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caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
As a female crossfitter, I really hope I do not come off that way.
As far as poor form and injuries, I think that has more to do with the coach and programming than crossfit itself. Any decent coach will tell you if you have to sacrifice good form, then you need to lower the weights.0 -
Here’s my penn’orth. Expensive? My CrossFit gym (yes, I’m a member) costs around £60 per month depending on plan. My local gym is around £20, but thee are plenty of big chain gyms where £60 would be the cheaper package.
For that monthly cost I get as many classes as I can do. I could go daily, I could go several TIMES a day. Each class has a coach to watch what I am doing, and stop me from being stupid. So I’m paying for a monitored class, AND I can also go to Open Gym to do my own stuff (not treadmills though. Oh, what shall I do? No treadmill? I know, I’ll run OUTSIDE!! Oh but it’s raining. Then I get wet. Thing about skin is – it’s waterproof).
Getting injured – yep. You can get injured. You can also fall over walking down the street, and get hit by a car, which is less likely to happen in a Crossfit gym.
Lifting weights and injuring myself. There’s this thing called ‘Scaling’. So I had a hamstring issue recently, asked the coach, and we scaled the lunges by putting a pad down for one knee so I didn’t hurt myself further.
Speed and poor form. Who is lifting the weights with poor form? You are. Who is to blame for you lifting the weights with poor form? You are. Scale it down if you can’t maintain form, do the reps with the bar if need be.
I dunno maybe I’m just at a different place in my life where I can control myself not to get injured, can challenge myself as much as I need to that day, and don’t give a damn if I don’t get a high five at the end of it (despite which, I still get them). I’m only competing with myself.
I like the Crossfit gym, personally I like the variety, and the camaraderie. If I wanted to do Oly lifts all the time then I’d go elsewhere. When I want to run I run (outside). It works for me, and it seems to work for many others too.
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caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
I appreciate that. I encourage anyone trying to better themselves is any realm of fitness.0 -
Cassandraw3 wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
As a female crossfitter, I really hope I do not come off that way.
As far as poor form and injuries, I think that has more to do with the coach and programming than crossfit itself. Any decent coach will tell you if you have to sacrifice good form, than you need to lower the weights.
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caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
That's interesting. I see a lot of that attitude online, but the crossfit people I know IRL have never been that way... never been people to jam any sort of traning or diet or mantra down anyone else's throats. I guess I just assumed that reputation was more because the mob/pile on mentality that happens online.0 -
Cassandraw3 wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
As a female crossfitter, I really hope I do not come off that way.
As far as poor form and injuries, I think that has more to do with the coach and programming than crossfit itself. Any decent coach will tell you if you have to sacrifice good form, then you need to lower the weights.
This is very true. Problem being, in a one weekend course anyone can become a crossfit coach. That is problematic3 -
Cassandraw3 wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
As a female crossfitter, I really hope I do not come off that way.
As far as poor form and injuries, I think that has more to do with the coach and programming than crossfit itself. Any decent coach will tell you if you have to sacrifice good form, then you need to lower the weights.
This is very true. Problem being, in a one weekend course anyone can become a crossfit coach. That is problematic
With this, I agree. A crossfit certification shouldn't be all that is required. Which is why I go to a gym where the coaches went to school for this and have other certifications as well to qualify them.1 -
Cassandraw3 wrote: »Cassandraw3 wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
As a female crossfitter, I really hope I do not come off that way.
As far as poor form and injuries, I think that has more to do with the coach and programming than crossfit itself. Any decent coach will tell you if you have to sacrifice good form, then you need to lower the weights.
This is very true. Problem being, in a one weekend course anyone can become a crossfit coach. That is problematic
With this, I agree. A crossfit certification shouldn't be all that is required. Which is why I go to a gym where the coaches went to school for this and have other certifications as well to qualify them.
And again, I’m not on here trying to recruit or so set in my ways saying my way is the only way. Crossfit works for me right now. I continue to train this way because I see results. When that concept stalls, I’ll move on to something else but I refuse to stop evolving and will always push the envelope.0 -
CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »Cassandraw3 wrote: »Cassandraw3 wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »My major issues with CrossFit are the emphasis on speed (at the obvious expense of form in the everyday person ranks) and the attendant high rates of injury. It's not that a person can't do CrossFit and be highly successful...any given individual can. However, in my opinion the "sport" is as much about elitism as it is about fitness, and the vocal adherents tend to be cut from the same cloth, which you represent pretty well; former or current athletes that crave a competitive outlet. I fit that mold well myself.
Basically all public level lifting is a disaster for form. CrossFit compounds it by pushing for faster execution.
Well said. Fair enough.
The attitude of crossfitters i encounter is generally ‘dude, come at me bro’. And that’s just the females I know. I imagined/assumed that guys were right on par with that or worse. I’ll readily admit, it’s that air of ready provocation that keeps me far away.
So this response was a breath of fresh air.
As a female crossfitter, I really hope I do not come off that way.
As far as poor form and injuries, I think that has more to do with the coach and programming than crossfit itself. Any decent coach will tell you if you have to sacrifice good form, then you need to lower the weights.
This is very true. Problem being, in a one weekend course anyone can become a crossfit coach. That is problematic
With this, I agree. A crossfit certification shouldn't be all that is required. Which is why I go to a gym where the coaches went to school for this and have other certifications as well to qualify them.
And again, I’m not on here trying to recruit or so set in my ways saying my way is the only way. Crossfit works for me right now. I continue to train this way because I see results. When that concept stalls, I’ll move on to something else but I refuse to stop evolving and will always push the envelope.
Don't get me wrong, I think crossfit is great and I love it. But it really matters where you go. Each gym is different with different coaches and different programming. If you do not go somewhere that knows how to program properly, you will not progress nearly as well as you could. If you go somewhere with good programming, you will continue to make progress.1 -
tinkerhellraiser wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »tinkerhellraiser wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »Exactly
i was just wondering what all it involved but i guess it’s above my head bc i dont know what functional fitness meand
It means lifting stuff with poor form, just like everyday life. Hence functional.
i just heard some people love it and idk i’ll try anything but then one time someone said “omg you have to try orange theory” so i tried orange theory and it was like boot camp with the real housewives of NY
i cant do that again, it crushed my soul
and then that time i tried hot yoga and almost died bc i kept holding my breath so i didn’t breath in other people’s sticky humid body odor air
and pilates was just boring
can anyone for real explain crossfit
Wait. You're in NY?0 -
tinkerhellraiser wrote: »tinkerhellraiser wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »tinkerhellraiser wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »Exactly
i was just wondering what all it involved but i guess it’s above my head bc i dont know what functional fitness meand
It means lifting stuff with poor form, just like everyday life. Hence functional.
i just heard some people love it and idk i’ll try anything but then one time someone said “omg you have to try orange theory” so i tried orange theory and it was like boot camp with the real housewives of NY i cant do that again, it crushed my soul
and then that time i tried hot yoga and almost died bc i kept holding my breath so i didn’t breath in other people’s sticky humid body odor air
and pilates was just boring
can anyone for real explain crossfit
Wait. You're in NY?
no i’m in Texas
Dammit. With all my exes.0 -
tinkerhellraiser wrote: »tinkerhellraiser wrote: »leut_underpants wrote: »tinkerhellraiser wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »Exactly
i was just wondering what all it involved but i guess it’s above my head bc i dont know what functional fitness meand
It means lifting stuff with poor form, just like everyday life. Hence functional.
i just heard some people love it and idk i’ll try anything but then one time someone said “omg you have to try orange theory” so i tried orange theory and it was like boot camp with the real housewives of NY i cant do that again, it crushed my soul
and then that time i tried hot yoga and almost died bc i kept holding my breath so i didn’t breath in other people’s sticky humid body odor air
and pilates was just boring
can anyone for real explain crossfit
Wait. You're in NY?
no i’m in Texas
Dammit. With all my exes.
10 points for the reference!1 -
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Cassandraw3 wrote: »
Did you see where she moved to Tennessee to train at Mayhem!0 -
CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »Cassandraw3 wrote: »
Did you see where she moved to Tennessee to train at Mayhem!
I did. I'm just hoping the next step isn't to move the Games to Cookeville since that is where all the big names are going. I like it in Madison!0 -
Cassandraw3 wrote: »CDAV12CROSSFIT wrote: »Cassandraw3 wrote: »
Did you see where she moved to Tennessee to train at Mayhem!
I did. I'm just hoping the next step isn't to move the Games to Cookeville since that is where all the big names are going. I like it in Madison!
Lucky! Selfishly being from Alabama I’m about 3 hours from Cookeville.0 -
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I think all the bad press about bad form has made Crossfit gyms going the complete opposite. At one of my recent workouts, we practiced with a pvc pipe for 20 minutes before using any weight, even people who have been Crossfitting for years. We have great coaching and they take correct form to the extreme. I must say, I am pretty proud of my form due to great coaching. And, I have used three different Crossfit gyms; they are all extremely diligent about form. My gym also focuses on working in all the different energy systems so you aren't just doing the classic hiit type of Crossfit workout.
Then I will go to a boot camp class where there is no coaching at all. Makes me cringe.
I do like to mix it up though. Sometimes I don't get as much satisfaction from a 12 minute wod as I would a slow jog at the park for an hour.
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I was strictly a lifter until I tried CrossFit for the first time almost 3 months ago. My place pairs WODs with an Olympic lifting component- win/win2
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Yep, mine too. Love it.1
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carolyn000000 wrote: »I think all the bad press about bad form has made Crossfit gyms going the complete opposite. At one of my recent workouts, we practiced with a pvc pipe for 20 minutes before using any weight, even people who have been Crossfitting for years. We have great coaching and they take correct form to the extreme. I must say, I am pretty proud of my form due to great coaching. And, I have used three different Crossfit gyms; they are all extremely diligent about form. My gym also focuses on working in all the different energy systems so you aren't just doing the classic hiit type of Crossfit workout.
Then I will go to a boot camp class where there is no coaching at all. Makes me cringe.
I do like to mix it up though. Sometimes I don't get as much satisfaction from a 12 minute wod as I would a slow jog at the park for an hour.Ironlady70 wrote: »I was strictly a lifter until I tried CrossFit for the first time almost 3 months ago. My place pairs WODs with an Olympic lifting component- win/win
Where were you ladies last night when I was fighting off the doubters? I could’ve used some help.2 -
I found a local CrossFit after joining the “little gym” and having no motivation to weight train on my own. I took my first class on November 6th and have been every week since. I just started increasing to twice a week since the muscle soreness isn’t as debilitating.
I never thought I would love it so much but I’ve surprised myself. Feeling great and strong and looking forward to what I’ll gain from sticking with it. Feel free to add me. I’m still learning a lot and could use a friend who is more advanced, or a beginner like me!2 -
I love CrossFit.
The workouts are just okay....
but the Group Photos are the best.2 -
Crossfit is a good workout for my rest days 6
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black rifle + crossfit = hilarious0
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