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[Adventure]

I like & support CF, but here is some ones take on it.

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/fitness/inside-cult-crossfit

[whitewolf]

Sounds like he really was worn out from doing the exersises-hope they have a defrilabrator in the CF gyms-WW

[Keith Miller]

I didn't read the whole article, but from my experience - Crossfitters are very clicky, like they are in on something unique. And if you don't do it...you just don't get it. It's almost like exercise snobbery.

[Hock]

Its a fad that has stuck. It has somehow collected that...that elusive, media magic thing.

In the bitter end, its the WOD - the changing "work out of the day."
People like someone else putting it togther and selling it as sort of prepared mob-magic.

But is it any better than Mike Gillette's rotating "deck of cards" style work out? Minus the franchise dues?

Hock

[noload]

People looking to exercise, or to belong to the cool kids group?

The idea of CF looks fine but does seem to be taken too far, also annoying when they start trying to hog the barbells at the gym.

[sarguy]

Its a fad that has stuck. It has somehow collected that...that elusive, media magic thing.

In the bitter end, its the WOD - the changing "work out of the day."
People like someone else putting it togther and selling it as sort of prepared mob-magic.

But is it any better than Mike Gillette's rotating "deck of cards" style work out? Minus the franchise dues?

Hock

I think it codified some of the WODs across several gyms, so that one could easily go from gym to gym and "speak the same language" as far a metrics and workouts go. But again, there is a lack of periodization and, according to people I respect on the topic, appropriate training for the majority of CF certs.

I'd stick to the deck of cards unless you had a non-kool-aid drinking CF trainer handy.

[noload]

From talking to the CFers at my gym and talking with one of the intructors at a local CF gym it reminds me of a lot of karate, JKD, TKD and WC schools from a decade back. The sales pitch seemed similar, and the reasons people were doing it also similar, but replace the words "self defense" with "functional fitness". I went by the local CF gym and even that had a bare bones old school karate vibe to it. I'm wondering if CF (and other types of extreme fitness) is a response to a lot of martial arts schools moving away from training adults and turning into daycare centers.

[whitewolf]

Not that there is anything wrong with it but at one school i know the kids have a room a baby sitter and it is packed while the parents work out-it sure makes some money for the owner..........WW

[Adventure]

So who says we need periodization & if that make someone more fit then lets see them compete.

[noload]

Compete how, the Cross Fit Games? In a way doesn't CF specialize in training people for the CF Games?

[Adventure]

The CF Games, Spartan Race, Tough Mudder......

It is about being well rounded & is there a fitness system out there that does it?

? Can one do CF & throw in periodization? BUT will that make you better to do more work? A compatition is away of show casing it.

[noload]

But if you're going to sell it as a better way shouldn't you be competing and comparing in the other guys playground?

[arnold]

Come and do one of my workouts. No bike, no gay treadmill. 950 calories in 50 minutes today. 3 came today to try to finish. One of them made it and yes, I do the complete workout along with all of the youngsters.
HTFU!

[whitewolf]

I like that -a gay treadmill- complete with tv  ear phones magazine holder water holder etc etc etc f$5^^*ing etc-screw um all and the horse they rode in on. How about a one armed pushup to seperate the men from the boys-WW

[Adventure]

But if you're going to sell it as a better way shouldn't you be competing and comparing in the other guys playground?

Sure....but remeber they do not specialize so if it would be just running or lifting or etc..
They are not going to be the fittest, if fit is defind by just one catecgory.