hahaha... hopefully with all the idiots around you will become a multi-millionaire within a really short time!

Well hello! It’s not like you’re working in a library hiring out books 🤦🏼‍♂️🙄

@@shykur Little do you know, but once upon a time…

I know what you are saying.

Because CrossFit is dangerous because you going all out trying to compete for the shortest time limit and once you get fatigued long is bad and you're going to get into it sooner or later you may be lucky enough not to if you young as you get older as you more prevalent to get is it and if you're not on drugs like most of them are you going to get injured because if you're not doing Peds you're not going to recover therefore you going to get in High volume use of PEDs in CrossFit in the serious competition so there's probably a pretty high volume of usage of performance-enhancing drugs most of your local CrossFit gyms

Refreshing? It literally happens all the time these days. You must be watching the wrong channels.

I agree with you. All of the Olympic lifts are a sport in themselves, they are very technical requiring huge amounts of skill and require months if not years of dedicated practice to become profficient. To perform these highly technical and demanding exercises for time is asking for trouble.

That goes to the respect the gym owner has to the sport. Most training certifications require less than CrossFit. Most are an online test, with no in class training. You would hope the gym owner would want qualified coaches, with also an L1. But most gyms outside CrossFit are horrible with that as well.

I have a background in sports science through college, and been doing crossfit for 9 years. Here are my thoughts on this: First off, a lot of the problems that are attributed to crossfit can happen in any globo-gym, or in any runners club, yoga class, etc. It just depends on how good the coaches, programming, and culture are. To your points: 1) We don't always train at max intensity. A good crossfit box, just like a good globo-gym, has programming that has proper meso, macro, and microcycles. We also do focus on each modality separately, but group them together intentionally at times. Life isn't always going to just present you a situation where you only need speed, or where you only need strength, etc. You need to train them in tandem. Also I'd say if you look at the repetition patterns for a typical crossfit workout, they really aren't doing anything crazy from a work/load perspective. It's basically just HIIT training. 2) A big part of crossfit is knowing your own limits, as well as knowing proper bailing methods. There's nothing wrong with going for a lift as long as you have a plan to safely get out from under the weight if you aren't going to finish the lift, tired or not. Safety is huge in crossfit, and there is a scaling option for any technical movement, and any weight. I have seen very few injuries in my gym in the last 9 years, and most were not from highly technical movements either (my only one was an ankle fracture I got while running and I just stepped wrong). 3) I agree with you on this point, crossfit as a brand is all about upselling and the cost to get a membership to a typical box is usually pretty darn outrageous. If I were trying to join one in California for example, you'd probably be paying $200+ per month for a membership. 4) Speaking for myself I don't think I am better than everyone because I do crossfit. I absolutely know there are people getting fit from other means that can blow me out of the water easily. However, I do think crossfit prepares you better for everyday athletic pursuits than most other fitness regimens. I'd say on average a dedicated crossfitter can perform at or slightly above the average skill level for most sports. You do train all aspects of fitness, after all. The flipside to that is most crossfit athletes are not going to be a master in any specific arenas because the focus is always on different things; you don't take the time to dedicate your training to, say powerlifting, or running a marathon. Haters love to hate on crossfit, and it is by no means a perfect sport, but at the end of the day if it makes people feel fulfilled, and helps them stay active and achieve their own goals, that is all that really matters. I can't stand globo-gyms, so if I didn't have crossfit I'd be severely overweight right now lol.

​@@willwei3027 big props for this man

@@willwei3027 Exactly, I do not understand the hate to each other. Do what you enjoy an train at a good facility with proper coaches and know your limits. At every sport you see stupid people doing stupid things and end up getting hurt. If I was not training at a gym I would train much like crossfit because it is the way I enjoy training. Combining, skill, with power and endurance.

This is summed up so well 😂

No, it would not be awesome to have subtitles

What kind of idiot uses straps for a snatch? Oh, a crossfitter. 🙄

two ropes. It's called two ropes

That's a great suggestion!

He's an expert in brain development and neuro plasticity. What would you expect to learn from him about calisthenics?

​@@TheSandkastenverbot a lot about the mind muscle connection, breathing during exercise. How to turn training for calisthenics into an effective habbit, and how to combine that with a mentally healthy lifestyle. Just a few examples

@@TheSandkastenverbot Just like "Something Cool" said, the connections between the brain and muscle memory, how calisthenics can benefit you if done correctly, and the harm it can cause if done wrong. The different aspects of how the brain reacts to certain movements, why it reacts that way, and how to correctly perform it. That being said, he has done several podcasts with Dr. Andy Galpin recently which covers most of this stuff, but would be a nice surprise if FitnessFAQS and Huberman did an episode dedicated to calisthenics and its aspects.

@@TheSandkastenverbot He did many episodes about fitness and strength training before

Updated!

Im going thought my second year as Crossfit “athlete” i train 5/6 times x w. At the box that i frequent we use to spent a day in a week for quality, and always we do a general warm up + mobility session + specific one + weight progression. I dont want to “sell” u Crossfit simply want to explain that for me there are different ways to do things and going by the right way also prevent injuries

I’ve been doing CrossFit for over three years and I’ve not seen anything you described above. I’ve never seen at my gym “CrossFit pull-ups” in a workout. “Kipping” is a gymnastics term. CrossFit does employ gymnastic training. I’m going to assume you are talking about “kipping pull-ups” which is an actual movement. There are so many members at the gym I go to who have been there 7+ years so, again, your comment doesn’t really make sense to me. When I travel I stop in at other boxes and have made friends all over the US. Recently, I was in Orlando, FL. Many at the box I stopped in had been there for years and years. Again, I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I’d love to hear more about it though. I find this fascinating.

SMH. Dont drink the kool aid

Probably the easiest way to train for them is doing weighted pullups, since you'll feel lighter when doing them without weights

With a limp. 😂

and injured.

crossfit is like MMA of fitness

@@hassanalrubai7378 except unlike MMA, they don't respect the fundamentals of the fitness disciplines they copy.

You weren't doing CF,more like typical circuit training which is fine

@@moustaphamoussabouh9985 i looked it up, so the difference is crossfit uses weight? No rest b/t movements? Still no reason to rush through and trying to do more than one can like a clown. I did this with weights as well. Just normal workflow, minus the resting periods. But that's just called super setting

Big deal, my brother had a 36 heartrate while running on a treadmill at max angle and max speed. Thats a real athlete.

No true Scotsman would train crossfit.