I think all muscular people are pathetic. No point being all big if you can't even simply walk. Fitness is supposed to be about looking lean and fashionable on your clothes. To simply look healthier and feel better. That's it. These people don't even get paid to do all the Labor they're retards.
@@iamdogger5871 Yeah him and a couple of his buddies had drank a bunch of four loko and they raped a cabbie in the park. Then they all made him rape them back. It was part of some interviews he did back before he got big.
I think it’s hilarious how the creator of CrossFit doesn’t do it, it makes me think that he knows CrossFit is stupid, but he just wants to make money off of it
@Cameron Womack I've actually been to one that shared a warehouse with an ACTUAL olympic weightlifting coach. He had his own small corner of bumper plates, and Crossfit had most of the space of the gym. People started migrating to the other side of the coach's corner and it got pretty full in that small space. Then the coach left because of his lease or because he was a threat to Crossfit's business. He took the Crossfitters from the gym with him and now they train in his new location. YAY for Crossfit!
Arnold Schwarzenegger once said rep to failure, and rep to puking. But he also said use proper form, eat good, rest lots, and take your time to improve slowly.
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Regularly learn and play new sports. The CF motto.
@@drjohn1800 so does almost every athlete. Steroids don't just magically make you big or strong. I am on trt 200mg of test a week. I am not huge. I lift 5 days a week. Learn facts before you start with the "it's because of roids", bullshit.
Well, kipping pullups are diffrent then strict one for sure, but they mainly do it for competetive purposes, its much easier to judge 20 people doing workout at the same time if there are as little rules as possible. Their rule is fully extended elbows and chin over bar/chest to bar, everything else is allowed. Although saying i can do 30 kipping pullups is not same as saying i can do 30 strict pullups it still require a lot of strenght and is just diffrent gymnastics ability. Try doing some and see if u hit their results.
No, it's just like ANY gym out there. Your form is YOUR responsibility! Some people are there to show off, but that happens literally anywhere. Adding weight is never forced, it's not even highly encouraged unless you can show you have your form down. But what are they going to do if you choose to ignore them? Nothing, they can't. That's your choice.
@@spockslefteyebrow8327 who talked about a "gym", it's about CrossFit. and in CrossFit your form is not YOUR responsibility as you said, because you're encouraged to have the stupidest form, to cheat the most egregious of ways in order to do more, faster. If you go to the army a single pull up that is not technically perfect is a no rep, a push up with bad form is a no rep but in CrossFit you do kipping, you abuse your spine, knees, everything in pursuit of the number of reps in the shortest amounts of time and it's the only discipline like that.
Every sport has injury risk. In basketball it's like a rite of passage to land on someone's foot and roll your ankle. Happens all the time. Happened to me. While I was recovering nobody was like haha that's what you get basketball is dumb. Why is crossfit treated differently?
@@ruandelange9185 What? With those "pull ups" you're literally letting the momentum do most of the work for you,instead of relying purely on your muscle strenght. And "five strict pull ups" is the level of someone who doesn't train at all. I know that 'cause that was my starting point back then
@@Riot076 i'd love to see you try butterfly pullups 😂. I can do about 20 pullups without stop but can't even do one of those. Plus crossfit does incorporate normal pullups as well, not just butterfly. It's about controlling your bodyweight and being functional.
@@ruandelange9185 are butterfly pull-ups the cross fit pull-ups ? If so a straight strict pull-up is much harder than it . With the kipping pull ups you’re literally letting the momentum do all the work .
@@ShadowGaming26548 no i competed in german calisthenics championship and i can tell if you cant do a strict you sure cant a kipping pull up if you learn the technique YES it is a bit easier and faster but still hard
A few years ago I won a free trial month of CrossFit at a local gym, I went for the first week and then told them that I wouldn't be coming back. When they asked why I told them what they were doing was detrimental to the long-term health of their clients (I can only speak about the gym I was at, but it seems consistent with the industry) They were pushing people to achieve maximum reps without ever teaching them how to do the moves properly. Everything was maximum effort, quantity over quality. At the time I had been doing calisthenics for 4 years and could do about 40 regular pullups without stopping, I could do controlled muscle-ups and on a good day 2 or 3 one arm muscle-ups. In class doing pullups The cross-fit "Coach" told me that I wasn't going fast enough to keep up with the class, and that I needed to "reach deeper" and to "screw form". I was done after that.
Just to add to your point. The "Bulgarian Secret". These madmen believe in fast reps up to the point that form is sacrificed. Once form begins to suffer they slow down. They also don't believe in going to failure so that they're able to workout several times a day, 7 days a week. If you look at a Bulgarian bodybuilder, then look at a crossfitter. Yeah. Nonsense. Personally I just eff with calisthenics though.
Bruh it isnt cheating. Look at it this way: The definition of doing a pullup is pulling from lockout until the chin is level with the bar. By kipping you are utilizing your entire body to do so, and if Done correctly is definitely not dangerous. It is like saying you should run with your arms straight down because otherwise it is cheating. If the goal of doing the exercise isnt to do pullups strict, but to be able to do them quick, it makes No sense not using the entire body, hence the running metaphor.
@@axelstromblad3015 Let me guess you have no idea the biomechanics of a pull-up and what muscle will engage if it's properly executed. When I see when crossfitters doing whatever the hell is that there is no benefit do this exercise it just look ridiculous.
Peter Csigo If your goal is to do be able to do more strict pullups, then No it wont do the job. Even crossfitters dont do this as a progressive excercise for building strength. But when it comes to do pullups in competition this is a more efficient way to do them. The volume is still the same, you are just utilizing other muscles aswell. And if Done correctly, is not a dangerous or destructive movement whatsoever
Crossfit: Finding a way to do normal exercises as dangerously, ineffectively, and laughably as possible while pretending you're getting a good work out in.
@@borbors I've often thought that as well...but asking any crossfitter how kipping pull ups are "burning calories better" than regular pull ups....you'll never get a good answer to it. I don't think even they know.
@@borbors very very incorrect, burning calories is only the goal of cardio and general wieght loss. if you're trying to build muscle, maintain your weight, or increase your endurance, buring calories is a side effect. not a goal.
n00bie LOL, Glassman was NOT a friggin’ Navy SEAL! You’re thinking of Dave Castro, the guy who programs for the CrossFit Games. Glassman is a a former mediocre gymnast and savvy businessman.
To them, he wasn't going to die, he was merely going to see the Crossfit God's. Apparently the more stupid shit you're doing when you die doing an exercise, the more likely you'll get to Crossfit heaven... fucking idiots
@UCUdV35MBodL75GUNSJl4B-g funny how this is not a CrossFit exercise, but it's an axle press from strongman. Isn't it funny how someone trying to make other seem stupid end up looking like an dumb moron mixing everything together and blaming one sport genre. There's plenty of shit CrossFit does wrong let us roast them for that instead of being so fucking uneducated.
New Kid I feel like if it’s done right it could be really good just 4 my lazy ass it’s too intense last summer at the gym I saw a cross fitter deadlifting outside in 100 degrees heat just to sweat harder
I feel like CrossFit to work if we as a society didn’t know about it. Like because only elites with great recover, nutrition, and understanding of lifting would do it, or know about it.
Weight lifters, power lifters, and strongmen have scars on their legs because of deadlifts. CrossFit athletes have scars on their legs because of box jumps.
@@lmaooxdd3899 heard lol. Imo deadlift is really only an exercise you should do if you want to improve your deadlift and/or compete in dl comps. The risk of injury through ego and improper form for the gain of a big dl isn't worth it unless that's all you want
I met a guy who did crossfit. He was 22 and made his whole family go watch him do it once a week. I was invited. We all had to clap and cheer. I lifted weights all through my teens and 20s in the 90s. Not one time did I ever ask someone to come watch me. It's beyond embarrassing that adults are now like 5 year olds. "Mommy! Come watch what I can do!"
@Noah Fanhos yeah, for $75 a month but having access to an open gym and trainers there that can advise as well as tons of equipment and the ability to go to like recovery and mobility classes it is just the best imo.
I was close to joining crossfit a while back because the closest gyms were big name ones and expensive, luckily I found a local one that was $26 a month no contracts.
Hitting tires, I think wrestlers, strongman, and combat sport athletes were flipping and hitting tires way before CrossFit came onto the fitness scene.
Id say crossfit is for people who like crossfit. Its who is the most fit and athletic combines, gymnastics, strongman, powerlifting, oly lifting, and many other sports into one.
crossfit takes olympic weightlifting, an extreme high intensity/coordination sport, and boils it down to make it more accessible to your average person. the problem is that the average person should NOT participate in olympic lifting because of how technical it is. it defeats the entire purpose of the original sport
Mr.I Love Roblox As an olympic weightlifting coach I highly disagree. Anyone can learn how to do olympic lifts. It’s just you should practice technique for months/years and doing the lifts for ”quality” so reps and sets and not for time like in Crossfit.
How is anyone supposed to get better if they don’t practice? Its a hard movement yes but anyone (most anyone) can learn. Trust me ive seen lots. Most gyms dont start people off on something they cant do anyways they usually put something else in or scale it so they can work on their weaknesses. Also, crossfit has alot more movements than just oly lifting.
@@mitchellcole7482 doing it for sets and reps is the problem, because these lifts requiring tons of explosivity and coordination should NOT be done in a fatigued state. Quality is the game when it comes to oly lifts.
Pear Lock do you think that people training for olympic lifting only do singles? No they work sets and reps. And if you have ever done a peaking prep for weightlifting, powerlifting or crossfit (which i have and placed) you will be for at a very high state of fatigue just before your deload or peak, doing very high percentage sets for reps. Obviously bracing and maintaining form is highly important, but usually the weight for a compound movement in a wod is considerably under their max and if its not people scale so they stay safe and can complete the workout.
@@magickauras lol if only you found a picture of me youd be eating your words. Im literally at the gym every day, in ashland OR, snap fitness. Come check it out for yourself ya scrawnny ass keyboard warrior 🥰
Recreational CrossFit seems like fun exercises that promote general body movement over specific muscle activation. But these people take it so far from normal that they almost die from their own stupidity.
I agree. I completely understand want to build good, general skills. Like being strong overall, having some good base cardio and be able to do the Olympic Lifts. But yeah, you shouldn't be doing heavy sets of 5 snatches and you need to actually have programming to make any sort of lasting progress.
Some of the CrossFit workouts are so pathetic but are alright if you are too weak to get the form right, so it should be like a start for those who are a lot weaker than they should be and can’t maintain form, until they are strong enough to do the forms and then they should do it properly, like seriously tho these people wack.
I've always thought CrossFit as a concept was pretty good. Perform movements that you'll use in everyday life kind of stuff. But jeez these workouts just look dangerous
I do crossfit, and you're right. Some of these workouts look useless at best, and incredibly dangerous at worst. Definitely need some discretion when finding a gym/coach.
It doesnt help that they claim to do things like gymnastics, powerlifting, weightlifting etc. all of which are scored by technique, but technique is non-existent in crossfit so how can they claim they are doing it when reps are all theyre after??
@Otoopa completely agree if that were the case but it’s up to everyone’s responsibility to find the right gym. It’s the same as anything, good trainers will never let you perform anything with poor form yet bad ones will. Dismissing the whole sport is not necessarily the right thing to do, instead it should be to find good coaches and boxes.
@@flynnkelleher9485 Completely well said. I do crossfit. My gym mandates 5 personal training sessions before joining the full gym. Then when you join classes you usually never put weight on the bar, and it's emphasized that you should push yourself, but it's just a workout. I see the vision of crossfit where I go, but each gym will be different. Seeing the clips in this video made me physically recoil. Especially that one clip where the guy attempts a clean (I think) and his buddies keep egging him on when he's completely lost all midline stability or any kind of control. That's just unbelievable.
@@flynnkelleher9485 It doesn´t really matter which gym you go to, as long as the kipping pull up is seen as a legitimate excercise that can be done in competitions. Or a hand stand push up where you kick up with your legs next to a wall. Or a kipping muscle up (that´s not a gymnastic bar kip), which not only isn´t a strength move, but it looks pretty shitty as well, unlike an actual bar kip. If the competitions only allowed strict form with no kipping (on strength moves), it would a legitimate competitions, but atm, it´s only about who can cheat the most efficiently.
@@jirkazalabak1514 I get where you are coming from but remember these moves aren’t meant to be pull-ups or hand stand push ups or muscle ups. These are their own movements used by the sport that’s why they distinguish between strict and kipping movements. It is essentially a whole different exercise so saying they are cheating isn’t really true because everyone is competing inside the same standards of a movement that is unique to CrossFit and separate from the strict movements which still get performed.
@@flynnkelleher9485 My point wasn´t that they are not allowed to practice the movements. They can do whatever the fuck they want. All I am saying is that when you goal is increasing physical fitness, kipping, arching and other cheats are counter-productive. If CrossFit was scored on style, you would have a point, but if physical fitness is the only measured attribute, allowing kipping makes no sense.
@@gcg8187 Elgintensity has 457K subs, and his last vid got like 140K views. I'd say he's almost "infinitely" way more relevant than you are, so we'll leave it at that
I personally don’t do CrossFit but have tried it for a month and I personally believe the reason it’s so popular is because it feels more social than individual, so if you take working out which people typically hate doing and add friends in the mix it all the sudden doesn’t become so boring or end up feeling like a task, rather you feel like you are a part of a community, otherwise I’m not big on the rep amounts as I feel it def poses a higher risk for bad form
My Ko there is so much truth to this, the problem being that fitness is and should be considered a personal journey. if someone can’t find it in themselves to get to the gym, they probably shouldn’t even waste their time
My brother does crossfit and his reasoning was exactly this. He didn't like to work out on a regular basis because he finds it boring but he likes crossfit because the place he goes to has a great community and he enjoys every session. I'm just glad he's smart enough to know how to not hurt himself while doing it.
Seeing this video and reading some of the comments made me realize how great the Crossfit box i work out at truly is. The owners/coaches always advocate for doing the exercises correctly and in a way that doesn’t bring long term health issues over doing maximum reps or lifting more weights, and it makes me sad seeing these people throwing up while lifting and even the guy at the beginning almost breaking in half while two buff guys just stood there and watched.
I always wonder why, as an owner with such expertise and skill you would start a box. That's a like a great restaurant owner and their crew starting a McDonalds.
@@mikaylahall5959 for sure, but crossfitters are taught to do cheat pullups which builds little strenght so they aren't as good at doing normal pullups than they are at flopping around like a dying fish while holding the bar
@@therealpulp ive literally just started CF, i can do about 10 full rom pullups weighted with and extra 10kg, i love pullups. But kipping pullups are fucking exhausting. Still not sold on them but they tire you out
@@aleksander7014 basically, training for strength/power to be functional and strong, and then adding in bodybuilding exercises to sculpt your physique.
I had a high school gym teacher implement 2 weeks of crossfit into class. It was actually pretty awesome. I totally get why it has a bad rep now, but back then it was about mixing the workouts so you didnt overkill your muscle... or at least that's what we were told. I saw it less as bad form work out and more as adding that extra step to trigger rarely used muscles. Day 1 Sprint Intervals Day 2 Strength based Weight training Day 3 Swimming Day 4 Endurance based weight training Day 5 Long Jog
Lol, my PE teacher made us do half a year of it and the idea was to overkill all your muscles as fast as possible. We had kids dehydrate midway and passing out cause the frick didn't allow for fucking water stops, just non-stop hour and a half of workouts just in such a way to never train properly your one muscle group, but tire out your whole body.
Oh and that 1,5h of workout were compromised of 5 minute stations. So you did all the exercises he could come up repeatedly, but never properly and never to the point of having any gains from them. Just run around and break your body, you're 16, it would be a shame if you could do anything physical past high-school. Thanfully after half a year we had teacher swap and after a year he was kicked out of school. God bless he was equally obnoxious to other teachers, cause in my country teacher unions make it impossible to actually kick out a teacher by students or parents.
Personally, I think Crossfit gets made so much fun of because it gives different sports "a common enemy." Sure, bodybuilders can call powerlifters fat and powerlifters can call bodybuilders weak, but EVERYONE can agree that Crossfit is stupid. Or at least that's what they think. There are idiots in every sport, and usually we never use those idiots to define the entire sport. But for some reason with Crossfit apparently the morons represent the entire sport.
No ots because they dont care about form and safety that is why it's stupid. And it's a horrible way to build muscle because they go for high reps instead of high intensity
@@dontbe3greedy608 Like I said, there are people with shitty form in every sport. Also, pretty sure Crossfit is about athleticism and not building muscle.
DontBe3Greedy that’s a bold claim from someone who sounds like they’ve never done crossfit. they teach proper form and safety is the #1 priority, but all you choose to see on the internet is the people who are getting hurt and doing things incorrectly. also explain to me how crossfit isn’t high intensity ?
As long as you pace yourself, focus on the movements, and treat it like a workout and not a race, Crossfit is actually a pretty damn good workout. I’m saying this as a retired elite level gymnast that used to make fun of it for years. I picked it up after retiring. I’m not trying to go pro or be the best in the gym. So treating it as a workout has been very beneficial and I get much more out of it than any commercial gym.
I feel the same way. I made fun of crossfit for years... but always had a secret infatuation I think. Finally made the leap to join a box a while ago and I’m loving it!
I would argue that being a former elite gymnast makes the HIT of crossfit much less exotic and taxing than being an untrained individual suddenly told to do kipping pull ups... I mean, what's 50 reps of Kipping pulls for someone used to do iron cross?
Fair argument. There’s more to it than just kipping pull ups. Yes I’ll agree it’s a lot less “exotic” and the gymnastics movements are elementary at best. But gymnasts don’t run distance, they don’t bike or row for calories, they don’t practice much barbell work. There’s been plenty for me to learn and get better at. My barbell coach was a New England record holder for Olympic lifting and is super critical about form too. As for the “exotic”/calisthenic factor, I still do my strict gymnastics strength on the side. I use HIT and CrossFit for my cardio because running alone is boring. I still do my strict bodyweight work on the side too. I still have my cross at 30 :)
@@ianstratton1629 Oh, naturally there are, I just couldn't think of any other crossfit-specific examples. And definitely with good coaches and a solid knowledge on biomechanics and physical training crossfit can be great and quite fun since you hardly ever do the same thing often, but that's rarely the case - most people are sedentary thinking they'll puke their fat out and suddenly become gymnasts themselves. I feel like crossfit is the equivalent of going to a gymnast class barely being able to touch your toes and forcing yourself to do a full pancake with awful form... no wonder folks get injured so often.
Agree... if you want to get in cardio and burn a lot of calories, Cross Fit is what you need. But you have to be athletic to try the more advanced movements.
Well to be fair that can also be the case in weightlifting, putting down 120kg plus doing a clean is not happening most of the time. Powerlifting bar drops are common.
no, you jumping from a mountain without a parachute is just stupid, and hope alone will not raise your chances of survival. If you really ever come into that situation, try to aim for a tree, as it decelerates your fall and you may only be badly hurt but not dead. Crossfit on the other hand is an interesting training concept, and I can only recommend that you try it. Most gyms offer a free trial anyways, so what do you have to lose? You will be surprised how far from the things presented in this video the reality of a crossfit class is.
The whole issue surrounding form depends on the gym. In my gym the form is closely monitored and strict so no one hurts themselves. Poor management brings down the reputation to be honest.
Yeah, same with mine, and any gym I’ve visited. In mine, if your form is faltering, the coach will make you scale down, if not entirely change to a different (yet related) exercise. They beat the whole “quality over quantity” concept to death.
@@robertlake9009 I love the CrossFit experts who know all about every gym, athlete, and movement everywhere yet also don't CrossFit themselves. It's uncanny.
Been doing crossfit for over a year and 1) Never seen olympic weightlifting in any of the high intensity stages (its usually part of the strength workout in the beginning) 2) Never heard the instructors or the people doing the workout urging us to injure ourselves or even approach that.
Agreed, they're generally training so they do better at CrossFit without injuring themselves in a typical CrossFit workout. This is why all the elite CrossFitters do powerlifting and strongman training on the side to build actual strength. Because CF is calesthenics with cheater form.
This vid is from 2016, when the Crossfit Hype was at its peak. Social media was flooded with pics of dumb people thinking they were doing something good for their body when they were actually damaging it, all while looking stupid (A.K.A Crossfitters), It was much much more popular than gymnastics or olympic lifting, so yeah, in general it meant they were doing CF. Luckily, the hype has cooled off and a lot of people just forgot about it.
I think really depends on the gym you go to, I've been to gyms that have really great programming that involve proper stretching, warmup, and cooldown. I've also been to gyms were they flat out have no idea what they're talking about and just profit off the brand crossfit.
If you’ve ever gone to a CrossFit gym you’ll know it’s not nearly this bad. It’s really fun as long as you don’t have the competitive mindset these people have and you actually try and improve. I’ve never seen anyone injure themselves.
People are really stupid and negative. They love spreading hate. I saw Netflix Show Physical 100. And A Crossfitter was the winner of that show and even other people who are into crossfit did well in that show. Even that show has many Korean athletes including Wrestlers, fitness industry people, gymnasts and all...
One thing to keep in mind is that to become a certified C-L1 coach you only need a 1000 bucks and a weekend. They run you through a two day course and once you’re done and pass the exam part you can pretty much go and teach a class. Now that doesn’t sound bad in theory but there’s a LOT of people who’ve had no prior training experience who just hopped on the CF bandwagon in the past 10 years. I remember when I used to do it - I show up for a workout one night and the coach shows us a horrible workout and says - “minimum weight is 155 lbs” I was like wtf. Who sets weight at minimum. The guy was a hack - he was still at university at the time.
The same goes for any personal trainer... from the super fit guy at the end of your hallway to the one who was fat and got fit, they all can turn into coaches overnight, and teach you crap, and get you injured. It's down to us clients to check their credentials and try out a couple of sessions to see if the fit is right.
I did CrossFit for a year. I felt like shit all the time but I have to admit I got mentally tough but I looked the same. I went back to weights and in 90 days I saw results and there is a definite increase in my strength.
My introduction to CrossFit was a coworker and his wife talking about it in 2011. She had snapped her Achilles tendon doing it and they went on at length on how challenging her medical journey was. But I barely heard any of that. I was like, "Tell me again what you were doing to snap the tendon?..." That being said, I have enjoyed watching some of the Crossfit Games movies, even knowing we're not privy to the injuries going on. The athletes aren't the best at anything really (e.g. swimming, kayaking, etc), but I do admire their undeniable overall fitness level. What I mean is, an Olympic swimmer would beat them in swimming, but get killed in most everything else. Right?
That's the thing. Being bad at everything, a good all around athlete (i.e. cardio and just working out intelligently) will destroy them at basically everything. Quality over quantity will give you the quantity later, while trying to do too many 'reps' will both injure you and get you nowhere
Crossfit theoretically sounds amazing, functional strength and cardio training revolving around Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics and calisthenics. In theory good in practice however it fails, I've met crossfitters who have proper technique and dont go full failure and are amazing athletes. If they fix crossfit I believe it can be a very good style of exercise but until then I do not recommend it ever.
As long as coaches teach their members good form and to keep their ego in check, crossfit is excellent... which is the same for every gym with trainers. I've been a crossfit member for about 4 months, and my preexisting pain in my knees, shoulder, and back have nearly disappeared. The problem is when average Joe's come in with very little athletic experience and think they're cool when they go too hard and get hurt. Two of the examples in this video are literally satirical youtube comedy videos. I'm not a defensive crossfit fanboy, I'm just one for good arguments and content.
@@samuelallard141 Right. Except... No. It's not. That's just what all the people who know nothing about crossfit say. If you aren't a member of a crossfit gym, the only exposure to crossfit you have is videos like this where obviously they highlight the idiots who throw barbells back and forth. The fact is, however, most people aren't stupid, and most trainers emphasize mastering mechanics with light weight and gradually scaling from there.
In reality though. Let's stay focused here. Lots of crossfit is a bit odd, bad form, rushed exercises, but those people do train hard and are fit. What we see here is the worst of crossfit. Some of it is funny though.
Micheal Breathnach agreed. people tend to look at what’s on the internet and judge it based on the worst of it. If they took the time to look more in depth before forming an opinion they’d find it much better than previously thought.
Agreed. It’s easy to generalize CrossFitters based off the fail videos. Let’s be real though. Edit: I was able to find the article he referenced the 19.4% injury rate. The article goes on to say that CrossFit has a 22.8% lower injury rate than track and field and the injury rate of CrossFit was actually more comparable to Powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting. AND it was similar to other recreational activities. I’m not saying this to play the “but that other one is worse” argument. I just think it’s important to understand context vs grabbing numbers from research to push an argument. journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jsr/27/3/article-p295.xml Cohort study as a reference
The problem is when people who aren’t athletic go from zero to CrossFit. It’s a sport better suited to people who are already athletic, and who do some kind of Olympic lift/powerlifting training on the side. It can be a fun challenge for an athlete. It’s not ideal to have people, especially beginners, worn out from cardio, supersetting olympic power lifts at high reps, at some arbitrary prescribed weight. But like yeah, if you’ve seen worlds fittest, you can’t deny those people are badass
I think the competitive aspect is the biggest problem. You can work yourself to failure using proper technique...you'll just get less reps to write down. Start making a competition about reps without enforcing strict technique and you'll get horrible things happening to max out the board.
Ive been doing CrossFit for 7 years now. Now I need back surgery and possibly shoulder surgery. Ive had severe sciatica for almost a year and almost took my own life because of it, because my pain was literally at a 9 alllll freakin day and night no matter what. This program WILL get you fit, however, I also did what the CrossFitters made fun of me for for years doing my “vanity lifts” (doing curls, bench press and so on) so I looked how they wanted to look and could even lift more than them because of it. Ive legit had rhabdomyolisis also, diagnosed by a doctor after pissing dark brown and feeling like death for a few days. Now I do CrossFit “cardio” but the lifts are dead to me. I’m done destroying my body even though man I felt strong as hell while doing the whole regimen. If you are looking into CrossFit, do the cardio, but skip the lifting please.
Even the "cardio" is dangerous on it's own, jumping on boxes will slowly destroy your joints. Just avoid crossfit, there's dozens of other sports that'll get you fit without endangering yourself.
My friend the personal trainer: we don't care how many reps, we just want good form so you don't hurt yourself. Crossfit: DO AS MANY REPS IN AS LITTLE TIME, FORM AND AVOIDING INJURY MAKES YOU WEEEAAAAKKKKKK!!!!!
The strength and conditioning coach at my school did cross fit with a few other gym teachers so we’d have a CrossFit unit (only in gym classes you sign up for, not mandatory ones) but they understood and preached things like “proper form” and “you’re just kids don’t let your ego kill you”
Yea the dislikes are from crossfitters because all of you saying crossfit is trash and probably never tried it and just go with the flow. U all created an idea of crossfit without even knowing and this video is just hating and showing only bad stuff about crossfit
I don't even do crossfit but throughout the whole video he is blending embarrassing clips from crossfit, powerlifting, strongman and regular gym retards while referencing faulty aspects of crossfit which is misleading. He also really doesn't look like a guy who's opinion on exercise I would value in any regard (e.g. weak and fat) and who probably doesn't even work out himself and is just trying to get in on the circlejerk. You can hate on crossfit culture and rightfully so, but it's not like most of the popular aestheticzz gymbro-faggots on instagram are setting a shining example for themself either. Every strength sport is retarded in it's own way, but I will respect a dude who is able to clean and jerk 315 and deadlift 500 before cranking out a 5 minute mile, bad form or not.
Jesus Christ, when that guy at the bar bell and it looks like he was about to break his spine... WHY did the people just sit there watching him struggling in that poor ass form smh that gave me so much anxiety 🤣🤣
I watched a documentary about the CrossFit games, one of the Australian competitors, Tia Toomey, was asked to joint the Australian Olympic weightlifting team after a coach saw her snatch at the CrossFit games and she competed in Rio. Having said that, the competitors didn't appear to train in CrossFit gyms, they seemed to do a lot of various types of intense exercises and appeared to be incredibly fit. I know a few friends who do CrossFit who are both pretty fit and athletic, and they don't bang on about how they do CrossFit all day long. With a lot of "fringe" health things, like CrossFit, keto, paleo, I think they attract a certain kind of person. I'm sure not everyone that does CrossFit is a lunatic out to injure themselves, but that kind of person is more likely to be attracted to CrossFit than other forms of exercise
I told my friend that CrossFit should end. He replied, "Subz, are you crazy? I'll be out of Business if that happens" My friend is a Chiropractor and Physical Therapist that runs a great Practice.
The toughest part about CrossFit is going 10 minutes without telling everyone that you do CrossFit
Same problem with being a vegan or an activist 😂😂
And taking one million selfies.
🤣 %100
Similar to gun nuts.
I think all muscular people are pathetic. No point being all big if you can't even simply walk. Fitness is supposed to be about looking lean and fashionable on your clothes. To simply look healthier and feel better. That's it. These people don't even get paid to do all the Labor they're retards.
The bloke who made crossfit is smart enough not to do it
clearly you don't know the guy. he may look like he hasn't exercised, but he can do a Muscle Up and then lift a 100+ lb barbell in under 5 seconds
@Luke yeet not true, but okay
@Luke yeet lifting 100+ pounds can be done with few weeks of training but muscle up is no joke
@Luke yeet Muscle ups are pretty hard exercise ,what are you talking about
@@bensonnyborja2008 CrossFit is a fad with ridiculous routines. Monster sets in the gym will focus on the actual muscle grp you are focusing on.
"Crossfit teaches you the correct way to do an incorrect pullup"
- Dom Mazetti
Didn't that guy rape a cabbie?
wise man....
Nathan Bell what?!?!!!
@@nathanbell8356 where on earth did you get that information?
@@iamdogger5871 Yeah him and a couple of his buddies had drank a bunch of four loko and they raped a cabbie in the park. Then they all made him rape them back. It was part of some interviews he did back before he got big.
I think it’s hilarious how the creator of CrossFit doesn’t do it, it makes me think that he knows CrossFit is stupid, but he just wants to make money off of it
He's the L. Ron Hubbard of fitness.
He has polio
@@edwardpayne8962 uh no but okay
@@yaogwai seriously if you read or listen to any interview about him, that's the first thing you get. Documented
@@edwardpayne8962 I know I’m just fuckin with ya 😂
CrossFit in a nut shell:
-Was that a rep?
I don’t know.
-Just make it count
@Cameron Womack thats literally how it is
More like whats your program? Huh?
@Cameron Womack
I've actually been to one that shared a warehouse with an ACTUAL olympic weightlifting coach. He had his own small corner of bumper plates, and Crossfit had most of the space of the gym.
People started migrating to the other side of the coach's corner and it got pretty full in that small space. Then the coach left because of his lease or because he was a threat to Crossfit's business.
He took the Crossfitters from the gym with him and now they train in his new location.
YAY for Crossfit!
@Aaron NoneYa thank you for the sport bro, I love rugby
@Aaron NoneYa Theirs Crossfit in UK tho.
"Gotta confuse the body by breaking your spine, right babe?"
What an old school reference. R.I.P
Zero!!
SHOOOOP UAAAAAAH, right babe?!
Another episode of smaller by the day
My mothershow crossfitfuckers
Arnold Schwarzenegger once said rep to failure, and rep to puking. But he also said use proper form, eat good, rest lots, and take your time to improve slowly.
You need to find a balance between good form and growth while pushing yourself to your hardest
Remember Arnold used PED's .. :).....
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar.
Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch.
Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow.
Regularly learn and play new sports.
The CF motto.
@@drjohn1800 so does almost every athlete. Steroids don't just magically make you big or strong. I am on trt 200mg of test a week. I am not huge. I lift 5 days a week. Learn facts before you start with the "it's because of roids", bullshit.
and use drugs
Watching them do fake pull-ups is the funniest part
Nah it just looks irritating
Didn’t expect to see you here lol
They really are like fish when do “pull-ups”
Well, kipping pullups are diffrent then strict one for sure, but they mainly do it for competetive purposes, its much easier to judge 20 people doing workout at the same time if there are as little rules as possible. Their rule is fully extended elbows and chin over bar/chest to bar, everything else is allowed.
Although saying i can do 30 kipping pullups is not same as saying i can do 30 strict pullups it still require a lot of strenght and is just diffrent gymnastics ability. Try doing some and see if u hit their results.
I always see your comments on the most random videos lmao
I fucking lost it at when the guys started throwing the barbell to each other lmfao
Idk that seems pretty functional, lots of jobs have you tossing pretty heavy loads short distances
Throwing eachother Torn ACL Hot Potato back and forth
That wasn’t even funny. I got anxious.
My shoulders started popping watching
Sorry guys we don't have enough barbells.
CrossFitters counting reps: "Zero, zero, zero, zero..."
I think you have that backwards. EVERYTHING is counted as a rep.
*drops bar on neck* Six!
@@tj6111 not at my gym. if it isn't a completion of the full movement i won't count it. regardless of if others think it counts or not
40 zero's and its done
Elgintensity wants to know your location!
So the idea is basically to take every kind of exercise there is, and do them all wrong in a single workout?
Also these are done as quickly as possible, continuing even after failure until you are injured.
Yes😂
No, it's just like ANY gym out there. Your form is YOUR responsibility! Some people are there to show off, but that happens literally anywhere. Adding weight is never forced, it's not even highly encouraged unless you can show you have your form down. But what are they going to do if you choose to ignore them? Nothing, they can't. That's your choice.
@@spockslefteyebrow8327 who talked about a "gym", it's about CrossFit. and in CrossFit your form is not YOUR responsibility as you said, because you're encouraged to have the stupidest form, to cheat the most egregious of ways in order to do more, faster. If you go to the army a single pull up that is not technically perfect is a no rep, a push up with bad form is a no rep but in CrossFit you do kipping, you abuse your spine, knees, everything in pursuit of the number of reps in the shortest amounts of time and it's the only discipline like that.
For time and past failure 😂
"If you don't injure yourself you're not working hard enough"
That's not working out, that's self-harming.
No one has ever said that outside of this video.
@@tjcogger1974 I sure hope not, because that's a criminally irresponsible thing to be telling newbies.
Every sport has injury risk. In basketball it's like a rite of passage to land on someone's foot and roll your ankle. Happens all the time. Happened to me. While I was recovering nobody was like haha that's what you get basketball is dumb. Why is crossfit treated differently?
@@letsmakeit110 Injury as a risk to be minimized, and injury as badge of effort to be courted - are not the same thing.
Imagine working out so hard,you almost spill your guts out,yet not being able to do one straight pull up
In order to do the butterfly Pullups you need to be able to do at least 5 strict pull ups. Normal Pullups are way easier.
@@ruandelange9185 What? With those "pull ups" you're literally letting the momentum do most of the work for you,instead of relying purely on your muscle strenght. And "five strict pull ups" is the level of someone who doesn't train at all. I know that 'cause that was my starting point back then
@@Riot076 i'd love to see you try butterfly pullups 😂. I can do about 20 pullups without stop but can't even do one of those. Plus crossfit does incorporate normal pullups as well, not just butterfly. It's about controlling your bodyweight and being functional.
@@ruandelange9185 are butterfly pull-ups the cross fit pull-ups ? If so a straight strict pull-up is much harder than it . With the kipping pull ups you’re literally letting the momentum do all the work .
@@ShadowGaming26548 no
i competed in german calisthenics championship
and i can tell
if you cant do a strict
you sure cant a kipping pull up
if you learn the technique YES it is a bit easier
and faster
but still hard
Three grown men spotting the lady lifting 25 lbs, zero spotting the guy crab walking with 400lbs
It just paints better picture for what kind of people this sport clicks in. For those with no common sense at all.
@@41BOT you know that was a proofing meet, right?
@@tjcogger1974 Never heard the term proofing meet. What is that about?
@@Opsity *powerlifting
@@41BOT dude i havent even tried crossfit but doesnt that just mean theres very different people doing it??
The old lady screaming to lift 20 lbs is pretty funny
that witch caught me off guard
Isnt there a lady in her 70s that powerlifts like twice her body weight?
The bar is 45 lb
@@АлександрАаронЭспиноза 20kg. Still not much
@@ploprod2632 is a old lady
A few years ago I won a free trial month of CrossFit at a local gym, I went for the first week and then told them that I wouldn't be coming back. When they asked why I told them what they were doing was detrimental to the long-term health of their clients (I can only speak about the gym I was at, but it seems consistent with the industry) They were pushing people to achieve maximum reps without ever teaching them how to do the moves properly. Everything was maximum effort, quantity over quality. At the time I had been doing calisthenics for 4 years and could do about 40 regular pullups without stopping, I could do controlled muscle-ups and on a good day 2 or 3 one arm muscle-ups. In class doing pullups The cross-fit "Coach" told me that I wasn't going fast enough to keep up with the class, and that I needed to "reach deeper" and to "screw form". I was done after that.
A good summary bro, thanks.
It seems like a Sport for people that dont understand Sport / body. Im sorry for you experience, but Form is surpreme
Just to add to your point. The "Bulgarian Secret". These madmen believe in fast reps up to the point that form is sacrificed. Once form begins to suffer they slow down. They also don't believe in going to failure so that they're able to workout several times a day, 7 days a week. If you look at a Bulgarian bodybuilder, then look at a crossfitter. Yeah. Nonsense. Personally I just eff with calisthenics though.
@@nomnomnomnom6773 It’s a sport for people who want to get injured.
I learned to do pull ups always in good slow controlled form and once i tried to do kipping pull ups and i couldn't do it.
Some of those initial clips are terrifying. Actually thought I was about to see someone kill themselves for a moment.
That dude doing the continental cleans nearly made me throw up
you meant to say hillarious right??
Yes. I was disappointed too.☹️
@@alrightythen3470 u mean the continental clean? strongman event make you want to throwup?
@@jasonbarnes6568 oh yeah you’re right I just had hangcleans on my mind I guess.
The kipping pullup is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen.
agreed, it's cheating
Bruh it isnt cheating. Look at it this way: The definition of doing a pullup is pulling from lockout until the chin is level with the bar. By kipping you are utilizing your entire body to do so, and if Done correctly is definitely not dangerous. It is like saying you should run with your arms straight down because otherwise it is cheating. If the goal of doing the exercise isnt to do pullups strict, but to be able to do them quick, it makes No sense not using the entire body, hence the running metaphor.
murozman It’s a misnomer. It’s not a pull-up.
@@axelstromblad3015 Let me guess you have no idea the biomechanics of a pull-up and what muscle will engage if it's properly executed. When I see when crossfitters doing whatever the hell is that there is no benefit do this exercise it just look ridiculous.
Peter Csigo If your goal is to do be able to do more strict pullups, then No it wont do the job. Even crossfitters dont do this as a progressive excercise for building strength. But when it comes to do pullups in competition this is a more efficient way to do them. The volume is still the same, you are just utilizing other muscles aswell. And if Done correctly, is not a dangerous or destructive movement whatsoever
I think that lady needed to yell more before her squat
But still thats not crossfit but powerlifting ..
Give her a break she is having fun
she nailed that squat tho
My nana couldn't squat that. Good on her.
@@flippino35 nailed that 60kg squat lmao
Crossfit: Finding a way to do normal exercises as dangerously, ineffectively, and laughably as possible while pretending you're getting a good work out in.
And telling everyone you know or just meet randomly on the street that they should join "the movement".
well as long as you're burning calories it's a good workout, i guess...
@@borbors that doesn't make it a good workout, but it would qualify as a workout i guess
@@borbors I've often thought that as well...but asking any crossfitter how kipping pull ups are "burning calories better" than regular pull ups....you'll never get a good answer to it.
I don't think even they know.
@@borbors very very incorrect, burning calories is only the goal of cardio and general wieght loss. if you're trying to build muscle, maintain your weight, or increase your endurance, buring calories is a side effect. not a goal.
CrossFit is like the Scientology of exercise
This deserves more likes
@@PurpJones it does
this is brilliant
Damn! Yes, these are the words I was looking for.
Right on captain, it boggles the mind why people take part in either...
“If I wanted to make a lot of noise and get nothing done, I’d join a protest”
- Dom Mazzeti
Yeaaah dunno about that.
Less go
I'm gonna turn all of you into convertibles
@@unhingedconniption5799 lets go
Or become a politician
The guy that created CrossFit doesn’t even do CrossFit 😂
He looks out of shape
n00bie LOL, Glassman was NOT a friggin’ Navy SEAL! You’re thinking of Dave Castro, the guy who programs for the CrossFit Games. Glassman is a a former mediocre gymnast and savvy businessman.
@@hondawilky josh bridges is the only seal i think.
THE GREAT DOGZILLA Dave Castro was a navy Seal
n00bie no he isn’t you’re slow
1:51 They just stood there and watched this guy nearly kill himself.
For real!! Like someone tell him to drop the weight
Yeah holy shit. He shouldn't even be lifting that on the first place when he clearly can't. That's scary as hell bro
To them, he wasn't going to die, he was merely going to see the Crossfit God's. Apparently the more stupid shit you're doing when you die doing an exercise, the more likely you'll get to Crossfit heaven... fucking idiots
@UCUdV35MBodL75GUNSJl4B-g funny how this is not a CrossFit exercise, but it's an axle press from strongman. Isn't it funny how someone trying to make other seem stupid end up looking like an dumb moron mixing everything together and blaming one sport genre. There's plenty of shit CrossFit does wrong let us roast them for that instead of being so fucking uneducated.
@@nbs90 Yepp It is a strongman excercise. Like to her ppl say to him hes doing CF....hehe
“Ah yes, crossfit bad”-me laying in bed eating flaming hot Cheetos
Cheetos dont mess your spine tho
Still a more healthy style than CrossFit
New Kid I feel like if it’s done right it could be really good just 4 my lazy ass it’s too intense last summer at the gym I saw a cross fitter deadlifting outside in 100 degrees heat just to sweat harder
@@marcofriio32 what happened to the guy?
Paul John Agustin other than sweating buckets he was fine lol
I think Crossfit is a great idea with terrible execution.
I feel like CrossFit to work if we as a society didn’t know about it. Like because only elites with great recover, nutrition, and understanding of lifting would do it, or know about it.
thats is probably the best definition ive ever heard. kudos
You know, you are right. Perfect description.
@JGTarnay Why are you so triggered by my comment lol
@JGTarnay No more roids for you!! Anger McAngerson
Weight lifters, power lifters, and strongmen have scars on their legs because of deadlifts.
CrossFit athletes have scars on their legs because of box jumps.
They definitely have 100% scarred egos cause all the exercises are done like shit.
I have scars on my legs from doing dumb stuff when I was a kid.
A friend of mine got way fucked up doing em using plates. Her shins were black and bruised way bad
Thanks, not going to do deadlift ever again
@@lmaooxdd3899 heard lol. Imo deadlift is really only an exercise you should do if you want to improve your deadlift and/or compete in dl comps. The risk of injury through ego and improper form for the gain of a big dl isn't worth it unless that's all you want
I met a guy who did crossfit. He was 22 and made his whole family go watch him do it once a week. I was invited. We all had to clap and cheer. I lifted weights all through my teens and 20s in the 90s. Not one time did I ever ask someone to come watch me. It's beyond embarrassing that adults are now like 5 year olds. "Mommy! Come watch what I can do!"
The only reason I “do CrossFit” is because it is the best and cheapest gym near me, I literally go just for the open gym.
@Noah Fanhos yeah, for $75 a month but having access to an open gym and trainers there that can advise as well as tons of equipment and the ability to go to like recovery and mobility classes it is just the best imo.
Trainers that don’t know shit
@@antonsuarez1221 ok sure. Even tho they just got the CrossFit label for the business lmao. After it went to shit they jumped ship.
@@antonsuarez1221 if youre lucky, your gym might have a good one
I was close to joining crossfit a while back because the closest gyms were big name ones and expensive, luckily I found a local one that was $26 a month no contracts.
Top 10 tips on how to do crossfit:
1. Don't
The guy who owns “CrossFit tm” doesn’t even exercise at all. You know it’s fake.
Perfect logic. Humanity is surely not doomed after all.
You can’t really call it “fake”
The crossfit fanboys didn't like that one lmao
That same guy has been saying all the time that it could kill you. So maybe it's not him who is dumb but instead all the crossfitters..?
Before founding CrossFit he was a gymnast and had an injury to his spine FROM GYMNASTICS. He then went on to found CrossFit.
Hitting tires, I think wrestlers, strongman, and combat sport athletes were flipping and hitting tires way before CrossFit came onto the fitness scene.
That doesn't prove efficacy
CrossFit is strongman but for weak people who like cardio
nailed it
@@sqd8r but dont u need cardio in strongman
Tony_The_Tiger that’s the point it isn’t
Id say crossfit is for people who like crossfit. Its who is the most fit and athletic combines, gymnastics, strongman, powerlifting, oly lifting, and many other sports into one.
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I feel like this had the potential to be wayyy funnier
putmyname ontheinternet? Yea thought of a Compilation or so haha
Yea but ended up being more informational, don’t mind that now I can make fun of cross fitters even better
Zzzeeeeeeeeerroooooo
1:35 was enough lol
Watch Dom mazzettis video on CrossFit. You won’t be disappointed
crossfit takes olympic weightlifting, an extreme high intensity/coordination sport, and boils it down to make it more accessible to your average person. the problem is that the average person should NOT participate in olympic lifting because of how technical it is. it defeats the entire purpose of the original sport
Mr.I Love Roblox As an olympic weightlifting coach I highly disagree. Anyone can learn how to do olympic lifts. It’s just you should practice technique for months/years and doing the lifts for ”quality” so reps and sets and not for time like in Crossfit.
How is anyone supposed to get better if they don’t practice? Its a hard movement yes but anyone (most anyone) can learn. Trust me ive seen lots. Most gyms dont start people off on something they cant do anyways they usually put something else in or scale it so they can work on their weaknesses. Also, crossfit has alot more movements than just oly lifting.
@@mitchellcole7482 doing it for sets and reps is the problem, because these lifts requiring tons of explosivity and coordination should NOT be done in a fatigued state. Quality is the game when it comes to oly lifts.
Pear Lock do you think that people training for olympic lifting only do singles? No they work sets and reps. And if you have ever done a peaking prep for weightlifting, powerlifting or crossfit (which i have and placed) you will be for at a very high state of fatigue just before your deload or peak, doing very high percentage sets for reps. Obviously bracing and maintaining form is highly important, but usually the weight for a compound movement in a wod is considerably under their max and if its not people scale so they stay safe and can complete the workout.
It doesn't "boils it down". It just skips the good technique part, and plucks it into a High Intensity routine
Heard a comedian's take on crossfit. He said in twenty years there will be an explosion in orthopedic surgery and laser tattoo removal .
CrossFitter does 100 pull ups
Everyone out there : yeah that's zero
ZERO
I mean, it's not very easy to do 100 swings. The skin in your palms is really strained.
@@newera478 they should try doing dead holds or farmer carries.
Someone has definitely broken their jaw and or bit off their tongue doing that dumb shit
@@MrOnionss I know yeh it doesn't look to good for your joints either
Old lady: "eghhhh ehhh ehh eh eh ehghhghh"
Barbell: "girl, this is like 15 lbs"
Probably more like 50-60 pounds, the bar normally is 45 pounds.
@@themiddleclasspoolee399 ......anyways
When she tells the grandkids to finish their kale, I suspect they finish the kale.
U saying that shows u dont lift at all. Barbells are usually 45 pounds themselves. dat old lady could probs kick ur ass noob
@@magickauras lol if only you found a picture of me youd be eating your words.
Im literally at the gym every day, in ashland OR, snap fitness. Come check it out for yourself ya scrawnny ass keyboard warrior 🥰
The screaming grandma is a power lifter very different from CrossFit
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Grandma? That looked like an even more annoying greta thunberg
@@raredays2767 grandma Greta
Her lift wasnt too bad..
@@jakeh3236 but was there a need to make everyone's ears bleed
Recreational CrossFit seems like fun exercises that promote general body movement over specific muscle activation. But these people take it so far from normal that they almost die from their own stupidity.
I agree. I completely understand want to build good, general skills. Like being strong overall, having some good base cardio and be able to do the Olympic Lifts.
But yeah, you shouldn't be doing heavy sets of 5 snatches and you need to actually have programming to make any sort of lasting progress.
Some of the CrossFit workouts are so pathetic but are alright if you are too weak to get the form right, so it should be like a start for those who are a lot weaker than they should be and can’t maintain form, until they are strong enough to do the forms and then they should do it properly, like seriously tho these people wack.
I always said CrossFit was an amazing concept just executed extremely poorly
I'd love to have actual refs and judges just constantly yelling "ZERO" after every "rep" and see how long it takes until they get replaced with idiots
@@XMorbidReignX infinite fan? XD
In what world is crossfit even a good concept
@@Grade.patrick I mean it theoretically works all of athleticism if done correctly but no one seems to have done it yet in practical terms
Its just circuit training. With extra steps that look retarded
I've always thought CrossFit as a concept was pretty good. Perform movements that you'll use in everyday life kind of stuff. But jeez these workouts just look dangerous
Markers that’s not what most gyms do
I do crossfit, and you're right. Some of these workouts look useless at best, and incredibly dangerous at worst. Definitely need some discretion when finding a gym/coach.
@@gr1ff1nj and u just couldn't help but tell everybody u do crossfit huh.
@@leagueoflegendsbestmoments8865 the purpose of that was to show that I'm not just some outsider judging the process
@@gr1ff1nj It was a joke...
It doesnt help that they claim to do things like gymnastics, powerlifting, weightlifting etc. all of which are scored by technique, but technique is non-existent in crossfit so how can they claim they are doing it when reps are all theyre after??
@Otoopa completely agree if that were the case but it’s up to everyone’s responsibility to find the right gym. It’s the same as anything, good trainers will never let you perform anything with poor form yet bad ones will. Dismissing the whole sport is not necessarily the right thing to do, instead it should be to find good coaches and boxes.
@@flynnkelleher9485 Completely well said. I do crossfit. My gym mandates 5 personal training sessions before joining the full gym. Then when you join classes you usually never put weight on the bar, and it's emphasized that you should push yourself, but it's just a workout. I see the vision of crossfit where I go, but each gym will be different.
Seeing the clips in this video made me physically recoil. Especially that one clip where the guy attempts a clean (I think) and his buddies keep egging him on when he's completely lost all midline stability or any kind of control. That's just unbelievable.
@@flynnkelleher9485 It doesn´t really matter which gym you go to, as long as the kipping pull up is seen as a legitimate excercise that can be done in competitions. Or a hand stand push up where you kick up with your legs next to a wall. Or a kipping muscle up (that´s not a gymnastic bar kip), which not only isn´t a strength move, but it looks pretty shitty as well, unlike an actual bar kip. If the competitions only allowed strict form with no kipping (on strength moves), it would a legitimate competitions, but atm, it´s only about who can cheat the most efficiently.
@@jirkazalabak1514 I get where you are coming from but remember these moves aren’t meant to be pull-ups or hand stand push ups or muscle ups. These are their own movements used by the sport that’s why they distinguish between strict and kipping movements. It is essentially a whole different exercise so saying they are cheating isn’t really true because everyone is competing inside the same standards of a movement that is unique to CrossFit and separate from the strict movements which still get performed.
@@flynnkelleher9485 My point wasn´t that they are not allowed to practice the movements. They can do whatever the fuck they want. All I am saying is that when you goal is increasing physical fitness, kipping, arching and other cheats are counter-productive.
If CrossFit was scored on style, you would have a point, but if physical fitness is the only measured attribute, allowing kipping makes no sense.
As someone who tried strongman workout and failed miserably, watching their confidence and powerlifting genuine felt painful.
It's gradual, you start small and 15 years later you are a strong man
I'm watching them do exercises and in my head I keep hearing: ZEro
ZEEEERO!
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Ahzeeero
THE Obtuse TRAPezoid
Semper Fi
3:32 When just the word "crossfit" almost makes you cry
This is the best comment here :D
he was about to stand up and leave...lol
Where's Infinite Elgintensity to shout "Zero!"
deadass haha
Ahh, a man of culture
that toxic negative youtuber, who cares, dont bring him up
@@gcg8187 Elgintensity has 457K subs, and his last vid got like 140K views. I'd say he's almost "infinitely" way more relevant than you are, so we'll leave it at that
When I saw them doing "pullups," I just heard "ZERO! ZERO!"
Damn the crossfit inventor looks like he works out twice a week after work then cracks a cold ones and a bag of chips right after
He has polio
I personally don’t do CrossFit but have tried it for a month and I personally believe the reason it’s so popular is because it feels more social than individual, so if you take working out which people typically hate doing and add friends in the mix it all the sudden doesn’t become so boring or end up feeling like a task, rather you feel like you are a part of a community, otherwise I’m not big on the rep amounts as I feel it def poses a higher risk for bad form
Yeah, I mean the world 'cult' might be a little extreme, but it definitely doesn't seem like a particularly healthy community.
@@walkerjohnclark it's NXIUM without the sex
This is also why things like zumba blow up . But except Zumba doesn’t have 20% injury rate
My Ko there is so much truth to this, the problem being that fitness is and should be considered a personal journey. if someone can’t find it in themselves to get to the gym, they probably shouldn’t even waste their time
My brother does crossfit and his reasoning was exactly this. He didn't like to work out on a regular basis because he finds it boring but he likes crossfit because the place he goes to has a great community and he enjoys every session. I'm just glad he's smart enough to know how to not hurt himself while doing it.
As a person who is in the powerlifting cult all I have to say is cross fit is the big gay
😂😂 it's been a while since I heard someone say that
What
Kinda gay saying something Is the big gay
Gianni Raspadori don’t be mad because you do the big gay
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The idea that becoming proficient in multiple disciplines of fitness is a fantastic one, CrossFit just does it wrong.
Seeing this video and reading some of the comments made me realize how great the Crossfit box i work out at truly is. The owners/coaches always advocate for doing the exercises correctly and in a way that doesn’t bring long term health issues over doing maximum reps or lifting more weights, and it makes me sad seeing these people throwing up while lifting and even the guy at the beginning almost breaking in half while two buff guys just stood there and watched.
I always wonder why, as an owner with such expertise and skill you would start a box. That's a like a great restaurant owner and their crew starting a McDonalds.
1:57 the bro decided to end his life with "crossuicide"
Hahahahaha!
Bummer that that person wasnt doing crossfit, more the lady prior to him.
But you have no idea what you're talking about
the spotters must have owed him money
they don't do the axle clean and press in crossfit, he was likely training strongman
I think that was a strongman exercise lol
Because most crossfitters have never done a single actual pull up in their life
Def not true
@@mikaylahall5959 for sure, but crossfitters are taught to do cheat pullups which builds little strenght so they aren't as good at doing normal pullups than they are at flopping around like a dying fish while holding the bar
@@therealpulp ive literally just started CF, i can do about 10 full rom pullups weighted with and extra 10kg, i love pullups. But kipping pullups are fucking exhausting. Still not sold on them but they tire you out
@John Ratican jumping jacks tire you out? Wow, you should train more
ryan byrne Do 1000 jumping jacks and see if you get tired
Me: *laughs in power building*
Would love to do that one day, right now I'm doing my calisthenics and mma training.
Power building is the go to training style.
I mean powerlifting is kinda the default yeah.
@@lorenzoespetxe6481 is powerbuilding like bodybuilding and powerlifting?
@@aleksander7014 basically, training for strength/power to be functional and strong, and then adding in bodybuilding exercises to sculpt your physique.
I had a high school gym teacher implement 2 weeks of crossfit into class. It was actually pretty awesome. I totally get why it has a bad rep now, but back then it was about mixing the workouts so you didnt overkill your muscle... or at least that's what we were told. I saw it less as bad form work out and more as adding that extra step to trigger rarely used muscles.
Day 1 Sprint Intervals
Day 2 Strength based Weight training
Day 3 Swimming
Day 4 Endurance based weight training
Day 5 Long Jog
Lol, my PE teacher made us do half a year of it and the idea was to overkill all your muscles as fast as possible. We had kids dehydrate midway and passing out cause the frick didn't allow for fucking water stops, just non-stop hour and a half of workouts just in such a way to never train properly your one muscle group, but tire out your whole body.
Oh and that 1,5h of workout were compromised of 5 minute stations. So you did all the exercises he could come up repeatedly, but never properly and never to the point of having any gains from them. Just run around and break your body, you're 16, it would be a shame if you could do anything physical past high-school. Thanfully after half a year we had teacher swap and after a year he was kicked out of school. God bless he was equally obnoxious to other teachers, cause in my country teacher unions make it impossible to actually kick out a teacher by students or parents.
Personally, I think Crossfit gets made so much fun of because it gives different sports "a common enemy."
Sure, bodybuilders can call powerlifters fat and powerlifters can call bodybuilders weak, but EVERYONE can agree that Crossfit is stupid. Or at least that's what they think.
There are idiots in every sport, and usually we never use those idiots to define the entire sport. But for some reason with Crossfit apparently the morons represent the entire sport.
No ots because they dont care about form and safety that is why it's stupid. And it's a horrible way to build muscle because they go for high reps instead of high intensity
@@dontbe3greedy608 Like I said, there are people with shitty form in every sport.
Also, pretty sure Crossfit is about athleticism and not building muscle.
@@overlord6815 yes but the entire sport uses shitty form on everything and retarded exercises.
DontBe3Greedy that’s a bold claim from someone who sounds like they’ve never done crossfit. they teach proper form and safety is the #1 priority, but all you choose to see on the internet is the people who are getting hurt and doing things incorrectly. also explain to me how crossfit isn’t high intensity ?
@@tgrim7223 lmao safety is the n ui mber one priority .... process to do retarded pull ups at the CROSSFIT GAMES...
As long as you pace yourself, focus on the movements, and treat it like a workout and not a race, Crossfit is actually a pretty damn good workout. I’m saying this as a retired elite level gymnast that used to make fun of it for years. I picked it up after retiring. I’m not trying to go pro or be the best in the gym. So treating it as a workout has been very beneficial and I get much more out of it than any commercial gym.
I feel the same way. I made fun of crossfit for years... but always had a secret infatuation I think. Finally made the leap to join a box a while ago and I’m loving it!
I would argue that being a former elite gymnast makes the HIT of crossfit much less exotic and taxing than being an untrained individual suddenly told to do kipping pull ups... I mean, what's 50 reps of Kipping pulls for someone used to do iron cross?
Fair argument. There’s more to it than just kipping pull ups. Yes I’ll agree it’s a lot less “exotic” and the gymnastics movements are elementary at best. But gymnasts don’t run distance, they don’t bike or row for calories, they don’t practice much barbell work. There’s been plenty for me to learn and get better at. My barbell coach was a New England record holder for Olympic lifting and is super critical about form too. As for the “exotic”/calisthenic factor, I still do my strict gymnastics strength on the side. I use HIT and CrossFit for my cardio because running alone is boring. I still do my strict bodyweight work on the side too. I still have my cross at 30 :)
@@ianstratton1629 Oh, naturally there are, I just couldn't think of any other crossfit-specific examples. And definitely with good coaches and a solid knowledge on biomechanics and physical training crossfit can be great and quite fun since you hardly ever do the same thing often, but that's rarely the case - most people are sedentary thinking they'll puke their fat out and suddenly become gymnasts themselves. I feel like crossfit is the equivalent of going to a gymnast class barely being able to touch your toes and forcing yourself to do a full pancake with awful form... no wonder folks get injured so often.
Agree... if you want to get in cardio and burn a lot of calories, Cross Fit is what you need. But you have to be athletic to try the more advanced movements.
Crossfit: the art of dropping the barbell every rep.
Well to be fair that can also be the case in weightlifting, putting down 120kg plus doing a clean is not happening most of the time. Powerlifting bar drops are common.
But you get to catch it on the way back up 😏
First rule of CrossFit talk about it
Second rule of CrossFit don’t ever stop talking about it
CrossFit is basically me jumping from a mountain without any parachute and hoping I survive
no, you jumping from a mountain without a parachute is just stupid, and hope alone will not raise your chances of survival. If you really ever come into that situation, try to aim for a tree, as it decelerates your fall and you may only be badly hurt but not dead.
Crossfit on the other hand is an interesting training concept, and I can only recommend that you try it. Most gyms offer a free trial anyways, so what do you have to lose? You will be surprised how far from the things presented in this video the reality of a crossfit class is.
AHAHAHAH! No. Go to a crossfit gym and try it out.
The whole issue surrounding form depends on the gym. In my gym the form is closely monitored and strict so no one hurts themselves. Poor management brings down the reputation to be honest.
Ssshhh.... you sound credible.... they won’t like that....
Yeah, same with mine, and any gym I’ve visited. In mine, if your form is faltering, the coach will make you scale down, if not entirely change to a different (yet related) exercise. They beat the whole “quality over quantity” concept to death.
In CrossFit everyone hurts themself. Lucky for crossfitters they have no shame, otherwise they wouldnt be doing crossfit.
@@robertlake9009 I love the CrossFit experts who know all about every gym, athlete, and movement everywhere yet also don't CrossFit themselves. It's uncanny.
Of course your gym is the best huh lol
6:53 say what you want about crossfit, but we can see the determination of that man, and the fact he is taking action is beautiful
Been doing crossfit for over a year and 1) Never seen olympic weightlifting in any of the high intensity stages (its usually part of the strength workout in the beginning) 2) Never heard the instructors or the people doing the workout urging us to injure ourselves or even approach that.
Then you’re not doing CrossFit buddy.
You do realize that when someone does a gymnastic movement or a olympic lift, doesn't mean they are doing CF
Agreed, they're generally training so they do better at CrossFit without injuring themselves in a typical CrossFit workout. This is why all the elite CrossFitters do powerlifting and strongman training on the side to build actual strength. Because CF is calesthenics with cheater form.
Unless they are doing it, the CF way!
This vid is from 2016, when the Crossfit Hype was at its peak. Social media was flooded with pics of dumb people thinking they were doing something good for their body when they were actually damaging it, all while looking stupid (A.K.A Crossfitters), It was much much more popular than gymnastics or olympic lifting, so yeah, in general it meant they were doing CF. Luckily, the hype has cooled off and a lot of people just forgot about it.
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This comment is exactly crossfit is stupid. It isn't anything. It's a conglomeration of normal exercises pretending to be something special
I think really depends on the gym you go to, I've been to gyms that have really great programming that involve proper stretching, warmup, and cooldown. I've also been to gyms were they flat out have no idea what they're talking about and just profit off the brand crossfit.
SolidDoink facts
“cardio”
*shows video of 100m dash*
100m dash is cardio
Pyro814 ok boomer
When you're like me and do just enough cardio to survive, it is.
It's atp pc cardio. The cardio form closest to strength but it DEFINITELY is cardio. Your heart and lungs go nuts when you sprint.
@@Pyro81s sure hahahaha
If you’ve ever gone to a CrossFit gym you’ll know it’s not nearly this bad. It’s really fun as long as you don’t have the competitive mindset these people have and you actually try and improve. I’ve never seen anyone injure themselves.
finally someone with brains
People are really stupid and negative. They love spreading hate.
I saw Netflix Show Physical 100. And A Crossfitter was the winner of that show and even other people who are into crossfit did well in that show.
Even that show has many Korean athletes including Wrestlers, fitness industry people, gymnasts and all...
Kipping. Flopping fish. You go guys!
“Have you heard of CrossFit?” *eyes glaze over in frustration “yes I have heard of CrossFit”.
i wonder what stefan brown would’ve done if he said no
Funny. The guy who made this video clearly doesn't know what Crossfit is either.
@@0BuLLeT01 Crossfit is awful😂
The hardest part of CrossFit is telling your friends that you’re gay.
No actually, in my experience theyre in denial.
Facts
Hahaaaaaaa
They would understand it better then me doing crossfitting
I’m dead.
I got several injuries just from watching this
One thing to keep in mind is that to become a certified C-L1 coach you only need a 1000 bucks and a weekend. They run you through a two day course and once you’re done and pass the exam part you can pretty much go and teach a class. Now that doesn’t sound bad in theory but there’s a LOT of people who’ve had no prior training experience who just hopped on the CF bandwagon in the past 10 years. I remember when I used to do it - I show up for a workout one night and the coach shows us a horrible workout and says - “minimum weight is 155 lbs” I was like wtf. Who sets weight at minimum. The guy was a hack - he was still at university at the time.
The same goes for any personal trainer... from the super fit guy at the end of your hallway to the one who was fat and got fit, they all can turn into coaches overnight, and teach you crap, and get you injured. It's down to us clients to check their credentials and try out a couple of sessions to see if the fit is right.
White lives matter, monkey
I did CrossFit for a year. I felt like shit all the time but I have to admit I got mentally tough but I looked the same.
I went back to weights and in 90 days I saw results and there is a definite increase in my strength.
We can spot the old lady squatting like 15lbs but we can’t spot the guy nearly taking his own head off with about 400?? Keep it universal man jesus.
Please there aren’t even 15 lbs bars. The bar itself is 42 lbs and her plates are 10-20 lbs so she lifts approximately 55 lbs
@@katybee3891 u nvr count the bar at the competition lol, only the plates. Plus she was quacking like I almost thought it was a half duck🤣
Crossfit is just business
My introduction to CrossFit was a coworker and his wife talking about it in 2011. She had snapped her Achilles tendon doing it and they went on at length on how challenging her medical journey was. But I barely heard any of that. I was like, "Tell me again what you were doing to snap the tendon?..."
That being said, I have enjoyed watching some of the Crossfit Games movies, even knowing we're not privy to the injuries going on. The athletes aren't the best at anything really (e.g. swimming, kayaking, etc), but I do admire their undeniable overall fitness level. What I mean is, an Olympic swimmer would beat them in swimming, but get killed in most everything else. Right?
That's the thing. Being bad at everything, a good all around athlete (i.e. cardio and just working out intelligently) will destroy them at basically everything. Quality over quantity will give you the quantity later, while trying to do too many 'reps' will both injure you and get you nowhere
@@highasheaven9239 there's a video called "The problem with CrossFit" and the guy explains why it won't get you anywhere.
Crossfit theoretically sounds amazing, functional strength and cardio training revolving around Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics and calisthenics. In theory good in practice however it fails, I've met crossfitters who have proper technique and dont go full failure and are amazing athletes. If they fix crossfit I believe it can be a very good style of exercise but until then I do not recommend it ever.
As long as coaches teach their members good form and to keep their ego in check, crossfit is excellent... which is the same for every gym with trainers. I've been a crossfit member for about 4 months, and my preexisting pain in my knees, shoulder, and back have nearly disappeared.
The problem is when average Joe's come in with very little athletic experience and think they're cool when they go too hard and get hurt.
Two of the examples in this video are literally satirical youtube comedy videos. I'm not a defensive crossfit fanboy, I'm just one for good arguments and content.
Ye but crossfit is litterally fck form do as much as possible in the shortest time with the worst form to be easier
@@samuelallard141 Right. Except... No. It's not. That's just what all the people who know nothing about crossfit say. If you aren't a member of a crossfit gym, the only exposure to crossfit you have is videos like this where obviously they highlight the idiots who throw barbells back and forth.
The fact is, however, most people aren't stupid, and most trainers emphasize mastering mechanics with light weight and gradually scaling from there.
@@JJ-iu5hl agree . I do CrossFit on my own in the gym and I do everything with correct form
this.
@@samuelallard141 where have you tried it? Please, report your coaches.
The goal of CrossFit is to train. Other sports have a goal that requires training.
1:58 Him: my spidey senses are tingling.
Me:that's you spine crying for help.
To quote OE Fitness: "The hardest thing about crossfit is to tell your parents that you're gay"
🤣
oe fitness is an asshole
casual homophobia is still funny in 2021 apparently
OE fitness is probably one of the least entertaining people in fitness.
wait till you find out that just because the joke is homophobic doesn’t make it funny
In reality though. Let's stay focused here. Lots of crossfit is a bit odd, bad form, rushed exercises, but those people do train hard and are fit. What we see here is the worst of crossfit. Some of it is funny though.
Micheal Breathnach agreed. people tend to look at what’s on the internet and judge it based on the worst of it. If they took the time to look more in depth before forming an opinion they’d find it much better than previously thought.
Agreed. It’s easy to generalize CrossFitters based off the fail videos.
Let’s be real though.
Edit: I was able to find the article he referenced the 19.4% injury rate.
The article goes on to say that CrossFit has a 22.8% lower injury rate than track and field and the injury rate of CrossFit was actually more comparable to Powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting. AND it was similar to other recreational activities.
I’m not saying this to play the “but that other one is worse” argument.
I just think it’s important to understand context vs grabbing numbers from research to push an argument.
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jsr/27/3/article-p295.xml
Cohort study as a reference
Wow a reasonable comment nice one buddy your a rare case round these parts
The problem is when people who aren’t athletic go from zero to CrossFit. It’s a sport better suited to people who are already athletic, and who do some kind of Olympic lift/powerlifting training on the side. It can be a fun challenge for an athlete.
It’s not ideal to have people, especially beginners, worn out from cardio, supersetting olympic power lifts at high reps, at some arbitrary prescribed weight.
But like yeah, if you’ve seen worlds fittest, you can’t deny those people are badass
Spaghetti Spoon I think that’s a wise perspective there.
I think the competitive aspect is the biggest problem. You can work yourself to failure using proper technique...you'll just get less reps to write down. Start making a competition about reps without enforcing strict technique and you'll get horrible things happening to max out the board.
Ive been doing CrossFit for 7 years now. Now I need back surgery and possibly shoulder surgery. Ive had severe sciatica for almost a year and almost took my own life because of it, because my pain was literally at a 9 alllll freakin day and night no matter what. This program WILL get you fit, however, I also did what the CrossFitters made fun of me for for years doing my “vanity lifts” (doing curls, bench press and so on) so I looked how they wanted to look and could even lift more than them because of it. Ive legit had rhabdomyolisis also, diagnosed by a doctor after pissing dark brown and feeling like death for a few days. Now I do CrossFit “cardio” but the lifts are dead to me. I’m done destroying my body even though man I felt strong as hell while doing the whole regimen. If you are looking into CrossFit, do the cardio, but skip the lifting please.
Even the "cardio" is dangerous on it's own, jumping on boxes will slowly destroy your joints.
Just avoid crossfit, there's dozens of other sports that'll get you fit without endangering yourself.
@@cabrondemente1 jumping on boxes? what!!! 🤣🤣
@@cabrondemente1 I've injured myself on leg shin doing box jumps on crossfit.
My friend the personal trainer: we don't care how many reps, we just want good form so you don't hurt yourself.
Crossfit: DO AS MANY REPS IN AS LITTLE TIME, FORM AND AVOIDING INJURY MAKES YOU WEEEAAAAKKKKKK!!!!!
Don't forget the purging after every single meal and rhabdomyolysis.
How to achieve nothing whilst fhcking up your body.
CrossFit is the Epitome of “All Brawn no Brain”. Though it’d be slightly more accurate to say “Halfway Brawn and Still no Brain”
"Running for brawn but falling short"
"Racing to fitness on a false start"
"Half brawn half brain"
50% brawn, 50% brain, 100% of my yearly health insurance deductible paid by the end of January.
I’ve been doing CrossFit for five years now and I will be the first to say that butterfly pull-ups are one of the dumbest movements I’ve ever seen
The strength and conditioning coach at my school did cross fit with a few other gym teachers so we’d have a CrossFit unit (only in gym classes you sign up for, not mandatory ones) but they understood and preached things like “proper form” and “you’re just kids don’t let your ego kill you”
All these disslikes are from crossfitters lol
Yea the dislikes are from crossfitters because all of you saying crossfit is trash and probably never tried it and just go with the flow. U all created an idea of crossfit without even knowing and this video is just hating and showing only bad stuff about crossfit
Frr lmao
@@gabrilch73i26 I don't need to try meth to know it's bad for me...
I don't even do crossfit but throughout the whole video he is blending embarrassing clips from crossfit, powerlifting, strongman and regular gym retards while referencing faulty aspects of crossfit which is misleading. He also really doesn't look like a guy who's opinion on exercise I would value in any regard (e.g. weak and fat) and who probably doesn't even work out himself and is just trying to get in on the circlejerk.
You can hate on crossfit culture and rightfully so, but it's not like most of the popular aestheticzz gymbro-faggots on instagram are setting a shining example for themself either. Every strength sport is retarded in it's own way, but I will respect a dude who is able to clean and jerk 315 and deadlift 500 before cranking out a 5 minute mile, bad form or not.
Aly your that guy at the gym who screams during every rep while lifting a solid 45 pounds
0:06 "there are a lot of different sports: cardio (...)" *shows 100m sprint*
3:28 why is this guy interviewing himself?
CrossFit is like if one of those guys that uses the machines totally wrong at the gym, while everyone laughs at them, starting a fitness program.
"breathe"
CrossFitter: " i count that as a one."
Jesus Christ, when that guy at the bar bell and it looks like he was about to break his spine... WHY did the people just sit there watching him struggling in that poor ass form smh that gave me so much anxiety 🤣🤣
Me tooo mask even the flashbacks are stressing me out!
Tough guys. Helping is weak.
Because apparently spotting someone means you don't step in until they already dropped the weight on their throat
3:32 "So have you heard anything about crossfit before?"
*dies inside* 😂
They teach you the correct way to do an incorrect pull-up.
I watched a documentary about the CrossFit games, one of the Australian competitors, Tia Toomey, was asked to joint the Australian Olympic weightlifting team after a coach saw her snatch at the CrossFit games and she competed in Rio. Having said that, the competitors didn't appear to train in CrossFit gyms, they seemed to do a lot of various types of intense exercises and appeared to be incredibly fit. I know a few friends who do CrossFit who are both pretty fit and athletic, and they don't bang on about how they do CrossFit all day long. With a lot of "fringe" health things, like CrossFit, keto, paleo, I think they attract a certain kind of person. I'm sure not everyone that does CrossFit is a lunatic out to injure themselves, but that kind of person is more likely to be attracted to CrossFit than other forms of exercise
A friend of mine invited to his crossfit gym, we are no longer friends
Literally 5 of the fail clips in the intro were different sports. Olympic weightlifting, a strongman doing a clean, a powerlifting meet... like hello
Hello
Watch the video and this will be explained to you.
I told my friend that CrossFit should end.
He replied, "Subz, are you crazy? I'll be out of Business if that happens"
My friend is a Chiropractor and Physical Therapist that runs a great Practice.