Author Topic: Crossfit & Crossfitters - Your Opinion (Read 2997 times)

stuntmovie · « **on:** August 10, 2018, 09:29:56 AM »

Every once in a while I hear adverse comments about Crossfit and the individuals who 'participate' within it.

But before competitive bodybuilding and muscle-growth became so damn popular, most gym or health club members were actually 'crossfitters' .... but the term 'crossfit' had not been invented yet.

So what's your opinion regarding Crossfit training and those crossfitters within it?

And when and where did the term 'crossfit' first get 'invented'?

And is it as popular as 'bodybuilding' appears to be today?

And is there a crossfit event that determines the best crossfitter in the world? Something comparable to today's IFBB Olympia?

And ... Are there any avid crossfitters on this Board?

Thanks ....

stuntmovie · « **Reply #1 on:** August 10, 2018, 09:42:58 AM »

POWER, I just saw your Crosfit post.

I think I should have posted this stuff there.

Sorry about that.

milone79 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 10, 2018, 09:52:04 AM »

and not a single drug free body was seen that day

IroNat · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2018, 10:42:59 AM »

I think doing Olympic lifts is great.

Where Crossfit seems to go off the tracks is the methodology of their training, i.e. doing lifts as fast as you can for time, etc.

This does not fall in line with the way Olympic lifting is taught.

Zillotch · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2018, 11:01:48 AM »

deranged attention whoring losers.

chrisbro · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2018, 11:13:41 AM »

Quote from: IroNat on August 10, 2018, 10:42:59 AM

I think doing Olympic lifts is great.

Where Crossfit seems to go off the tracks is the methodology of their training, i.e. doing lifts as fast as you can for time, etc.

This does not fall in line with the way Olympic lifting is taught.

YUP

_bruce_ · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2018, 12:18:42 PM »

Touched up photos suck, but the physiques do look awesome.

Go 4 It · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2018, 12:34:56 PM »

Can't deny it's entertaining to watch the Crossfit games, they are impressive athletes. Their documentaries on Netflix are good too. How they train that way I have no clue, 3 even 4 training sessions a day, compound lifts, running, swimming, biking, gymnastics. How they have the recovery, the energy stores to train that way boggles my mind. Yes I know they are on drugs, but you have tons of bodybuilders and juiced up gymrats that are too tired to even do fasted cardio. Not to mention their nutrition protocols aren't really anything scientific, like drinking Bcaa's all day, nutrient timing pre/during/post workout. If you look at what Rich Froning or Matt Fraser eats daily it's nothing really sophisticated. I know Fronning likes chocolate milk post workout, his breakfast is just a few eggs, oatmeal, and bacon, and like a burrito at night. And they don't seem to get injured either, crazy stuff.

Powerlift66 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 10, 2018, 12:36:05 PM »

Quote from: stuntmovie on August 10, 2018, 09:42:58 AM

POWER, I just saw your Crosfit post.

I think I should have posted this stuff there.

Sorry about that.

No worries Stunt, the Crossfitters on the page I linked dont look like these people. Just a bunch of out of shape, NH rednecks.

kcb5150 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 10, 2018, 12:38:01 PM »

I am sure they will be wrecks down the line... Look at oly lifters who trained using the Bulgarian methods their whole career.. They didn't emerge unscathed and there was a literal scrap heap of athletes who were broken by it... The guys who did make it to competition ended up mostly physical disasters in the mid to late 30s.

tres_taco_combo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 10, 2018, 04:30:47 PM »

bowling over crossfit

6 Reps · « **Reply #11 on:** August 10, 2018, 08:05:04 PM »

Quote from: stuntmovie on August 10, 2018, 09:29:56 AM

Every once in a while I hear adverse comments about Crossfit and the individuals who 'participate' within it.

But before competitive bodybuilding and muscle-growth became so damn popular, most gym or health club members were actually 'crossfitters' .... but the term 'crossfit' had not been invented yet.

So what's your opinion regarding Crossfit training and those crossfitters within it?

And when and where did the term 'crossfit' first get 'invented'?

And is it as popular as 'bodybuilding' appears to be today?

And is there a crossfit event that determines the best crossfitter in the world? Something comparable to today's IFBB Olympia?

And ... Are there any avid crossfitters on this Board?

Thanks ....

Yes. It’s called the Crossfit Games; winners, one man and one woman, are declared “the fittest on earth.” I think the Games just recently concluded in Madison, Wisconsin. Not sure the prize $$$.

A couple years ago I saw a documentary about the CrossFit Games. It looked to me like this was all the creation of Reebok. That everything was all designed and planned, from the very beginning, by Reebok.

Interestingly, many years ago I heard Lee Priest tell a story that Reebok wanted to get into bodybuilding. That of course would’ve dramatically increased the prize money. But the Weider’s got wind of it and shut Reebok out immediately. This because, as anyone can see, the Weider’s didn’t want Reebok coming into their “turf.”

tres_taco_combo · « **Reply #12 on:** August 10, 2018, 08:07:53 PM »

Quote from: 6 Reps on August 10, 2018, 08:05:04 PM

Yes. It’s called the Crossfit Games; winners, one man and one woman, are declared “the fittest on earth.” I think the Games just recently concluded in Madison, Wisconsin. Not sure the prize $$$.

A couple years ago I saw a documentary about the CrossFit Games. It looked to me like this was all the creation of Reebok. That everything was all designed and planned, from the very beginning, by Reebok.

Interestingly, many years ago I heard Lee Priest tell a story that Reebok wanted to get into bodybuilding. That of course would’ve dramatically increased the prize money. But the Weider’s got wind of it and shut Reebok out immediately. This because, as anyone can see, the Weider’s didn’t want Reebok coming into their “turf.”

good post

thx

Hypertrophy · « **Reply #13 on:** August 10, 2018, 08:21:59 PM »

Quote from: kcb5150 on August 10, 2018, 12:38:01 PM

I am sure they will be wrecks down the line... Look at oly lifters who trained using the Bulgarian methods their whole career.. They didn't emerge unscathed and there was a literal scrap heap of athletes who were broken by it... The guys who did make it to competition ended up mostly physical disasters in the mid to late 30s.

This^

The problem with Crossfit is over time your joints will pay the price. No different than a weight lifter who goes heavy frequently. As Lee Haney once said “save the joints”. I see a big boom
in knee and shoulder surgery coming in about 5-10 years because of crossfit.

It is a well know fact that after people began using the bench press widely in the 1960’s the incidence of shoulder injuries among weight trainers went up as a direct result.

wes · « **Reply #14 on:** August 10, 2018, 09:27:27 PM »

Quote from: milone79 on August 10, 2018, 09:52:04 AM

and not a single drug free body was seen that day

^THIS^

lilhawk1 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2018, 09:29:17 PM »

Quote from: IroNat on August 10, 2018, 10:42:59 AM

I think doing Olympic lifts is great.

Where Crossfit seems to go off the tracks is the methodology of their training, i.e. doing lifts as fast as you can for time, etc.

This does not fall in line with the way Olympic lifting is taught.

Good post