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

To be fair this story comes from what I encountered not from CF coaches but military leadership who had embraced CF because it's what "they do"

At my ex's gym....(I can't believe she screwed that guy)...I have seen a similiar cavalier attitude towards form. There ARE good gyms out there. Do not get me wrong.

If and it's a big IF, proper coaching is implemented along with smart programming I don't see a problem, however it seems to be far and few between based off of my experiences...

My one positive experience ironically enough came about by a SOT-A from 3rd Group while I was out at DLI. He us do "Cindy" but him and another CFer spent 30min. coaching. Then kept coaching throughout the WOD...

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goon175 said:
That is still an example of Corporate acting like ass-hats though. I meant as far as, most gyms aren't complete douchebags about how they go about business. You'll note that I said "most", as I am sure there are examples out there to the contrary.
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I agree with you that it is not all inclusive. My problem is that they are either turning a blind eye to the problem of can't see the forest through the trees. Either way this really isnt an issue for me as I don't deal with either CF gyms or commercial gyms....gots one at work and the former CF gym to PT at.
 
Lol. So many people have you just don't know where to look. "Perpendicular triangle" my ass. Every "problem" she has would be fixed by actually lifting weight. How else is GG going to bang edgy soccer moms?
 
If you haven't seen it, Greg's most recent scandal:
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I'm with amlove21 on the knee high socks. They make me angry.
I couldn't possibly care less about the culture. On my conditioning days, I find a good workout on one of the 3-4 CF sites I have book marked and then I go to the gym and bang it out. Total cost: $free.99
 
I play college football and have spent the better part of the last 6 years around S/C coaches with real certifications from places like USA weightlifting and experience with NFL teams or upper echelon D1 programs and the one thing they all agree on: Crossfit is a joke and borderline dangerous. There is no periodization in the training they're just random in most cases, and that plus shoddy coaching and complex occasionally stupid excercises is a recipe for major injuries. They place a higher value on finishing first than on doing it right and promote bad form all over the place. And the whole crossfit culture just kinda creeps me out, I half expect them all to fly to Jamestown and start drinking kool aid by the pood it that's what the dear leader says the WOD is. I'm sure CF is great for people that have never seriously excercised before because anything will bring them results, but it doesn't do much for military/industrial athletes in fact in most cases it is counter-productive.
 
ThunderHorse said:
Your strength and conditioning coaches would/should hold certs from NSCA...our strength guy in college was just an animal.
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They do. And I believe they're all certified Performance Enhancement Specialist by National Academy of Sports Medicine and most of CSCS degrees, although to be totally honest I don't really know what that it is, but that it's a big deal in the S/C field.
 
I'm sorry I just did my homework, CSCS isn't a degree but rather the name for NSCA certification, my bad.
 
CJTex4 said:
I play college football and have spent the better part of the last 6 years around S/C coaches with real certifications from places like USA weightlifting and experience with NFL teams or upper echelon D1 programs and the one thing they all agree on: Crossfit is a joke and borderline dangerous. There is no periodization in the training they're just random in most cases, and that plus shoddy coaching and complex occasionally stupid excercises is a recipe for major injuries. They place a higher value on finishing first than on doing it right and promote bad form all over the place. And the whole crossfit culture just kinda creeps me out, I half expect them all to fly to Jamestown and start drinking kool aid by the pood it that's what the dear leader says the WOD is. I'm sure CF is great for people that have never seriously excercised before because anything will bring them results, but it doesn't do much for military/industrial athletes in fact in most cases it is counter-productive.
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There comes a point when the "novice effect" as Mark Rippetoe calls it will end. What CF'ers don't realize is that ANY exercise to the untrained will yield benefits, so they see this as a testimony to their programming. Or as it has been stated by others much more educated than I, doing the WOD Fran does not improve your Fran time after awhile....adjustments need to be made. I run into guys mostly who have left CF because they lost size and strength.

If you just want to lose some weight and do some conditioning at the potential risk of your joints, have at it....
 
MilkTruckCoPilot said:
There comes a point when the "novice effect" as Mark Rippetoe calls it will end. What CF'ers don't realize is that ANY exercise to the untrained will yield benefits, so they see this as a testimony to their programming. Or as it has been stated by others much more educated than I, doing the WOD Fran does not improve your Fran time after awhile....adjustments need to be made. I run into guys mostly who have left CF because they lost size and strength.

If you just want to lose some weight and do some conditioning at the potential risk of your joints, have at it....
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A wise man once told me "Crossfit makes you better at one thing: Crossfit. Nothing else."
 
CJTex4 said:
A wise man once told me "Crossfit makes you better at one thing: Crossfit. Nothing else."
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MGunz Paul Roarke writer of Corps Strength, I'm friends with and one night I chatted with him about CrossFit...needless to say he was turned off and pretty much said the same thing.
 
I'm new to CF and the only reason I joined is so I can build some strength not get better at CF. Since I'm new too it the head trainer and owner asked if I would do a month of the posted WODS to get a feel for the gym and work on my form until I start my own program, he's aware what I'm training for. So far its not too bad if there's not a lot of people there but I can't wait to get on my own and focus on strength and not worry about how many double unders I can do.
 
You can apply "shoddy coaching + complex XYZ" to anything and it will be a recipe for injuries. That's hardly a CF only issue.
 
True. And I checked out the owner/trainer before joining and he's more than just CF Level 1 certified which I found promising. I've enjoyed the classes but want to start focusing on my specific goals.

After reading this and other threads about fitness and SOF I've come to the conclusion that I need to get a lot stronger.
 

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