Crossfit is bad for you

[Aurik]

Originally Posted by IronManlet

I'll give it this: it seems to churn out hot chicks with tight butts like nothing else.

For this reason, I tolerate it.

This.

[BigFiveFive]

Kipping? They have a name for that garbage he was doing...

wtf...

[Abaddon]

Originally Posted by BigFiveFive

Kipping? They have a name for that garbage he was doing...

wtf...

I had no idea either - in any other gym those pullups would be laughed at.

[Spartigus]

Crossfit is great, but its meant for people with a pretty good strength base to start with. Its not something you can give to a rank novice though, yet a lot of novice guys tend to do it, and get injured and use horrid form. That tends to be why it can have a bad name.

Originally Posted by Abaddon

I had no idea either - in any other gym those pullups would be laughed at.

Not at my gym, they are stock standard for the average bicep warrior in my gym hahah.

[Abaddon]

Originally Posted by Spartigus

Not at my gym, they are stock standard for the average bicep warrior in my gym hahah.

Haha I keep forgetting how many idiots there are in the average gym.

[big_swede]

Crossift actually seems like a pretty damn fun and sick way to loose weight and harden up, beat's the ordinary cardio. For strength and size it would not do it, but in many ways it looks like the cardio i like to do.


And the guy who fell was funny hehe

[Carl1174]

that guy who fell was funny... I do agree with max though, some of those guys are deceptively strong and it would be an ace way to do cardio. In general though it sucks cos of the idiots that do it, guys with no strength base doing stuff they dont really understand because it is a 'fad' or whatever. If you have a look at the records that some of the higher levels guys have though and the weights they pull they are freakishly stong AND fit. In the nationals though remeber I am sure handstand pushups are on rings and all squats have to be below parallel and they hav a minimum foir things like squats cleans of body weight. Thats pretty strong by any normal standards.

Carl.

[LtL]

Originally Posted by MMA Max

I try and never make fun of how people train, Esp if they get hurt. But I must mention I hate kipping Pull Ups. Next - Some crossfit is awesome, It works well in some aspects for fighting and other types of work. Some of these guys are smaller and pull more weight with ease then most of us here and some are bigger then us here and still do more weight, with good form.

This link is a guy doing the king kong
1) Deadlift @ 500lbs
2) 2 Muscle Ups
3) 3 Squat Cleans 275lbs
4) Hand stand Push Ups

All For threee rounds So total - 500x 3 singles , 6 muscle ups, 9 Squat Cleans, 9 hand stands. Thats more then most of the guys here lol and he is smaller..However he did do olympic games

YouTube - ‪Crossfit King Kong David Morgan‬‏


This next guy is smaller then most here ( also doing king Kong) and he is pulling 455 for 3 singles 2 Muscle ups for a total 6, 3 Squat cleans for 250 for a total 9 and 4 hand stand push ups. Thats pretty good

YouTube - ‪Crossfit King Kong Josh Everett‬‏

And this guy is a prime example of doing crossfit the right way.

Originally Posted by Spartigus

Crossfit is great, but its meant for people with a pretty good strength base to start with. Its not something you can give to a rank novice though, yet a lot of novice guys tend to do it, and get injured and use horrid form. That tends to be why it can have a bad name.

This is my beef with it ^^. People lifting weights they're not strong enough to handle with god awful form because that's what the crossfit workout prescribes. I mock it in the same way that I would mock deadlifting with horrendous form or quarter squats because none of them is a good idea.

LtL

[MMA Max]

From what I am aware of when you are doing these Crossfit routines - Fran, KinKong, Ape Sh1t Warrior or whatever, The weight has to be heavy and explosive.

When I was doing a lot of Circuit training we would do one called the titan it was

1) Heavy Clean and Press
2) Muscle Ups
3) Oly Ring Push Ups

And that shit would kill me - 5 rounds of that and I was like holy shit.

And yes those pull up that tard was doing are called Kipping, I HATE Kipping, I also hate BS cheat pull ups or Thrusting.. DO them Strict or dont do them

Example of BS Pull Ups

YouTube - ‪CrossFit Chest-to-bar Kipping Pull-ups‬‏

YouTube - ‪CrossFit Chest-to-bar Kipping Pull-ups‬‏

MORE BS

YouTube - ‪50 Chest to bar pull-up, 50 burpees‬‏

YouTube - ‪50 Chest to bar pull-up, 50 burpees‬‏

This is Awesome Pull Up With Weight

YouTube - ‪Pull ups weighing 210 plus 45 LB plate x 15 reps‬‏

YouTube - ‪Pull ups weighing 210 plus 45 LB plate x 15 reps‬‏

More Great Pulls

YouTube - ‪Amar Pep 40 Strict Pull Ups in (1 minute )‬‏

YouTube - ‪Amar Pep 40 Strict Pull Ups in (1 minute )‬‏

Good Strict Pump Pull Ups

YouTube - ‪45 PULL UPS (Bodybuilder Kali Muscle)‬‏

YouTube - ‪45 PULL UPS (Bodybuilder Kali Muscle)‬‏

AGAIN THIS IS ****EN TERIBLE

YouTube - ‪CrossFit - Kipping Pull-Ups‬‏

YouTube - ‪CrossFit - Kipping Pull-Ups‬‏

[MMA Max]

This guy actually does it pretty good and his muscle ups are great

YouTube - ‪CrossFit King Kong- Kevin Simons 2min 11sec‬‏

YouTube - ‪CrossFit King Kong- Kevin Simons 2min 11sec‬‏