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Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-05 15:41:53
November 05 2011 14:57 GMT
#1
So, I saw a thread in here related to the Paleo Diet, but I didn't see one in here related to CrossFit.


So, what is CrossFit?

CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.

Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.

The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.

~Quoted from the CrossFit Website.

This is what I have been able garner from my years of CrossFit. It is most easily summed up in two words, and I feel these words describe the results of CrossFit to a T: Functional Fitness

It works like this. The people behind the eyes of CrossFit prescribe a WoD [Workout of the Day]. It's a series of movements, lifts, and exercise to be completed within a number of designated perimeters. Simply put, they tell what to do, and how long to do it for.

These workouts vary. They are all very cardio intensive, but at the same time, they work out many different parts of your body. Olympic Lifts are still performed, without sacrificing form, as well as a number of other custom tailored workouts that help boost heart rate, and cause pain [see: pleasure ].

Why am I a CrossFit'r? Before I started going back to school, I worked as a Corrections Officer. A big part of my job was physical work. In my Academy class, there was a guy named Fred. Fred was a bodybuilder - huge guy. I had been doing CrossFit for almost six months at that point. Fred had been lifting for 20 years.

Fred and I would train together during the Physical Defense class. I noticed two things. First, Fred was getting winded alot faster than I was. I rarely ran for distance (unless a WoD called for it) because my Cardio was built into the workouts from the intensity I had to perform. Second, I noticed that, while he may have been stronger in being able to bench press a bar with weights, that I had certain aspects of strength he didn't have, and all of that strength wasn't only physical.

You may be able to Dumbbell Row 120 pounds. I love working my back - I go to the gym sometimes just to do Lat Pulldown's and Rows. But does the ability to Row 120 pounds help you in opening a door that a suspect on the other side doesn't want to let you into? Or does it help you rip open a locked door when your house is on fire to get your child out? Maybe.

The idea of Functional Fitness appeals to me on many levels, so that's why I do it, and I can say that I have felt the returns of my investment. Even if you aren't the most physically fit int he world, the workouts can be scaled down. Just remember to beat your total time the next time you do that workout.

3...2...1...GO!
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Orpheos
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1663 Posts
November 05 2011 15:12 GMT
#2
no offense, but please try putting just a bit more effort into OPs.
you might want to make the title more descriptive and put more information/links on what crossfit is.
RosaParksStoleMySeat
Profile Joined December 2009
Japan926 Posts
November 05 2011 15:16 GMT
#3
I too would like to see a more informative post about Crossfit.

Crossfit gets a lot of harsh criticism for being cult-like, promoting bad form, and making a mockery out of Olympic weightlifting. Some of this criticism may have some truth to it, but a lot is unjustified. Making a good original post about Crossfit could potentially change some people's perceptions of Crossfit, so I'd like to see one.
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-05 15:44:14
November 05 2011 15:19 GMT
#4
It was more just asking who else in TL.Net worked to the XFit method, but I will edit it and try to place more information.

Edit: If anyone feels like they would like to add more, simply post it and I will edit the OP. I am not a scientist on the matter, so people with the Cert's might be better capable than I.
Also, as for the title - The point of this thread was just to see other people that did CrossFit. I thought it was a unique way title the thread, because if you do CrossFit, you know what 3-2-1-GO means. =P
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
November 05 2011 15:25 GMT
#5
Even XFitters UNITE would have been a better title =/

We try to self(???)-moderate this sub-forum such that the OP in each thread offers information to the readers. We don't have an Xfit thread, so if you put more effort into this one, we can keep it.

Welcome btw.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
luckylefty
Profile Joined November 2010
United States272 Posts
November 05 2011 15:35 GMT
#6
Hey hey :D

I have a Level 1 Cert, and discovered Crossfit when I was deployed thanks to some friends. Also did the Running cert


Nice to see some Crossfitters here too :D
eshlow
Profile Joined June 2008
United States5210 Posts
November 05 2011 15:53 GMT
#7
I have an enormous amount of posts on the CF forum. Most of my good fitness friends around are CFers (since there's not a lot otherwise).

That said, there are more effective ways to work towards your goals, generally speaking. Which is why I generally do not advocate it.
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glurio
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany597 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-05 16:09:31
November 05 2011 16:08 GMT
#8


Few serious people do crossfit, those are quite impressive, we got one dude on the forum i think.
I agree with eshlow, whatever you wanna do there is a better method for you. With crossfit you get better at crossfit, thats it.

edit: no hate though, if you have fun doing it everythings fine i guess.
Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
sJarl
Profile Joined September 2010
Iceland1699 Posts
November 05 2011 16:26 GMT
#9
Nazarene is rockin CF all around Skandinavia
"Witness!" - Karsa Orlong
Advocado
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Denmark994 Posts
November 05 2011 16:37 GMT
#10
I tried crossfit last wednesday. Was a hell of workout and made me realize that I still need to get some running done. Was a lot of fun even though the instructor didn't like my deadlift. Form fails pretty hard when faced with fatique apparently.

It seems a little insane @ my wod was 21, 18, 15, 12, 8 or something. so many reps in such a short timeframe seems like its asking for injuries.
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Nazarene
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Denmark996 Posts
November 05 2011 19:51 GMT
#11
I train CF and also work as an instructor at my local CF gym. I tried to write out a long post about CF, but I'm really tired from todays competition. If you guys have any questions about CF I will be happy to answer them though.
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
November 05 2011 20:20 GMT
#12
Thanks for the contributions Nazarene! I might message you a few times myself. =p
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Therick
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway324 Posts
November 05 2011 20:41 GMT
#13
Man CF is so dumb, CF was invented so that girls could lift weights, cus if they just lift regular weights they will become jacked and hyuuge, therefore they invented cf where you still lift weights, but you wont gain sh.t on it cus the workout regime is retarded.


Also brb spine injures in your 20s cus of all the stupid f.cking kipping pull ups and squats and pulls with sh.t form.
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AoN.DimSum
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2983 Posts
November 06 2011 00:02 GMT
#14
^ what a clown

Crossfit is a great concept, it has made oly lifting a lot more popular hahaha. Also there are crossfitters than come train at my gym and they are very good at the oly lifts.
by my idol krokkis : "U better hope Finland wont have WCG next year and that I wont gain shitloads of skill, cause then I will wash ur mouth with soap, little man."
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
November 06 2011 01:41 GMT
#15
Hey DimSum. Welcome to the thread.

I don't know why there is this perception that CrossFitters don't perform Olympic Lifts well, form wise. One of the things preached by XFit is form and technique. Intensity shouldn't skew that.

Glad to see you here, man!

~Jitsu
Zerg Player in CheckMate Gaming - http://checkmategaming.webs.com/
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
November 10 2011 08:16 GMT
#16
Bodybuilders don't really train for strength, but for size. In their sport, functional is big. I always laugh when someone brings up that video of the bodybuilder or powerlifter getting beaten in a muscle up competition by a Crossfit girl..obviously the person who trains muscle ups will do more than the person who trains specifically to get bigger/increase powerlift numbers.

Also, doing something like 50 reps of an Olympic Lift, like from some WODs I've seen, is fucking retarded. Sure, Crossfitters tend to have better Oly form than most people, but doing anything as complex as an Olympic Lift for that many reps is dumb.

On November 06 2011 10:41 Jitsu wrote:
Hey DimSum. Welcome to the thread.

I don't know why there is this perception that CrossFitters don't perform Olympic Lifts well, form wise. One of the things preached by XFit is form and technique. Intensity shouldn't skew that.

Glad to see you here, man!

~Jitsu


If you say, ‘I will not take my intensity past where the form goes bad,’ the intensity will never develop!” - Greg Glassman

Your coach seems to have a different idea :p


Not to knock it too hard though. I don't mind the bodyweight/metcon WODs. I'd just rather train weights Oly/Power style. Those guys who are Deadlifting 400lbs in their WODs probably got to that level through strength training first.
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
November 10 2011 08:18 GMT
#17
One thing though. Kipping pull-ups irk the fuck out of me. I have yet to understand the point.

Someone at my gym told me it was to add cardio to pull-ups. I almost pissed my pants laughing.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
glurio
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany597 Posts
November 10 2011 09:15 GMT
#18
[image loading]
Funniest xfit gif ever.

I would write more but i really only wanted to post this gif.
Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
Sneakyz
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden2361 Posts
November 10 2011 10:37 GMT
#19
On November 10 2011 17:18 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
One thing though. Kipping pull-ups irk the fuck out of me. I have yet to understand the point.

Someone at my gym told me it was to add cardio to pull-ups. I almost pissed my pants laughing.

I used to think like that, then I found out Konstantin Konstantinovs only do kipping pull-ups so now I don't . He's the world's best deadlifter without belt if you don't know who he is.
I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.
eshlow
Profile Joined June 2008
United States5210 Posts
November 10 2011 13:36 GMT
#20
On November 10 2011 19:37 Sneakyz wrote:
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On November 10 2011 17:18 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
One thing though. Kipping pull-ups irk the fuck out of me. I have yet to understand the point.

Someone at my gym told me it was to add cardio to pull-ups. I almost pissed my pants laughing.

I used to think like that, then I found out Konstantin Konstantinovs only do kipping pull-ups so now I don't . He's the world's best deadlifter without belt if you don't know who he is.


Yeah, they're a great metabolic workout.

However, if your shoulders are weak they can also give you injuries like SLAP lesions.... so.... stay away if you're weak
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