Crossfit - the Enemy ?
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| martinb |  | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 08:50 |
 Grass fed Member 1147, 7710 posts SQ 220, BP 185, DL 272.5677.5 kgs @ 113kgs UnEq | shanejer said: I'm sure he'd be good at anything if he so desired ..... Steve - I don't think it's as hard to win because in terms of weightlifting for example you have to be at the top of human performance for a given weight class to win ... Evident by how close the totals always are ! Where as crossfit you just have to be "good" at everything ... Untill the sport gets on a few years you maybe might see marathon runners at 84kf clean and jerking 230 but for now there good at everything not great ! Aren't people who are great at one thing generally pretty terrible at almost everything else? I'd say being "good" at everything is what they are great at | ||
| Carl | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 09:12 |
 Loves rugby league ... Member 13, 14460 posts SQ 230, BP 180.5, DL 262.5673.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq Administrator | at one of the recent comps some of the guys did they had to kayak! | ||
| IainKendrick | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 10:12 |
 some nice relaxing jazz. Member 77, 12599 posts SQ 265, BP 165, DL 280710.0 kgs @ 93kgs UnEq | Carl said:there are also very health levels of lycra on the females, but the trade of is lycra clad men. you win some you lose some. Yeah! Bet you wished the women would cover up  | ||
| shanejer | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 10:36 |
Member 1307, 14110 posts SQ 355, BP 240, DL 370965.0 kgs @ 102kgs UnEq | martinb said: Aren't people who are great at one thing generally pretty terrible at almost everything else? I'd say being "good" at everything is what they are great at Well that's because they don't train everything else !? I meant for example, me I'm good at squat bench dead overhead by no means great, I'm getting better at the cardio as I've started training that and a few months maybe I'll be good at both .... IMO if I decided to do anything I'd get good at it but not much I can see me being great at ... To many freaky foreigners | ||
| Ben_F | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 10:37 |
 vegetarian with a big deadlift - who would have thought... Member 340, 13300 posts SQ 315, BP 190, DL 350855.0 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | shanejer said: Well that's because they don't train everything else !? I meant for example, me I'm good at squat bench dead overhead by no means great, I'm getting better at the cardio as I've started training that and a few months maybe I'll be good at both .... IMO if I decided to do anything I'd get good at it but not much I can see me being great at ... To many freaky foreigners Crossfit Games for you then! | ||
| shanejer | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 10:44 |
Member 1307, 14110 posts SQ 355, BP 240, DL 370965.0 kgs @ 102kgs UnEq | Ben_F said: Crossfit Games for you then! I've been debating it | ||
| taz | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 10:49 |
 he who does the volume wins Member 2498, 3652 posts SQ 160, BP 125, DL 225510.0 kgs @ 109kgs UnEq | shanejer said: I've been debating it Do it, u know u want too!!  | ||
| chaos | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 10:57 |
 An amazing human being Member 2047, 17156 posts SQ 262.5, BP 170, DL 300732.5 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | Do it!!! Shane, do it! I f**kin hate/ love/ hate/ love/ f**kin detest crossfit! Right now I don't like it all cos it broke me this morning, although I am far too fat to be doing it anyway really! I love the idea of incorporating alsorts of strenght and fitness activities into one sport (not keen on having to gymnastic type stuff cos thta far too hard to learn when your old, fat and inflexible). I hate the way I feel when I've done a wod (and to be fair i've not done that many - bw farmers for 400m was worst by long way!) but love the feeling an hour later when i don't feel sick anymore and actually feel almost like an athlete! I have actually forgot what my poit is now????????? errm just carry on! | ||
| macroth | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 11:01 |
 no longer the Swiss Deadlift record holder Member 3517, 3367 posts SQ 182.5, BP 122.5, DL 255560.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | Anyone curious about it all can just do the Open workouts to see how they match up or sign up next year (20$) and get ranked along with everyone else. These days, even excellent allround athletes need to dedicate themselves to CF at least 6 months to a year to even hope to break through to the Regionals (top 48 in Europe; only top 3 out of those 48 eventually go to the Games). Just as a point of comparison (relatively strong for a CrossFitter/weak for a sugdenite, and mediocre conditioning but probably better than most on sugden), I was around 1500th in Europe and 16000th in the world this year. http://games.crossfit.com/ http://games.crossfit.com/athlete/122752 | ||
| martinb | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 11:06 |
Grass fed Member 1147, 7710 posts SQ 220, BP 185, DL 272.5677.5 kgs @ 113kgs UnEq | chaos said:Do it!!! Shane, do it! I f**kin hate/ love/ hate/ love/ f**kin detest crossfit! Right now I don't like it all cos it broke me this morning, although I am far too fat to be doing it anyway really! I love the idea of incorporating alsorts of strenght and fitness activities into one sport (not keen on having to gymnastic type stuff cos thta far too hard to learn when your old, fat and inflexible). I hate the way I feel when I've done a wod (and to be fair i've not done that many - bw farmers for 400m was worst by long way!) but love the feeling an hour later when i don't feel sick anymore and actually feel almost like an athlete! I have actually forgot what my poit is now????????? errm just carry on! I think you, like most of us on here, have forgotten what it feels like to be "in shape". I have just dropped some weight and started doing more stuff and feeling like I can actually go a bit is great. I think this comes back to Ben's comp idea again though | ||
| JC | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 11:10 |
 technical retard Member 172, 36827 posts SQ 310, BP 205, DL 335850.0 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | chaos said:Do it!!! Shane, do it! I f**kin hate/ love/ hate/ love/ f**kin detest crossfit! Right now I don't like it all cos it broke me this morning, although I am far too fat to be doing it anyway really! I love the idea of incorporating alsorts of strenght and fitness activities into one sport (not keen on having to gymnastic type stuff cos thta far too hard to learn when your old, fat and inflexible). I hate the way I feel when I've done a wod (and to be fair i've not done that many - bw farmers for 400m was worst by long way!) but love the feeling an hour later when i don't feel sick anymore and actually feel almost like an athlete! I have actually forgot what my poit is now????????? errm just carry on! I've never really understood the "hate" CF brigade TBH Is it for me.....no! Do I enjoy watching it....no! Do I think its a great test of limit strength...no! But if others enjoy it, then they should crack on! The only thing I dont really like is it being compared to strongman...like comparing NFL and RU | ||
| chaos | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 11:22 |
An amazing human being Member 2047, 17156 posts SQ 262.5, BP 170, DL 300732.5 kgs @ 108kgs UnEq | Its the sick feeling I hate! Not the sport - other than the gymanstic thing! Martin - yeah your prob right! | ||
| assum | | ... | 11-04-2013 @ 18:56 |
to assume makes an ass out of u and me Member 3391, 75 posts | Rusev said: Well thoughts ? A great deal of the best ever weightlifters were smokers which in itself would make them pretty biz at CF. OL and CF are different kettles of porridge. If you wanted the dollars in your prime you should have stayed at school Mr R, otherwise be happy that you walked your walk, did it well and enjoyed it | ||
| Harry | | ... | 13-04-2013 @ 22:56 |
I have sex with women Member 2122, 310 posts SQ 180, BP 135, DL 220535.0 kgs @ 98kgs UnEq | I could pretty much do everything in a crossfit games apart from the oly lifts. | ||
| Sparrow | | ... | 13-04-2013 @ 23:03 |
 always lookIng for the extra UT2 work. Member 9, 18279 posts SQ 210, BP 167.5, DL 260637.5 kgs @ 103kgs UnEq | Harry said:I could pretty much do everything in a crossfit games apart from the oly lifts. You should go for it then - could win $250,000! | ||