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IgnE
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7681 Posts
March 11 2014 07:21 GMT
#741
The one in my area charges $240 for unlimited classes per month.
The unrealistic sound of these propositions is indicative, not of their utopian character, but of the strength of the forces which prevent their realization.
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15365 Posts
March 11 2014 08:18 GMT
#742
Is Crossfit a protected name, and do they enforce it?

Around here nearly everything that is vaguely strength-endurance is called crossfit. Pretty much every gym has a "crossfit" class.
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phyre112
Profile Joined August 2009
United States3090 Posts
March 11 2014 10:31 GMT
#743
On March 11 2014 16:21 IgnE wrote:
The one in my area charges $240 for unlimited classes per month.


Wow.

Probably has something to do with the fact that there are 2 in my city and 5 in the next city over.

On March 11 2014 17:18 zatic wrote:
Is Crossfit a protected name, and do they enforce it?

Around here nearly everything that is vaguely strength-endurance is called crossfit. Pretty much every gym has a "crossfit" class.


Yes and Yes. IIRC they've even started going after gyms that offer "X-fit", "Cross______", and other similar plays on the name. IDK how much they enforce it or even how much they CAN enforce it outside the US. It's a $3,000 annual fee for the license to use the crossfit name.
MtlGuitarist97
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1539 Posts
March 11 2014 10:33 GMT
#744
How much do you guys pay on average for your gym memberships? I used to pay $50/month at Xsport Fitness by my house, but I think it was slightly reduced for a yearly rate for kids (I think it cost $420 a year + additional free months of going to the gym, so it was like $420 for 18 months or something).
mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12705 Posts
March 11 2014 11:57 GMT
#745
I still live by my college gym and they're nice enough to let alumni use it for free. Otherwise I'd be using the Y for like $34ish a month with my employer discount.
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
March 11 2014 12:04 GMT
#746
my two gyms here were £30-35/month. they don't charge more coz no one would come/sign up. i think this is a good price, but transport cost quickly adds onto it. 6x 35 min bus journeys at half price /week = another 30/month = 60/month total

the local sports club is something crazy like £79/month (if u pay monthly) and as far as i know has almost no gym equipment ie no rack

my gym in brighton (a non-retarded place) was like £22/month if you paid something like 6-8 months upfront
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zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15365 Posts
March 11 2014 12:20 GMT
#747
19,99 EUR/month, 24/7, excellent equipment, (several) gyms in every city in Germany. And some in Austria, Spain, Italy, Poland. GG.
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Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
March 11 2014 12:37 GMT
#748
I pay about 80 EUR/month, but about 60 is covered by my job's healthplan, so :3
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phyre112
Profile Joined August 2009
United States3090 Posts
March 11 2014 13:07 GMT
#749
I pay $30 per semester at my current gym.

At my previous school, the cost was included somewhere in tuition so I don't know how much I was paying.

My gym at home is $27/month.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20161 Posts
March 11 2014 13:20 GMT
#750
On March 11 2014 21:20 zatic wrote:
19,99 EUR/month, 24/7, excellent equipment, (several) gyms in every city in Germany. And some in Austria, Spain, Italy, Poland. GG.


Imba.

On March 11 2014 16:03 phyre112 wrote:
@ gotunk I asked eshlow that question years ago and his answer was just to make sure you take the time to replenish the fluids, because that's most of what you're losing. Like igne said, sports drink, and they usually make you eat something before they let you leave anyway, so that's no problem.

@ tofucake wow. 160 is definitely the high end for crossfit gyms. Most of them around here are 90-120, and it's pretty standard that they offer EMS discounts to varying degress. The best one around only charges 80 for EMS/Fire/Police, 160 is crazy expensive.


Jeez that's cheap for around here. Most are in the 150-200 range (discounts for students, couples, and service employees). I was looking at ones to drop in around the city and some were like 20$ just to drop in for one session T_T
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
March 11 2014 13:26 GMT
#751
It's $40/mo here for the good gym that encourages actual weight trainin and powerlifting, $15/mo for the gym that would probably yell at you for deadlifting heavy.
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18857 Posts
March 11 2014 13:55 GMT
#752
Yet another reason why Crossfit is the devil I don't pay for my gym membership due to training but that'll only last a few more months; I got into my choice law school so it's back to uni gyms for me come August!
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marvellosity
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom36161 Posts
March 11 2014 13:59 GMT
#753
"Yet another"? Is is particularly devilish otherwise?
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farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18857 Posts
March 11 2014 14:06 GMT
#754
Having worked in gyms for going on 4 years now, I have noticed a direct correlation between Crossfits popularity and the rate of stupid injuries; relatively few people treat dynamic, exhaustion based workouts with the respect and caution they deserve, and as a result, I see folks doing bad DL's into back pain, kipping pull-ups into slipping off the bar, and just a general overreaching inspired by the Crossfit mentality. I'm definitely biased, and perhaps my criticism is more leveled towards untrained Crossfit, but I still think folks would do better to work with conventional training modalities.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12705 Posts
March 11 2014 14:12 GMT
#755
If you think about the many criticisms you see for personal trainers in general and then apply it to the crossfit model you can see why farv has the reservations stated above. There are probably plenty of great coaches/trainers at crossfit gyms but there's a ton that did the minimum certification to get the licensing or w/e to make some cash and left it at that. Combine that with the intensity and gungho attitude and you're asking for injuries etc.
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20161 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-11 14:18:11
March 11 2014 14:16 GMT
#756
On March 11 2014 22:59 marvellosity wrote:
"Yet another"? Is is particularly devilish otherwise?


It's a good idea just poorly executed. Even at the one I go to where there are plenty of good lifters and coaches there's still a good 3/4 of the people in the crossfit class doing lifts that make me cringe. You have a lot of unathletic people trying to do athletic movements that require coordination, procioception, and mobility that they just don't have. These same people have the "just have to tough it out" mentality and push through the pain into injury land.

Crossfit HQ as a brand and company is pretty awful too.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
marvellosity
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom36161 Posts
March 11 2014 14:26 GMT
#757
So it seems like most of the problems with it are people's execution of it, rather than the concept in general, right?
[15:15] <Palmar> and yes marv, you're a total hottie
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18857 Posts
March 11 2014 14:37 GMT
#758
Sort of; the problem comes down to Crossfit's emphasis on exhaustion coupled with technical movements. Before Crossfit became popular, the idea of combining high intensity training with technical lifts was mostly frowned upon (and still is, for the most part), due in large part to the average person's inability to maintain accident-wary form while fatigued. Even among advanced and elite athletes, lifts like the DL, clean and jerk, or squat are almost always given special treatment when it comes to programming, meaning that they are usually given standalone attention, performed before less intensive movements, and done using fewer reps. Crossfit mostly eschews all 3 of those, and thus the problems of injury, poor form, and overreaching come into play. To be frank, Crossfit is the sort of thing I only recommend to advanced lifters/athletes as a supplement to normal training, as those are the sorts of people who can take the proper precautions when stringing the movements together.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
marvellosity
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom36161 Posts
March 11 2014 14:42 GMT
#759
thanks, that's interesting
[15:15] <Palmar> and yes marv, you're a total hottie
GoTuNk!
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Chile4591 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-11 14:47:25
March 11 2014 14:42 GMT
#760
On March 11 2014 23:16 decafchicken wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2014 22:59 marvellosity wrote:
"Yet another"? Is is particularly devilish otherwise?


It's a good idea just poorly executed. Even at the one I go to where there are plenty of good lifters and coaches there's still a good 3/4 of the people in the crossfit class doing lifts that make me cringe. You have a lot of unathletic people trying to do athletic movements that require coordination, procioception, and mobility that they just don't have. These same people have the "just have to tough it out" mentality and push through the pain into injury land.

Crossfit HQ as a brand and company is pretty awful too.


Meh, I've gone to a fair share of gyms and I really love training on the crossfit one. Having non-club music, bumper plates and an atmosphere of people actually working hard is way more comfortable than other gyms with crowded bench racks. If they had a bench rack I would not go anywhere else to train. The coaches do make sure that people learn proper technique and are somewhat competent on the oly lifts and helped me correct my side tilt on the squat, which I would have never noticed anywhere else. Plus hot chicks.

That said, they do a crossfit ripoff on my university that is like PE for 10 year olds, I get a good laugh whenever I see them.
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