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One of the local cross fit gyms is doing a free 3x/week class for high schoolers. My daughter started going last week and, though very sore, seems to be enjoying it.
Unca Fred and the Greenman won't approve!
It's been great for my running. I've never won age group awards until I started doing CF.
Dev is wicked fit.
A video released yesterday claims to be the "Ultimate Crossfit [SIC] Fails Compilation," during which you see a common theme of pain and worst-case scenarios in the gym. Problem is, that's not CrossFit, according to a company rep."The majority of it was not people doing CrossFit," says Russ Greene, a CrossFit spokesman. "So that just indicates that this [video] person—and people in general—are confused about what it is. And that's understandable."In the video, there is a clip from a powerlifting competition. CrossFit athletes may do Olympic lifting, but that's a completely different sport. There's also a clip from American Ninja Warrior training. That's TV.Really, Greene says, the video should be called "Workout Fails" or "Athletic Fails"—but that's not as catchy. CrossFit is more than a fitness regimen; it's a cult and culture, a popular but insular community that has only recently begun to explain itself to the world.***There are millions of people doing CrossFit every year. You probably know a few because they won't shut up about it. But the danger is taking a few anecdotes to categorize the whole.Does the clip show any CrossFit gyms or athletes? Yes, Greene says, but many aren't. Regardless, there's a lot more to it than blindly box jumping and barbell-pressing."More people are learning about what it really is," he says, "rather than a caricature, which is not based on reality."
I don't "disapprove" of CrossFit in any way; I disapprove of people getting themselves hurt just to save face with knuckleheadsAnd I disapprove of those knuckleheads who put others in a position to get hurt, just because THEY wanna look so fucking coolIf someone is in a new workout routine, and they doing regularly AND safely, and it's showing results [both inside AND out]; I totally support that