I never see any posts about it anymore.
Asking for a friend of course...
Asking for a friend of course...
Never heard of Orange Theory. Looked them up. I'm always leery of a place that refuses to let you know how much it costs.AggieOO said:
guessing part of it is that crossfit is now just the crossfitters. All the craze has dropped off and the general population that was "all about it" has either gone back to their couch or started going to orange theory.
There's still a lot of you guys out there, but its not the flavor of the day anymore for the "on again, off again" fitness crowd.
This made me laugh because my wife was an avid crossfitter for about 2 years and now she's hooked on orange theory.AggieOO said:
guessing part of it is that crossfit is now just the crossfitters. All the craze has dropped off and the general population that was "all about it" has either gone back to their couch or started going to orange theory.
There's still a lot of you guys out there, but its not the flavor of the day anymore for the "on again, off again" fitness crowd.
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4. It mainstreamed HIIT. Many of us knew about it and practiced it, but it wasn't until x-fit that soccer mom learned that it did more for you than 60 minutes of cardio.
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4. It mainstreamed HIIT. Many of us knew about it and practiced it, but it wasn't until x-fit that soccer mom learned that it did more for you than 60 minutes of cardio.
I don't have any research to point to, but I've been led to believe that the conventional wisdom on HIIT is shifting towards just certifying that the benefit from HIIT can't be isolated to the rep/rest scheme more than just normal resistance training as most HIIT has a resistance training element to it whether it is weights or bodyweight.
Hoosegow said:
3. It has done more to encourage women to get under the bar than anyone or anything else in history - and we all benefit from that.
That's a lot of good.
P.U.T.U said:
the d-bag doing the commentary on this video is ten times as insufferable as the d-bag doing fake pullups.SAWgunner said:
They can't type anymore, they ruined their shoulders doing fake pull ups and can't lift their arms to the keyboard.
4thGenAg03 said:
36 year-old female crossfitter here. Played sports growing up and did a bunch of half marathons in my late 20s early 30s. I was skeptical before I started almost 3 years ago and lots of people warned me about getting hurt. Three years in my injuries have been hitting my shin on a box jump and setting a dumbbell down on my fingertip. I am 21 pounds down, have more muscle and CF is the only workout in my entire adult life that I didn't hate or skip more days than not. Depression and anxiety issues that have plagued me since 2001 are better. All that said, It's not for everyone and some crossfit gyms are better than others. I also listen to my body and don't lift more than I can with proper form. Say what you will about how terrible it is but it has worked for me and I plan on doing for the rest of my life and scaling as I need to later in life!
I get both of those things working out alone.gigemhilo said:
Part of what I love is that while there is an element of competition and pushing to work harder, it is tempered by encouragement to listen to your body and not over-lift or over-work. You don't get either of those working out on your own.
P.U.T.U said:
At the beginning of Crossfit they got the best in the business to help them design their workouts. For example Chris Summer for gymnastics moves, Kelly Starlet for mobility, but then they started seeing the money out there and changed things to bring in more customers. Summer left as soon as they started kipping moves since he knew a ton of people would get injured. Add the ability for anyone to pay $1700 and get a weekend of instruction and you can now be an instructor then you have people that are telling people to do dangerous moves incorrectly.
Crossfit done properly is a fantastic program and makes a lot of sense for being fit to do almost anything. You build muscle, work on mobility, do HIIT, and other things that lead to a healthier life.
Crossfit is like any other workout program where you have both good and bad coaches/programs. But due to a lot of idiots trying to throw around heavy weights you saw a lot of injuries. I've known about a half frozen people get rhabdo, one break their back, and another who was in the hospital for over a week due to exhaustion from Crossfit. Heavy weights and fatigue does not mix.
In the end it did change the fitness industry for the better and got a lot more females lifting weights. I don't care what people do as long as they get after it
I'm glad you do. But not everybody is a self-starter or self driven. Some need community.bam02 said:I get both of those things working out alone.gigemhilo said:
Part of what I love is that while there is an element of competition and pushing to work harder, it is tempered by encouragement to listen to your body and not over-lift or over-work. You don't get either of those working out on your own.