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thinbybday wrote: »Much to my surprise, I absolutely love Crossfit. My gym is owned and run by a couple who have Masters level degrees in kinesiology and performance fitness from a major US university. They are meticulous about form for everyone in every class. They are amazing about adapting moves (called "scaling" in Crossfit lingo) for all abilities and injuries. I love how they encourage me to be my best, and do the same for everyone else, whatever their "best" is.
The class I attend has a woman who weighed 450 pounds when she started, and her goal was to be able to stand up out of a chair unassisted and without pulling up on furniture. She worked hard every workout at her level, and has made amazing progress. Now that she can stand up independently, she has set new goals. Instead of "I can't" for everything bc of her size, she pushed hard for things she could do.
Personally, I just wanted to get stronger bc gallons of milk were getting heavy. I've lost 14 pounds, but FOUR clothing sizes. I have maintained a healthy BMI and feel so much better than I ever imagined. (I'm almost 50 years old, for reference.) Without trying to run faster, my 5k times have dropped by over 4 minutes since I started on Halloween.
Our programming is very intentional, rather than the "random" that some folks have complained about. It's always different bc that is the essence of the Crossfit workouts.
I don't get into the "high 5" culture, but that's not really the vibe of my gym. I do appreciate when the coaches notice that I've made progress with my pullups or when I did my first 20" box jump.
Otherwise, I just show up, work my tail off, and go home.
Try it, you might love it. If you hate it, it might be Crossfit, or it might just be that specific gym.
Wait a second!
These guys have advanced degrees in kinesiology and performance fitness, and they don't hate Crossfit?
In fact, they choose to do it?
Enough said.
Thank you for the post.5 -
I'm kind of mixed on Cross Fit but that's just for me. Everyone is different. I'm a "wannabe" indoor rower. Just watched a lot of the CF Games Marathon row. The winning male had a pace of a 1:56 for a marathon. Hardly world class for a rower but that's pretty amazing for a big, strong guy. I have to give that guy mass respect from an older weekend warrior rower's perspective. I can only hold that pace he did (I'll be 54 this year so that's part of it) for 5K or so. He did it for 42K -- 2 hours and forty minutes. That's some bad stuff there. Pretty amazing. And he was only doing around 18 SPM. That's like doing 100 pound cleans, 18 per minute, for around 2:40.
My son looks like a body builder and can deadlift over 350 and he weighs only 150. He can barely row 5K. Strength is not fitness. I know tons of guys in a gym much stronger than I am but when it comes to endurance strength, they are awful. CF is going for endurance strength/fitness. To row a marathon in 2:40 is like running a marathon in roughly that time but using twice the muscles. It's brutal. Most weightlifters couldn't row 4K. I've seen it in a gym over and over. They die at around 2K. That is not fitness.
Too expensive for me and I (personally) don't like the idea of rushing through AMAP (as many as possible) but I admire those that do it and love it. Good for them. Some really incredible things that they do.5 -
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Motorsheen wrote: »
Even the people I know who do Crossfit often quote that saying.2 -
Motorsheen wrote: »
Even the people I know who do Crossfit often quote that saying.
Crossfit is huge in our house.
I goof on it all the time.
".....Cult Meeting Tonight ??? "
" How was your little exercise class ?? "5 -
Just saw the very end of this and burst out laughing. "First rule about CrossFit..." My husband just heard this the other day and was absolutely tickled about it. It is so freaking true! We started CrossFit a little over a year ago; both walking in very hesitantly, in a bad place physically, and not expecting much. We became diehard fans in no time, spending about 15 hours a week in our box. We have become what I used to make fun of; people who are so excited about fitness that they talk about it all the time.5
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My favorite is "If you're a vegan crossfitter, what do you evangelize to others about first?"5
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Andy__Dane wrote: »samiejones1 wrote: »Thanks guys. I’m going to go along and check it out and decide from there. I don’t think CrossFit is as much of a ‘thing’ here in the UK as what is is in the US so hopefully some of the bad traits of encouraging over training/ poor form which lead to higher levels of injury haven’t come across the pond with it. I did get a good vibe from their website which contained a lot of videos from people who go there. There Facebook page also has lots of good reviews.
I’ll check back in with you all at the end of the week to let you know how I’ve got on! 🤞🤞🤞I’m still paying for my old gym so if all else fails I’ll go back to that and probably hire a personal trainer to help me learn good form on weightlifting and putting a programme together.
I'm in the UK (Norwich), most of our coaches are all BWL qualified coaches too. Outside of London, it's also a relatively cheap option, I pay £41 a month and train 5 times a week, makes it a bargain in my book.
It's £105 here in Worthing for unlimited (1 coached class a day) or £90 for 2 classes a week. Some are slightly cheaper but further to travel.1 -
To the Original Poster:
Did you go? What did you think?2 -
seasideliving wrote: »Andy__Dane wrote: »samiejones1 wrote: »Thanks guys. I’m going to go along and check it out and decide from there. I don’t think CrossFit is as much of a ‘thing’ here in the UK as what is is in the US so hopefully some of the bad traits of encouraging over training/ poor form which lead to higher levels of injury haven’t come across the pond with it. I did get a good vibe from their website which contained a lot of videos from people who go there. There Facebook page also has lots of good reviews.
I’ll check back in with you all at the end of the week to let you know how I’ve got on! 🤞🤞🤞I’m still paying for my old gym so if all else fails I’ll go back to that and probably hire a personal trainer to help me learn good form on weightlifting and putting a programme together.
I'm in the UK (Norwich), most of our coaches are all BWL qualified coaches too. Outside of London, it's also a relatively cheap option, I pay £41 a month and train 5 times a week, makes it a bargain in my book.
It's £105 here in Worthing for unlimited (1 coached class a day) or £90 for 2 classes a week. Some are slightly cheaper but further to travel.
oof bit of a difference then!0 -
I tried a crossfit class a couple of weeks ago. Most boxes will let you do a few classes for free to get the feel of it. I didn't go back, it just made me want to go back to my regular gym more. It wasn't for me. But, the coach was great. He gave me tips on form and was both cautious with me but also let me do the work they were doing in class at an appropriate level. Definitely a great coach.
Part of the reason I went was because there is so much hate for crossfit, I wanted to try it for myself. If it were more affordable AND they offered childcare, I'd be much more likely to give it a longer try. But it's expensive. Everyone who does it knows it. And for some reason, offering workable childcare is so far outside the realm of possibility for most boxes. Regular gyms seem to manage it just fine.0 -
ExistingFish wrote: »I tried a crossfit class a couple of weeks ago. Most boxes will let you do a few classes for free to get the feel of it. I didn't go back, it just made me want to go back to my regular gym more. It wasn't for me. But, the coach was great. He gave me tips on form and was both cautious with me but also let me do the work they were doing in class at an appropriate level. Definitely a great coach.
Part of the reason I went was because there is so much hate for crossfit, I wanted to try it for myself. If it were more affordable AND they offered childcare, I'd be much more likely to give it a longer try. But it's expensive. Everyone who does it knows it. And for some reason, offering workable childcare is so far outside the realm of possibility for most boxes. Regular gyms seem to manage it just fine.
But I see people post their crossfit pics with their dogs hanging in there.0 -
I love CrossFit too. It works the whole body and doesn’t eliminate one area in favour of another. The WODs are the same for everyone but you scale to your ability. The energy and support is fantastic. It gets you in good condition and you can go do what you want outside the box if looking for other activities0
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