Crossfit looks rather scary
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What I don't understand is what sets Crossfit out from any other circuit class currently available today that uses weights for its exercises.
Every Thursday I attend a circuit session with a S&C Instructor where we complete a variety of different exercise which cover all major muscle groups, some using our own body weight, some with sandbags, some with barbells for squats/cleans/deadlifts, and ab work.
We work for 60secs then move onto the next exercise then once complete a circuit take a break and either complete it again, or do something else like boxing or a different set of exercises just using body weight.
Is this completely different to Crossfit or do they have the same fundamentals with different exercises?
Every Thursday I attend a circuit session with a S&C Instructor where we complete a variety of different exercise which cover all major muscle groups, some using our own body weight, some with sandbags, some with barbells for squats/cleans/deadlifts, and ab work.
We work for 60secs then move onto the next exercise then once complete a circuit take a break and either complete it again, or do something else like boxing or a different set of exercises just using body weight.
Is this completely different to Crossfit or do they have the same fundamentals with different exercises?
Edited by Challo on Thursday 13th March 10:17
Digger said:
Linky for the benefit of myself and others !?
60kg floor to overhead 30 times. 2 minutes is considered a good time.This is Rich Froning doing it with 100kg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euv5Vvz_5dc
Personally I think most sports are s
t, exceptions...strongman, MMA and wrestling. The gym however is pretty cool.Halb said:
60kg floor to overhead 30 times. 2 minutes is considered a good time.
This is Rich Froning doing it with 100kg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euv5Vvz_5dc
I'm impressed with his endurance, actually. I couldn't even be bothered to watch for 2 minutes. This is Rich Froning doing it with 100kg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euv5Vvz_5dc
Hoofy said:
I'm impressed with his endurance, actually. I couldn't even be bothered to watch for 2 minutes.
His lactate threshold must be good.I did 60kg last night and was frazzled....in my defence it was the first time for months and I can't let the bar drop, had to control it on every rep.
Halb said:
His lactate threshold must be good.
I did 60kg last night and was frazzled....in my defence it was the first time for months and I can't let the bar drop, had to control it on every rep.
Certainly, it requires more effort to place it. I'd rather put the bar down gently than buy new floorboards.I did 60kg last night and was frazzled....in my defence it was the first time for months and I can't let the bar drop, had to control it on every rep.
Hoofy said:
P-Jay said:
Anyway they returned briefly, yes they looked 'bigger' some even had 6 packs, after several hours of explaining they would now show the rest of the group just how powerful and amazing they were now - we started riding, what followed was a display of some of the most painful riding I've ever seen, they seemed to have the lung capacity of asthmatic old ladies and for all their power, they were as weak as kittens - suspected they'd been using roids or something, turns out we tricked them - their God (or Gym leader) told them that they were so massive now that they're constantly tired from training and doing any sort of real sport would only undo all their hard work.
Yeah but they can outlift a cyclist and out-cycle a lifter.TBH I'm quite surprised their fitness levels have dropped. I thought the whole point was that it made you fitter. I mean that Froning is the fittest man in the world.
But no matter what the sport, if you train too hard without proper recovery and eating right you'll be completely s
t come the time you need to put it all into practice. You can over do exercise... some people don't believe this, but I've seen it twice. Both people never reached the same level again.
Otispunkmeyer said:
Apparently Froning doesn't train CF. He does other stuff.
There seems to be two sorts of people who do crossfit, the exercise sort who goto the Workout Of the Day classes to get a bit fitter, lose weight etc. The other side is those who do it more as a sport (i.e. the crossfit open) and want to compete and improve their performance and these people do more non-crossfit type training. There are several good YouTube videos showing what training Froning does in a day./\
And this is an inspiring video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mRbkhRJJug
CrossFit - Number 1 and Number 2: A Day of Training
"Find out how 2010 Games champion Graham Holmberg and second-place finisher Rich Froning Jr. are training for the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. At the Rogue Fitness training center in Columbus, Ohio, and CrossFit Cookeville at Tennessee Tech University, Sevan Matossian captures these two elite athletes preparing themselves for the mental and physical battles they are soon to encounter."
For the haters!
And this is an inspiring video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mRbkhRJJug
CrossFit - Number 1 and Number 2: A Day of Training
"Find out how 2010 Games champion Graham Holmberg and second-place finisher Rich Froning Jr. are training for the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. At the Rogue Fitness training center in Columbus, Ohio, and CrossFit Cookeville at Tennessee Tech University, Sevan Matossian captures these two elite athletes preparing themselves for the mental and physical battles they are soon to encounter."
For the haters!
goldblum said:
Crossfit is the jack of all trades and master of none. If you want size, strength, power or endurance (anaerobic or aerobic) there are scientifically proven training regimes used by Olympians and world champions in every discipline that can be applied. There is no Crossfit instructor to any British Olympic Team, nor to any elite sportspeople that I've heard of. Believe me if those guys had anything to gain from Crossfit, they'd be using it. That's not to say some don't meddle, but they'd be foolish to play with injury when their career depends on good health.
Funnily enough I'm friends with a Crossfit instructor and he happily admits that Crossfit is a flash in the pan, but his recommendation to a beginner is just don't push yourself too hard to start. He's a nice lad in his last year at Uni doing a S&C Degree - which is surprising because there's huge gaps in his knowledge.
The "box" I train at has a very good GB olympic team member there regularly and he takes quite a few of the lifting based classes. He's taught me the basics to a level where I can do it safely (ish). It's then down to me to be sensible.Funnily enough I'm friends with a Crossfit instructor and he happily admits that Crossfit is a flash in the pan, but his recommendation to a beginner is just don't push yourself too hard to start. He's a nice lad in his last year at Uni doing a S&C Degree - which is surprising because there's huge gaps in his knowledge.
I trian 3x per week and really love the way it's a). different every time and b) completely ruins you. I just wouldn't be able to motiivate myself to do that level of exercise on my own. It's not for everyone though as it can be pretty fkin tough. You also need to know your own limits and not try to go to heavy.
Saying that, I have injured myself doing it (right shoulder problems), but, I'd have likely done that doing something else somewhere else.
here to stay IMO. New boxes are opening at a steady rate and no shortage of members at the place I go to.
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