Crossfit

Hello, I have been doing Crossfit for a couple of years and I love it. Anything you ever need to know, just ask!!!

I started in August. I'm addicted.

rabbitjb wrote: »

I was interested in the concept but had a negative attitude towards it so I asked aroundn

I decided it would be a very bad fit for me as I am best being competitive against myself rather than others, form is extremely important to me, I've spent the last 7 months trying to recover from bilateral tendonitis and the risk of injury seems insanely high, my endurance is not my key strength and I am targeting that, I don't do well in group activities and prefer personal attention from my coach, and seriously rhabdo fear

I'm pretty much the exact same way. But, my personal trainer and I do short 30 min. crossfit sessions when the box is empty so it's just he and I. I do like the fast pace but it's one-on-one so he can keep track of my form. Otherwise, I agree, I'm not competitive with others; just against myself and I wouldn't want to risk an injury.

Hey all - just joined my local box and will be attending my first on-ramp in a couple of weeks. Feel free to add me although I'm am not SUPER consistent when it comes to interacting with my friends on here.

I've been doing CrossFit for about 6 months now and love it. I'll never go back to doing the old split type workouts I used to do in the gym 5-6 days a week.

I agree with rybo. The biggest competition for me is myself. The competition against others in my box is friendly and serves to make it all fun and further push myself in ways I normally wouldn't (i.e. if I'm in the lead on a particular workout, and my "nemesis" (tongue in cheek) is close behind me trying to catch me (this happened just the other week) then I've got to keep pushing myself all the way through the end and can't let up and take it easy for that last minute of the workout. So she pushes me to work harder, and my being in front of her pushes her to work harder to catch me. It's all friendly and neither of us really care who finishes first, just that we both gave it our all. So that's my goal every day.... to put forth 100% effort each workout, and not be able to look back and find I could have done better. That's not always easy.... CrossFit can make a 6 minute workout seem like it stretches for an eternity, and each workout comes down to 1 maybe 2 times where you can keep pushing through the pain (i.e. you're exhausted) or you can stop and give-up. The former makes you feel great ALL day long. The later makes you yearn for the next workout so you can redeem yourself. At least that's how it is for me.

As for personal attention, I have a built in personal trainer at every training session I do, and he's always right on me if my form is not spot on, especially when you get into the Olympic lifts. I thought I had pretty good form before starting CrossFit. Turns out my form was crap. It's been 6 months and I'm still working to get the finer points of the Oly lifts down. For the record to, my injury rate under CrossFit is non-existent compared to when I was working out on my own.

I'm a half-assed crossfitter - started in the summer last year and rolled my ankle so I had to give it a break, and now with winter I'm struggling to get back into it. But I love it, and the husband kind of hates me for coming home feeling that exercise high when I DO go!

Been crossfitting for almost a year and absolutly love it. Was wondering how to enter it MFP. Whole class or just WOD time? Suggestions
Keep at it everyone.

BZAH10 wrote: »

crossfitknitter wrote: »

I'm a half-assed crossfitter - started in the summer last year and rolled my ankle so I had to give it a break, and now with winter I'm struggling to get back into it. But I love it, and the husband kind of hates me for coming home feeling that exercise high when I DO go!

Well that's not cool at all. Sorry that happens, but just keep going and be consistent. Surely he'll understand that if you're happy with yourself then you'll be happier all the way around.

Eh, it's kind of our running joke. I once dragged him to a 5am workout class and he passed out 15 minutes in. Turns out he has low blood pressure, and apparently he doesn't get the good feelings I do - he just feels sick and like he needs to lay down. So now I come home all bubbly and he tells me "you suck" and we just laugh about it.

rybo wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

I was interested in the concept but had a negative attitude towards it so I asked aroundn

I decided it would be a very bad fit for me as I am best being competitive against myself rather than others, form is extremely important to me, I've spent the last 7 months trying to recover from bilateral tendonitis and the risk of injury seems insanely high, my endurance is not my key strength and I am targeting that, I don't do well in group activities and prefer personal attention from my coach, and seriously rhabdo fear

I swear from all the comments I read I go to the only good box out there. Other than a few people that try to beat each other in friendly competition, competing ONLY against yourself is heavily emphasized, you are taught proper form before doing any move, and I have yet to see anyone stop coming to class due to injury in over a year.

This is exactly what our local box is like, too (small town - only one CF box). Our coaches are amazing and proper form is of the utmost important, as well as not pushing yourself beyond safety. I know that there are a lot of questionable boxes/coaches out there, but I know there are great ones, too. CrossFit isn't inherently bad or dangerous - it's the coaches and whether they are doing it right.