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

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

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Yes fairly common

It's very dangerous, we know.

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

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Honestly, no.

Definitely not at good gyms.

But even the bad ones don't do it enough to be "common practice", and when they do it's extremely light. Like 95# snatches. Although most people who crossfit, contrary to their beliefs, do not possess the core strength and stability to do a lot of light snatches for time.

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Fact is, getting and staying in shape is not some big mystery. Anyone can download a simple workout plan and fairly reasonable diet and see significant gains in the 4-6 week timeframe--for free. It's a matter of discipline and motivation.

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This is true. Do your homework and you'll see its really simple. Not easy. But simple.

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The movements are dumb, but everyone is telling me how CF didn't invent them.

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They didn't invent the movements. They just took the movements already invented and added speed and lack of form.

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The movements are dumb, but everyone is telling me how CF didn't invent them.

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I don't know who invented them, and I won't discount their benefit (they do work). But they lend themselves to injuries that require pretty protracted recovery times.

And they look fricking stupid (not that that should matter ). Most Americans could improve their lot 100% by making some pretty basic changes--simple, but not necessarily easy (as B&H said).

The main reason I don't want anything to do with it is that unless you're in some rare profession/hobbby where a wide range of functional strength is needed, most people don't have need for what crossfit offers.

You want functional strength for doing x, y, or z, practice x, y, or z and it'll come. You want endurance? You want aesthetics? There are simpler, less injury prone and arguably more efficient ways to go about those.

It's an answer to a question very few people ask.

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You want functional strength for doing x, y, or z, practice x, y, or z and it'll come. You want endurance? You want aesthetics? There are simpler, less injury prone and arguably more efficient ways to go about those.

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frick that. Scruffy just wants to not look like a nerd on the beach this May.

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I was also wondering, is it really a common part of crossfit work



Honestly, no. 

Definitely not at good gyms. 

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I am confused. Lester Earl says it is very common. Lester Earl must go to a bad gym?

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Lift, eat, light cardio, repeat
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Profit (in poonani)

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Common= 2-3x a week where a workout involves a barbell