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Inside the Cult of CrossFit
sarguy:
--- Quote from: Hock on February 10, 2012, 08:56:17 AM ---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
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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?
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