Well this thread took off LOL
After reading this thread I was thinking...hmmmm, most just hate cross fit for whatever reason, shorly it can't be that bad.
Than I watched this vid from freaky, .....???WTF???
That is just an injury waiting to happen, worst bit is it's all being condoned safe under the watchful eyes of veteran cross fitters trainers.
I can see the attraction of this kind of stuff to new trainees, its all a type of hard work and would definitely give some fitness and conditioning to those that don't get hurt, but over time this sort of training would definitely see injuries. The sad part of that is no doubt its held as a badge of honor by those that love this stuff. If it was structured properly and technique was taught, than it would be better. But than could you call it xfit? I don't think so now I have gazed at this thread.
EDIT: I think its become so popular because it has a bit of all the stuff that the 'Athletes have'. Its got Oly rings, free weights, they power lift, they oly lift, they do all sorts of stuff that elite athletes do. problem is they do it all wrong, have no structure, than call it the best overall conditioning training one can do. Imagine being a couch potato, you walk into a xfit gym and they say c'mon lets do oly lifting, power lifting, body building, strong man blah blah blah........he/she would think that was the coolest shit ever, no wonder they are making a killing. Go to a regular gym, than go to a xfit gym, the xfit gym has all the hard core shit that the 'Pros' use and it makes a regular gym look boring. I can see the attraction for sure, its just a pitty that they train in quite a dangerous fashion IMO. However some of their moves are quite good, I do the one they call the 'Bear' to warm up sometimes with a light weight......I actually got it from one of the threads Trentzor wrote in and he called it something else, great move for warming up the body.
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