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pier pressure

YourGrandpa wrote:You can't tell Crossfitters anything. They are hypnotized by the communal experience and/or their Jesus (ie. their "Box" coach). They'll swear up and down that they're performing every exercise correctly and never using too much weight. They'll swear they're never exercising for time or past the limit where fatigue makes the exercise unsafe. It's only when they experience a debilitating injury (which WILL happen) that they might stop and examine what they are doing to themselves. Never mind the fact that maybe 1 in 1000 of these so called "certified coaches" is qualified to asses the fitness level of every person who enters their "box" and design an individual routine for that person. Giving someone a "WOD" and expecting them to use their physical limitations as a governor is just plain stupid. Especially when you have the additional pressure of 30 other people in the room and your so called coach pushing you to go further. Almost no one in that position is going to make the right decision about repetition/weight/level of exhaustion at risk of looking weak or inferior. I've heard many personal accounts of people exercising until they puke because of the pier pressure. Ultimately Crossfit is a very cultish commune that usually encourages people to over stress their bodies to the point of injury.

“Injury rates with CrossFit training are similar to that reported in the literature for sports such as Olympic weight-lifting, power-lifting and gymnastics and lower than competitive contact sports such as rugby union and rugby league,” the researchers reported.

And that rate is positively puny compared to sports like soccer, skiing, and football. Even running may be more dangerous. A 2010 study followed recreational runners for eight weeks as they trained for a 4-mile race. 30.1 injuries were reported for every 1,000 hours of running.

Don Carlos wrote:What ever is programmed - AMRAPs on the whole are not heavy, usually two or three movements. Any weight related stuff is either light with medium reps or medium weights for low reps

seremtan wrote:"unsafe manor"

the health & safety nightmare of every duke

scared? wrote:i hadn't touch a weight in 3 years

YourGrandpa wrote:Don I've never been to or performed a Crossfit session. Just hearing about all of the injuries and the training methods was enough discouraged my involvement. The people I've spoken with have the same high opinion of their "coaches" too. My coach competes in Crossfit competitions, my coach is a semi-pro MMA fighter, my coach is blah, blah, blah. But the real question is what schooling, training and experience does the so called coach have. And even if the owner or senior coach is qualified, that doesn't mean all of his assistants are. Furthermore, the training methods are prone to injury and the cult like mentality is bizarre.

Certainly I'm making generalized assertions about Crossfit. Not every Crossfit facility is going to be bad. I'm sure your coach and his/her staff are all experts. They would never allow anyone to perform exercises in an unsafe manor. Everyone at your Box (that just doesn't sound right) has had a thorough physical evaluation and is always conscious of their current physical conditioning. They would never workout or let a fellow Crossfitter workout to the point where fatigue could get them injured. I'm sure your Box, like everyone else's Box, is the best Box of them all. I wish you continued success with your endeavors and many injury free WODs.

Best of Luck.

seremtan wrote:"unsafe manor"

the health & safety nightmare of every duke

scared? wrote:lol i over heard these three morons at the easter egg hunt

[xeno]Julios wrote:

Don Carlos wrote:What ever is programmed - AMRAPs on the whole are not heavy, usually two or three movements. Any weight related stuff is either light with medium reps or medium weights for low reps

Do you have a program that you follow? Or is it just random WODs?

Do you incorporate progressive loading and periodization?

[xeno]Julios wrote:

Don Carlos wrote:What ever is programmed - AMRAPs on the whole are not heavy, usually two or three movements. Any weight related stuff is either light with medium reps or medium weights for low reps

Do you have a program that you follow? Or is it just random WODs?

Do you incorporate progressive loading and periodization?

scared? wrote:No he isn't... ...

scared? wrote:If ur a pretentious moron u could call it that...