Crossfit, the scientology of the fitness world...

[BroDeal]

...or what amounts to outrageously priced circuit training with poorly designed workouts that are liable to injure people.

Discuss.

 

[FrankDay]

While most of us here could probably agree CrossFit is not particularly good to optimize cycling performance I think most advocates do not do CrossFit for this purpose. I have some relatives that love CrossFit. He is a policeman. She is a dancer. Both like it for the general conditioning benefits they receive. He recently won a Texas Nat Guard contest for his area and he attributes most of that to his cross-fit training. I am sure some cyclists do it because they don't want to look like a cyclist.

 

[CoachFergie]

...or what amounts to outrageously priced circuit training with poorly designed workouts that are liable to injure people.

Discuss.

Yup, people love Gimmicks. Will no doubt be an Olympic Sport soon

 

[FrankDay]

Yup, people love Gimmicks. Will no doubt be an Olympic Sport soon

Apparently you have never done a CrossFit workout. It is not cycling (or any other "sport") but it is not a gimmick. Tough workouts to be sure.

 

[purcell]

...or what amounts to outrageously priced circuit training with poorly designed workouts that are liable to injure people.

Discuss.

A very good description of a business that is creating a whole lot of future cripples.

 

[Tapeworm]

Tough workouts to be sure.

Tough does not equate to effective. Serious sports don't do "random" in their preparation.

Crossfit without random is not Crossfit, its... strength and conditioning. And its been used for decades. Nothing new here, move along.

Kenny Powers said it best:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns6YSvCsVJM

 

[CoachFergie]

not trying to be the best at exercising

Boom, we have a winner!!!

 

[durianrider]

Look up 'crossfit fail compilation' on youtube. That pretty much sums up the scam that is crossfit in general.

 

[BroDeal]

Look up 'crossfit fail compilation' on youtube. That pretty much sums up the scam that is crossfit in general.

There is some funny and scary stuff in these.

One has someone picking up a barbell in his front room then accidentally knocking a hole in the front of his fish tank with it. I LOLed. Poor fish.

Among other videos, I watched two by Durianrider. I am afraid I have to give him a yellow card for excessive use of the word "mate."

 

[Boeing]

The triathletes of weight training.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Yup, people love Gimmicks. Will no doubt be an Olympic Sport soon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrossFit#CrossFit_Games

$250,000 to the winner of their highest-ranked competition. They are off to a good start!

clean as a whistle too: http://games.crossfit.com/sites/default/files/Games2012_NE_CFNE_rotator.jpg

 

[Tapeworm]

Yep, clean as:-
http://romanoroberts.com.mx/steroids-crossfit-and-the-crossfit-games-who-how/

I would mention cycling... but this is not the Clinic.