On November 14 2011 07:40 decafchicken wrote:
Yeah I don't have a problem with CF, just listening the people who do it that talk like they ate the enlightened ones.
Yeah that's my biggest problem with it as well. A guy I know who is a huge douche does it and it irritates the hell out of me.
IMO it's a cool idea, but I think you should be at least beyond a beginner before doing it? If that makes sense. The workouts vary everyday so it's one of those things where you maybe shown an exercise, do it a few times with poor form and then not see the exercise for another few months. In my experience, that's not an effective way to learn an exercise.
Put it this way, I've been learning how to squat on-and-off (consistency will always be the devil of me I swear!) for the past 9 months and I'm still learning the intricacies of the squat (who would have thought it gets more challenging when the weight gets heavier right?). Imagine having never done squats, then doing them for one of your crossfit workouts and then never even seeing them until it's thrown into a CF workout 3 months later. Just not a great way to learn the exercise I think.
That said if the program gets you out of the house and working out at least, then you know what? It's better then nothing. I'm probably providing a very generalized idea of what the program is about but oh well.
On November 16 2011 08:46 Kickboxer wrote:
This is the kind of training most MMA fighters utilize. Seeing as their objective in life is to pulverize another highly jacked and trained individual into oblivion, it's a safe bet CF is very effective at developing functional strength and overall athleticism.
On the other hand, if you want to look like a tanned sausage who can hardly wipe it's own ass steroids and heavy weights are still the way to go XD
Sorry but I don't buy that at all. Most MMA fighters probably do training specific to their sport and CF is not specific to any sport.