Re: Cross-Fit
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: EventHorizon</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: smokshwn</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RayDog</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The risk of injury can be limited greatly by self control.
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I agree with you 100% however, the rub is that Crossfit contously pushes all the hype. So why pay a gym that constantly pushes overhyped ill programmed workouts only to have to exert self control to diminish the impending injuries. </div></div>
I think you've mistaken RayDog and the premise of cross fit. In CF you partake in a wide variety of exercises but always at your level of competency - although nearer (not at) the limit rather than comfort zone. You will do clean&jerks but at a weight that is under your control for example. You apply self control in the manner of common sense, not restraint that leads to lack of progression. theres nothing ill programmed about cross fit. There is no real program just WOD.
I don't much like gyms or crowds so i workout at home. for me, dumbbells, a barbell and a bunch of kettle bells do fine. throw in my rower and a jump rope and I've got cardio up the ying yang.
I should do chins though... if i could...lol! </div></div>
I wasn't actively targeting Raydog just posing the question as it was his quote.
Actually I am fairly familiar with crossfit and the atmosphere at many of it's gyms. The encouragement of Pukey the Clown and Uncle Rhabdo are clear symbols that Crossfit is at best very conflicted between preaching personal restraint and encouraging outright stupidity.
With respect to bad programming, there are several examples. I don't know all the names but... 30 reps of snatches? If you are using a heavy enough weight to properly train the snatch then it is far too heavy to be doing 30 reps (endurance range), Doing max deadlifts at the end of a workout involving four 400 meter sprints...so your posterior chain is neurologically burnt and you should then try for a personal best deadlift? there are many many more but you get the idea. When doing olympic lifts that are very taxing neurologically it is very dangerous to involve high repetition even with low weight as the diminished neurological function can easily degenerate form to injurious levels.
At any rate, I am not a CF hater, just more realistic about the info. But I do recognize and find it disconcerting that CF koolaid drinkers ( and Greg Glassman ) almost always refuses to recognize any limitation and immediately demonize the ones who point them out.
