The "CrossFit Culture" is a bunch of DORKS!!!

[SkrewzLoose]

FML.
64:53
Not happy with that time at all, especially considering I had no body armor on.

Despite the ho-hum time, it's a good way to honor the fallen. I'll be having a beer or three tonight in their honor.

 

[DAVE101]

47:00 in 90º heat (no add. weight, strict wide pull ups, 5-10-15 breakdown).

 

[Marine0311]

Same here. My time was no vest and stopping i.e when I couldn't bust out anymore pullups.

 

[RackMaster]

Sorry if anyone gets offended by this. Especially you CrossFit'ers.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5453170?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000022&ir=Weird+News

 

[amlove21]

Sorry if anyone gets offended by this. Especially you CrossFit'ers.

Merged for sameness of...sameity?

 

[Ravage]

Today I participated in my first crossfit competition ever. A LOT of lessons learned, mainly about my self. Even though I did not finish the first WOD... :-"

But hell, as Kipling wrote:

"(...)
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster.
And treat those two impostors just the same;
(...)"

 

[Charles Karr]

I love crossfit, I found pushing weights at the gym to be very boring and these short and intense workout sessions fit my lower amount of attention span a little better.

 

[AWP]

I love crossfit, I found pushing weights at the gym to be very boring and these short and intense workout sessions fit my lower amount of attention span a little better.

Per the Site Rules, post an Introduction before making any further posts.

 

[digrar]

Only here to spam his website...

 

[AWP]

I stumbled across this. While I'm not even remotely qualified to argue one point over the other, I thought it was worth the discussion.

http://fittish.deadspin.com/crossfit-sues-competitor-for-revealing-its-injury-rat-1603182256

CrossFit, America's high school weight room for adults, is suing the National Strength and Conditioning Association for publishing a study it says is "based on data that is objectively false" and "intended to scare participants away from CrossFit."
The study, published in November by the NSCA's Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, is titled "Crossfit-based high intensity power training improves maximal aerobic fitness and body composition." Researchers from Ohio State's kinesology department examined the changes that occurred in a group of 54 CrossFit participants (all of whom, amazingly, were on a paleo diet) over 10 weeks, concluding that subjects lost body fat and increased their VO2 max, or oxygen consumption. But they also included one sentence that has become the center of the suit:

Of the 11 subjects who dropped out of the training program, two cited time concerns with the remaining nine subjects (16% of total recruited subjects) citing overuse or injury for failing to complete the program and finish follow up testing.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/crossfit-sues-over-study-that-alleges-high-injury-rate

A long-brewing tension between a well-known traditional fitness accreditation group and CrossFit may be heading to court.
Earlier this year, CrossFit filed a suit against the National Strength and Conditioning Association over a study published in the group’s journal claiming that a high number of CrossFit participants drop out before completing the program.
Lawyers for CrossFit alleged that the study, which was done by Ohio State University professor Steven Devor, was falsified and done erroneously.

The NSCA's response:

http://www.nsca.com/about-us/news-and-media/press-releases/nsca-responds-to-crossfit-lawsuit/

 

[Viper1]

I stumbled across this. While I'm not even remotely qualified to argue one point over the other, I thought it was worth the discussion.

http://fittish.deadspin.com/crossfit-sues-competitor-for-revealing-its-injury-rat-1603182256



http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/crossfit-sues-over-study-that-alleges-high-injury-rate



The NSCA's response:

http://www.nsca.com/about-us/news-and-media/press-releases/nsca-responds-to-crossfit-lawsuit/

So CrossFit is suing the NSCA for reporting facts that were listed by the participants? So 16% of the participants either overtrained or got injured? That's the point of contention?

I'm not a certified trainer but given anecdotal evidence from military schools, selection programs, and the qualification course, 16% due to injury seems pretty low or close to the norm.

 

[CDG]

I'm not a certified trainer but given anecdotal evidence from military schools, selection programs, and the qualification course, 16% due to injury seems pretty low or close to the norm.

Sir,

You're arguing apples and oranges. Your average person wanting to get in shape and look good naked doesn't need to be put through anything like a Selection or PT-intensive military school. Proper management of training volume, knowing how and when to scale a client back, knowing when to prescribe extra rest, and being able to quickly recognize form degradation and adjust appropriately are all things that fitness trainers of any type, following any program, should be able to do. That's what they're paid for. You will never have a 0% injury rate, but the injuries should be accidents. You dropped a weight on your foot, slipped off the pull-up bar, etc. Over-extending/over-training and overuse injuries have been associated with CF for a long time now and they've done nothing but stuck their heads in the sand and continue to act like anyone that listens to their body is a pussy. Ignoring what may be a legitimate injury, or precursor to an injury, is part of a Selection but it has no place in the world of fitness. CrossFit does a shitty job of quality control and someone finally did a study and called them on their bullshit. Many CF trainers just continue yelling at clients and throwing more and more at them no matter what signs of fatigue they're showing. It used to frustrate the shit out of me when I thought a client was purposely exaggerating their physical signs of tiredness. But as a trainer of people that have lives and jobs outside the gym, it's not up to me to try and put them through a constant selection. It's my job, over everything else, to keep them safe and sometimes that means erring on the side of caution no matter how irritated I might be.

 

[Viper1]

Ah, I see! Thanks for the clarification!

 

[ThunderHorse]

When is too much too much? I'm watching the girls right now for 2014...this looks like they're going to herniate disks in light speed.

 

[ThunderHorse]

ESPN Outside the lines this morning: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/11262964/crossf-explosive-growth-fuels-safety-concerns


Russell Berger "It's just jealousy"

 

[Ravage]

http://therussells.crossfit.com/2014/07/27/espn-failed-journalism-101/

Crossfit HQ response to ESPNs raport.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Pretty weak response.

 

[AWP]

Pretty weak response.

Not to mention at least one of CF's assertions is wrong. How do you fail at your own rebuttal?

 

[amlove21]

So CrossFit is suing the NSCA for reporting facts that were listed by the participants? So 16% of the participants either overtrained or got injured? That's the point of contention?

I'm not a certified trainer but given anecdotal evidence from military schools, selection programs, and the qualification course, 16% due to injury seems pretty low or close to the norm.

Not to dogpile- just imagine if Gold's Gym had to deal with nearly 1 in 5 of the people that sign up getting injured and requiring surgery.

They would literally implode.

 

[amlove21]

Not to mention at least one of CF's assertions is wrong. How do you fail at your own rebuttal?

You should see the rebuttal to the lawsuit- it's unreal. I could have done better than Dale Saran. Who, by the way, challenged me to a fight a long time ago. Via facebook. This is not a joke.