Strength Irritating people/things that annoy you in the gym III

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The Golden Glenferrie said:
Speaking of ****wits

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AFL players do this.



Examples of bad form and technique in every sport.
 

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I love the commentary on that video BTW. "The future of this club Aaron Naughton... oh no!:D
 
faible said:
Nothing about CrossFit makes sense to me.

LETS WORKOUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

y tho?

It's like the antithesis
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faible said:
Nothing about CrossFit makes sense to me.

LETS WORKOUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

y tho?

It's like the antithesis of the purpose of strength training.

Also the management of the sport side of things is apparently horrendous, as evidenced by the guy who drowned because their a. event order was stupidly dangerous, and b. insufficient and inappropriately trained water safety.
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Why run as fast as possible? Why swim as fast as possible? CrossFit isn't only about strength. It's a combination of strength, cardio and gymnastics.


The management of last year's CrossFit Games was poor. I was the first on here to admit that. But to diss a whole sport because of it is also poor. Lots of sports have had incidents of negligence.
 
raskolnikov said:
Why run as fast as possible? Why swim as fast as possible? CrossFit isn't only about strength. It's a combination of strength, cardio and gymnastics.


The management of last year's CrossFit Games was poor. I was the first on here to admit that. But to diss a whole sport because of it is also poor. Lots of sports have had incidents of negligence.
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I know you’re a fan, I don’t have to be, this is an acceptable state of being.
 
phantom13 said:
Now more power to them, go get that new year new me, but, if I wasn’t already in pretty good nick, I couldn’t think of a worse introduction to fitness than CrossFit. These people were absolutely ****ing cooked and looked like they were about to vomit and collapse on the pavement.

I’m in pretty good shape and I doubt I’d survive a proper CrossFit session without being truly ****ing pushed. It just seems like a terrible starting venture for New Year’s resolutioners.
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Its a ridiculous way to begin your journey into fitness, especially if you have led a sedentary life with a poor diet. You genuinely need to give your body and CNS the time to adjust to exercising. As to what time period that is, I am no expert, but I think the first 2-4 weeks should generally be light exercise, with small increments in intensity with each workout.

Importantly the exercise needs to be fun and enjoyable so the likelihood of these newbies continuing is high.

Its no surprise that most drop off within the first 4 weeks of the New Year.
 
GROTTO said:
Its a ridiculous way to begin your journey into fitness, especially if you have led a sedentary life with a poor diet. You genuinely need to give your body and CNS the time to adjust to exercising. As to what time period that is, I am no expert, but I think the first 2-4 weeks should generally be light exercise, with small increments in intensity with each workout.

Importantly the exercise needs to be fun and enjoyable so the likelihood of these newbies continuing is high.

Its no surprise that most drop off within the first 4 weeks of the New Year.
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100%

I was actually thinking to myself if the drop off rate for regular gym goers is 80% (which I’ve read before) it’s gotta be more like 90-95% for this.

If you’re not used to doing active recovery and hydrating etc. then that post hard workout stiffness and soreness is gonna last for a week, by which point you won’t wanna go back to just be physically ****ed for another week.
 
phantom13 said:
100%

I was actually thinking to myself if the drop off rate for regular gym goers is 80% (which I’ve read before) it’s gotta be more like 90-95% for this.

If you’re not used to doing active recovery and hydrating etc. then that post hard workout stiffness and soreness is gonna last for a week, by which point you won’t wanna go back to just be physically ****ed for another week.
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US study in 2019, both I think it would not be unreasonable to draw some parallels with Australia.

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GROTTO said:
US study in 2019, both I think it would not be unreasonable to draw some parallels with Australia.

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I’ve mentioned it before elsewhere and it’s a real throwback but I can DISTINCTLY recall the boom in people out walking/running straight after the first week of episodes of the biggest loser when that was on tv.

I also distinctly recall the people dropping off week by week until the pavement was clear by the week following the finale.

Tale as old as time.
 
faible said:
I know you’re a fan, I don’t have to be, this is an acceptable state of being.
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You're not required to be an arseh*le about it either.
 
phantom13 said:
100%

I was actually thinking to myself if the drop off rate for regular gym goers is 80% (which I’ve read before) it’s gotta be more like 90-95% for this.

If you’re not used to doing active recovery and hydrating etc. then that post hard workout stiffness and soreness is gonna last for a week, by which point you won’t wanna go back to just be physically ****ed for another week.
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I was completely out of shape and probably 30 kilos overweight, when I started CrossFit 10 years ago. Yet last year I represented Qld in the Masters League Games.

I can guarantee if it was a reputable CrossFit gym that those people you saw were encouraged strongly by the coach to scale back their workout significantly. Some gyms won't even let you participate in the main workout and have beginners classes for newbies. But egos get in the way and they want to compete with regulars who have been doing it for years. I see it all the time.
 

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raskolnikov said:
You're not required to be an arseh*le about it either.
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I think you’ve taken it to be a far more serious comment than intended.

Criticism of CrossFit isn’t criticism of you. Do whatever activity you like. CrossFit as a brand and organisation also doesn’t define the style of workouts you choose to do.
 
raskolnikov said:
I was completely out of shape and probably 30 kilos overweight, when I started CrossFit 10 years ago. Yet last year I represented Qld in the Masters League Games.

I can guarantee if it was a reputable CrossFit gym that those people you saw were encouraged strongly by the coach to scale back their workout significantly. Some gyms won't even let you participate in the main workout and have beginners classes for newbies. But egos get in the way and they want to compete with regulars who have been doing it for years. I see it all the time.
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You can’t really guarantee anything to be fair.

I’ve no idea if it was a reputable one just as I have no idea if these people ignored the coach/instructor. My comment was based on what it looked like which was two people straight off the couch, for a very very long period of time, trying to do a very very strenuous activity.

Most CrossFit wods I’ve seen and done are just absolutely not appropriate for people early in their health and fitness journey. I think we can agree on that?
 
phantom13 said:
Most CrossFit wods I’ve seen and done are just absolutely not appropriate for people early in their health and fitness journey. I think we can agree on that?
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As it's written, or what is referred to as rx, yes. Many people who have been doing CrossFit for years still don't do rx.

This was our workout today.
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So, 3 different levels. Only the top athletes did rx, or the top level. Most other people did level 2 or 1. I did level 2, which for my age group is actually the rx level.

If there was a newbie I doubt the coach would have even had them on the bar. Instead of toes 2 bar they may have done sit ups. And they may have only used a broomstick for the clean and jerks just to practice the technique.
 
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There's also no obligation to stick to one if those weights either. So if 52kg was too heavy but 34kg was too light you could choose 40kg. Most people who have been doing CrossFit for a while have a good idea what they should be lifting.
 
Kram said:
I should really toughen up and make a real effort to swim 50m butterfly with flippers, got to 35m on the weekend.
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You could drown! And butterfly is such a ridiculous stroke.

I don't think anyone who can't swim 50m should go anywhere near a swimming pool.
 

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