re: Crossfit is a sham- as told by a crossfitter

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This is the point. If everyine was like this, as if it was just another way to working out, and not what invented workout. It would have a total different view from the outside looking in. But for people to defend it as if it's a religion only asserts the idea that its more of a cult with greater physiological benefits than physica

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So your insecurities are why you hate crossfit. Basically.

I agree that being part of a group is important. I do the Beachbody workouts and, because you do them at home, you usually do them alone. Combine that with healthy eating that usually means you're cooking at home, and you kind of become a recluse.

Also, lots of the Beachbody programs don't really give you big gains. They just make you lean and fit. Finally, lots of the moves are rather complicated which makes it easy to cheat.

My point is you can find faults in almost everything. Nothing is perfect. The OP needs to ask himself would he be where he is today without Crossfit. If his answer is "No", then I don't see how he can call it a sham.

You could really just sum your post up by saying that untrained and unskilled trainers make poor coaches. That is true for any "program".

Exactly, you get what you put in, if it's an at home workout, crossfit, a globo gym, whatever.

Yea there are douche bags at crossfit. But they also have douche bags at planet fitness. And there are douch bags that pimp beach body all over my Facebook

The same entities also have bad coaching. I've seen more people walk into a globogym and just start working out, having no clue what they are doing. I've seem fat trainers at these places too.

Globogym guys are so insecure when it comes to CF because it's taking away people from them. They hear people talk about it and they become angered. This goat guy is a perfect example. He's making fun of people working out In a group, meeting friends, and seeing results.

All while the globogym he works out at has probably implemented a CF type class to keep up with the Jones.

There is no way youre 41.

Honestly, all crossfit talk aside, you just sound like a miserable person.

Every time you go out of your way to say "cultfit" or "sheeple" or whatever it is you think you sound clever saying, you remind me of the Emos from South Park that think everyone but them is a conformist.

The below excerpt is why crossfit is so full of shite and themselves, but I wish I could find the founder's idiotic quote proclaiming crossfitters could compete at elite levels of different sports. The dude is off his rocker and a cult leader....

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“Fringe Athletes”
There is a near universal misconception that long distance athletes are fitter that their short distance counterparts. The
triathlete, cyclist, and marathoner are often regarded as among the fittest athletes on earth. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. The endurance athlete has trained long past any cardiovascular health benefit and has lost ground in
strength, speed, and power, typically does nothing for coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy and possesses little
more than average flexibility. This is hardly the stuff of elite athleticism. The CrossFit athlete, remember, has trained
and practiced for optimal physical competence in all ten physical skills (cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina,
flexibility, strength, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy). The excessive aerobic volume of the
endurance athlete’s training has cost him in speed, power, and strength to the point where his athletic competency
has been compromised. No triathlete is in ideal shape to wrestle, box, pole-vault, sprint, play any ball sport, fight fires,
or do police work. Each of these requires a fitness level far beyond the needs of the endurance athlete. None of this
suggests that being a marathoner, triathlete or other endurance athlete is a bad thing; just don’t believe that training
as a long distance athlete gives you the fitness that is prerequisite to many sports. CrossFit considers the Sumo
Wrestler, triathlete, marathoner, and power lifter to be “fringe athletes” in that their fitness demands are so specialized
as to be inconsistent with the adaptations that give maximum competency at all physical challenges. Elite strength
and conditioning is a compromise between each of the ten physical adaptations. Endurance athletes do not balance
that compromise.

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That is completely absurd.

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That is completely absurd

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Why is this completely absurd? Why has the specops community embraced this training style? How do you explain the proven effectiveness of the training protocol? Why has it exploded in popularity?

I'm genuinely curious on your answers to this one

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What I don't get is somebody capable of a 285 clean and jerk only squatting 405.

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I must have bad squat form, or something is wrong. I can front squat 375, so yeah my back squat should be a lot higher I think.

Hell, I don't even know if I can't hit 405 right now. I've only hit that once. Anything over 385 on any given day for me is gonna be shaky

I was also wondering, is it really a common part of crossfit workouts to do compound/olympic lifts for time?