hence why I said anecdotal which most people who talk about injuries in Crossfit are referring to. I don't think the injury reporting is all that accurate, especially with the 'gung ho, tough guy' attitude of many Crossfitters.
Don't let that get in the way of you two attacking someone though, because its your typical posting styles.
Crossfit - is - a - sport
why are you knuckleheads debating it's methods?
Well marathons are bullshit. Running 42km is an overuse injury risk. They should reduce marathons down to 100 meters and run with better form.
Regarding the Lack of Training
To say that all other courses require only 2 days to become certified doesn't make the fact that it only takes 2 days to become a crossfit coach any more acceptable. Sure there are terrible coaches in all forms of sport, however i think it is especially risky for crossfit coaches to be inadequately trained for 3 reasons;
1. The new and unaware nature of its participants
2. The short timeframe to fit in a WOD (1hr) - this is an incredibly short time to;
- coach the necessary skills for that days WOD
- at times there isn't enough time to get in enough warm up sets to get up to the prescribed weight
3. The large amount of participants in each session makes it hard to monitor those with less experience - also the weight you choose to go into a work out is usually at your own discretion, which can be perilous when you are filled with enthusiasm and are lacking the mobility/technique to push the weight
I wanna be lifting till they bury me. So until I see statistics on the LONG TERM safety of Crossfit it will remain a sport to me ie something done occasionally, not numerous times per week.
What sort of statistics would you expect to see? I'm sure we could draw a curve and predict with the current data we have, and I'd guess it would look similar to powerlifting and weightlifting.
Is this something you take into consideration before starting an exercise program? To be honest it's not something I really give consideration to and am usually more interested injuries week to week and use that as a guide of what to expect down the track
I come from a Martial Arts background, so for me, pushing myself to the limits (to failure) is/was a habit. Even though I've got this "mentality" every rep is felt, theres a mind muscle connection, even when doing one of my favourite exercises Power Cleans, theres a strong focus on safe form.
I'm not bouncing at the bottom or swinging things which may lead to injuries.
I've seen a Crossfit class where theres a dozen or so people all doing Power Cleans to the tune of some instructor. That isn't promoting a mind muscle connection and a strong focus on correct form, its promoting a desire to keep up with the pace of the instructor or the rest of the group. Also those Kippings, bouncing at the bottom, that can't be good long term.
Clearly that coach is a retard, the whole idea of Crossfit is to go at your own pace and a weight fitting for that rep scheme, besides that bring Sally up phase I've never seen a wod were you had to sit at a certain pace
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I just assumed that was how they were all run. (I actually smiled at the time, they each had their own smallish platforms.)
So the fact that a lot of Crossfit's events/tests are against the clock or each other, doesn't that promote bad form in training because your trying to do it as fast as possible?
In a lot of athletic circles, it's expected that form will deteriorate in actual competition in order to be the fastest/strongest. However, it doesn't follow that form should be allowed to deteriorate in training. Obviously it'll depend on who's coaching as to what the athletes are allowed to get away with, but to put it into perspective, some fugly s#it happens in powerlifting competitions, but every PL coach I've interacted with encourages good technique in training, while knowing that things could still get fugly in competition. There's no reason why the same mentality could not be applied to Crossfit...but again, that's down to the specific coach.I just assumed that was how they were all run. (I actually smiled at the time, they each had their own smallish platforms.)
So the fact that a lot of Crossfit's events/tests are against the clock or each other, doesn't that promote bad form in training because your trying to do it as fast as possible?
At the risk of getting involved in a pissing game here, anyone wanna critic the long term safety of this Crossfit "Queen's" form. How long are her joints gunna last doing this numerous times per week?