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- kirshar120
I think the cult mentality really came from the early years of Crossfit. Back in the day, I do remember reading some questionable thoughts and opinions from their upper echelon, but I don't think that is so much an issue now. As it grows and becomes more widespread, I think that line of thought is disappearing, of course, as said above, it depends on where you go.
Personally, I would love to give it a shot, it's just too much for me to pay right now. Not when I can pull a workout off any of their affiliate sites on any given day and do it myself in a cheaper gym. By doing that, I do understand I have to police myself as far as form goes, but I've been a stickler for good form lifting my whole life......
- kirshar120
And I will say, they seem to do a good job with teaching proper form for the big compound movements. Although as said above, that can get easily compromised when running a WoD, where faster is better. That is something that has to be monitored.....
- _niko0
i'd like to try it as well. but i threw out my back just watching it.
- bulletfactory0
Horrible video. Looks like a montage of random people doing totally random exercises.
- (And I used to run the design team at Equinox, so I'm familiar with CrossFit)bulletfactory
- robotron3k0
- that push-up is almost all tricepsHijoDMaite
- < Only if you puy your hands in front of your face, not your sternumcannonball1978
- triceps would by low pushups elbows bending back. diamond pushups focus on your center chest.robotron3k
- kona0
I know quite a few people who are a part of the crossfit thing. Almost all of them have been hurt at one point in time or another. Torn bicep. Pulled hamstring. Pulled back. Tweaked shoulders a many. Deep bone bruise (2) in the knees from landing wrong off the rings. Torn rotator cuff. Smashed finger. Lots of sore lower backs.
LifeTime Fitness started to go the way of crossfit but quickly started to phase it out. Too many people were getting injured. They've since modified their version accordingly.
It's great, if you know what you're doing. Even then, gotta be careful.
- I've learned to accept that you get injured one way or another working out. Just learn from itcannonball1978
- Crossfit is known for more injuries but if you're really working out you will get some injuries.Pupsipu
- fooler0
this is the first I've heard of The Cult mentality but it's totally true. I have friends that seem to be addicted to it. It's all they talk about, they leave work early, cancel plans, can't go out of town on the weekends, etc etc just so they wont miss a class. They've been doing it for a few years and I would think they would be more fit by now.
- kirshar120
Best new tagline for Crossfit:
"It's great, if you know what you're doing. Even then, gotta be careful."
- nthkl0
Quickest way to an injury.
- Maaku0
Was.....now I do my own workout at home. Like Robotron3k said, all you need is a custom routine and 35-40 mins to create a workout based in repetitive series:
(for example)
- 10 pullups
- 15 squats
- 10 push-ups, feet on the air against the wall
- 2mins of running up and down the stairsI do that 4 rounds and finish with 60 crunches
then the next day I try a different serie
- That's all you need to be strong, every other day to fail!robotron3k
- ok_not_ok0
- Insanity is tough. And the girl in the front row is super cute, haha
Frosty_spl
- Insanity is tough. And the girl in the front row is super cute, haha
- fooler0
It seems like every vacant warehouse is turning into a Cross Fit gym.
- mg330
I think you sort of have to have the right personality to work out in groups. I've always preferred to work out alone; I like workouts to feel meditative and like I'm pushing myself hard for personal gains that I'm proud of. I feel more focused with headphones on and being kind of locked into my routine. When I was really into cycling as a kid, same thing - even in rides and races, I was competing against myself. As an adult, that outlet is jogging since I don't bike long distances anymore (I would really like to get a road bike and start back at it though).
- get a bike man! long distances are calling your name.capn_ron
- HijoDMaite0
haha a quote from Arnold about training:
“It is as satisfying to me as cumming is. You know — as having sex with a woman and cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am, like, getting the feeling of cumming in the gym, I’m getting the feeling of cumming at home, I’m getting the feeling of cumming backstage when I pump up. When I pose out in front of five thousand people, I get the same feeling, so I am cumming day and night”. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- rosko_picachu0
You'd be better going and getting a coach that teaches olympic lifting, pay a few bucks to go to a good kettlebell class and take up an actual sport.
- Kettlebells are the shit! So many good and different workouts with those basterds.
Maaku
- Kettlebells are the shit! So many good and different workouts with those basterds.
- randommail0
People like to work out in groups. They like to go to classes. They like to do Zumba and Pilates and Yoga and Aerobics with a bunch of like-minded peers. They like to go to Saturday night dance party workouts for singles who like to sweat and mingle.
These people are wrong. Wrong how? I'll do the talking here, thank you very much. Just wrong. Hardcoreness is not achieved in groups. Hardcoreness is achieved via a journey into the sweating painful depths of yourself. Hardcoreness is achieved alone. Therefore you should work out alone. Do you know who works out in groups? Jerks, mostly.
- skwiotsmith0
I just started cross fit. Still not sure why beyond the fact that I really feel like I'm being pushed, and pushed way more than I would if I ever worked out alone. Four classes in and I'm already seeing results. It's insane (inane?) and stupid, but I know it's also the only way I'm going to get/stay fit.
It's not for everyone. Not even sure if it's for me. But I'm enjoying it thus far...
- kona0
I needed a boost so I joined Title Boxing. It's a mixture of the Insanity workout, hitting the shit out of things, and more Insanity workout. The first 15 minutes are a "warmup" (I almost puked 10 minutes into the first class... stupid warmup). Then 30 solid minutes on a heavy bag mixing 2-3 minute rounds that involve "rests" (jump squats, frog jumps, or any other "hey what the hell we aren't resting at all" type activities), then rounding it out with 15 minutes of core. I made it through my first class and near the end was so beat I couldn't do a single situp during core.
In two weeks I lost 8lbs. I've been mixing in the boxing 2-3x a week with strength training 2-3x a week and overall I'm down 10lbs and have lost 3 inches from my waist.
Turns out what I really needed was for some dude you kick my ass and push me past the plateau I put myself in.