcasting. And if defending something I have firsthand knowledge and experience in against many, many naysayers who have none makes me annoying and/or militant, then I guess I am guilty as charged -- in your eyes.

Like MissJJ, I don't bash other people's workout choices. And I don't just do CrossFit, either. I do water aerobics, yoga, good old fashioned walking, dancing, boxing, lifting, etc. I'm in a band and I've worn my HRM on stage to capture the burn because I am dancing and moving the whole time I'm up there. Fitness to me isn't about any one choice I make. It's about all of them.

But since I'm obviously just a brainwashed yuppie chugging Koolaid while throwing my money at the latest fad because I need to sit at the cool kids' table, what the hell do I know, amirite?

Woah, reel it in. I'm not in the market for an argument, a confrontation or an online throwdown.
I wasn't referencing anyone in particular, more the nature of evangelism and how SOME PEOPLE can't help but elevate their own pastimes above others and how some people can't accept any criticism of said pastimes without bristling. It's easy enough to shrug the shoulders and say " *kitten* ya ".
But since you've decided to pick up on me in particular I'd like to make a few points.

1. I've not singled out any one poster.
2. I've not offered an opinion on the work out - just on the obvious furore.
3. I've said noting negative about Crossfit or it's participants - just asked a few questions.
4. I've not felt the need to resort to any sarcasm, derogatory tone of address or aggression.
5. As soon as I thought someone had been offended by my post I was sue to address te apparent offence and explain it was unintended and offer an apology.

Perhaps you could find a way to incorporate some of those behaviours into your own form of address.

If logging workouts and therefore having them show up in the newsfeed of anyone on my friends list means broadcasting, then I guess I'm broadcasting. And if defending something I have firsthand knowledge and experience in against many, many naysayers who have none makes me annoying and/or militant, then I guess I am guilty as charged -- in your eyes.

Like MissJJ, I don't bash other people's workout choices. And I don't just do CrossFit, either. I do water aerobics, yoga, good old fashioned walking, dancing, boxing, lifting, etc. I'm in a band and I've worn my HRM on stage to capture the burn because I am dancing and moving the whole time I'm up there. Fitness to me isn't about any one choice I make. It's about all of them.

But since I'm obviously just a brainwashed yuppie chugging Koolaid while throwing my money at the latest fad because I need to sit at the cool kids' table, what the hell do I know, amirite?

Woah, reel it in. I'm not in the market for an argument, a confrontation or an online throwdown.
I wasn't referencing anyone in particular, more the nature of evangelism and how SOME PEOPLE can't help but elevate their own pastimes above others and how some people can't accept any criticism of said pastimes without bristling. It's easy enough to shrug the shoulders and say " *kitten* ya ".
But since you've decided to pick up on me in particular I'd like to make a few points.

1. I've not singled out any one poster.
2. I've not offered an opinion on the work out - just on the obvious furore.
3. I've said noting negative about Crossfit or it's participants - just asked a few questions.
4. I've not felt the need to resort to any sarcasm, derogatory tone of address or aggression.
5. As soon as I thought someone had been offended by my post I was sue to address te apparent offence and explain it was unintended and offer an apology.

Perhaps you could find a way to incorporate some of those behaviours into your own form of address.

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Shucks.

how much are normal cults to join?

^^ this

CF is a cult, status symbol and yuppy club

seriously. just like a football team. going to your work outs, wearing the same clothes, speaking the same kind of lingo, and it's such a jock breeding ground.

I must be doing it wrong. I have yet to see two people in the crossfit gym wearing the same clothes...the lingo has been far more generic than crossfit-specific (although I suspect it exists, I just haven't been subjected to it yet), and if it's a jock breeding ground, they must be doing it wrong, because it's about 50/50 men/women...(although granted nearly all of both the men and women are remarkably fit looking and strong, so may I just need to expand my definition of the word "jock").

And I've yet to be snapped with a towel or mocked for being so scrawny, so it isn't anything like when I was last on a football team (25ish years ago).

Exactly. Which is why that response was so full of win, since the person who said "CF is a cult, status symbol and yuppy club" was wearing a football uniform in his profile pic.

Wow. This "clothing" category for cult status caught me off guard. So now when I wear Nike basketball gear to the court or a woman wears Lulu to her yoga class we are now part of the cult of basketball or yoga?

good to know, thanks

A boxing gym is about 70 bucks a month. With 90 minute classes offered about 5 times per day, and small class sizes (as low as 3 if you go to my gym at 6 am), and individualized attention. It's not cheap, but you get WAY more for your buck than you would at a Crossfit gym. You get strength, cardio, endurance, coordination, balance, and you learn a new sport / skill. It also has a cult like group atmosphere that gets people pretty hooked.

From what I've been reading on this thread, part of the problem stems from their being no clear definition as to what Crossfit is or isn't. There is a Crossfit website that lists the Workout of the Day, but many Crossfit facilities don't use that as their workout.

When I take group classes at the YMCA, there is a standard as to what a strength training workout is, what a spin workout is, what a step class workout is, etc because they use workouts designed by the Body Training Systems franchise. They are free to substitute a track (exercise routine done to rock music) from one seasonal release for another, but everything within that workout was created by the Body Training Systems franchise. I would imagine that the Les Mills franchise is similar in that when you see an ad for one of their classes, you basically know what you will be doing. The YMCA also offers personal training, weight loss programs, and non-BTS fitness classes, but that's a different story.

But when people say they do Crossfit, even though Crossfit is a franchise, you really don't know what they do unless they give you detains of their workout that day.

Hey fellow CrossFitters. I need some help. Today I wore long black stretchy pants from Under Armour and a Lululemon top to the box. I just...I just...I just don't know where I belong now? Help!

Hey fellow CrossFitters. I need some help. Today I wore long black stretchy pants from Under Armour and a Lululemon top to the box. I just...I just...I just don't know where I belong now? Help!

It's okay, just tell everyone there your uniform had too many Koolaid stains on it so you had to wash it. Then, do 50 burpees as penance. You should be right as rain in no time.