Crossfit
 

Anyone on here do frossfit.....if so this is pretty cool......

1. It's a lifestyle. People often assume that CF is just another passing trend which has, in the short term, created a bunch of tire-flipping, coconut water drinking, kettle bell-swinging crazies, who will eventually ditch their Paleo "diet" and go back to eating spaghetti. The truth is that CF is in vogue, and that most avid participants do tend to eat Paleo...but there's nothing short-term about it. Unlike bodybuilding, where your physique peaks for a few short weeks under a crazy diet crunch, CF is maintainable. "Paleo" is a lifestyle way of eating, not some 30 day plan that promises to shed crazy weight. When I really started to delve into the CF world, I saw more change in my body than I ever had before, and my only wish was that I had converted sooner! It's not a cult or a fad; it is a way of life.

2. It's family-oriented. So often in our world, the zillions of activities that we commit to cause separation of family members. Dad and Mom are working long hours in different jobs and the kids are scattered with their various extracurriculars. It's not unheard of for families to go Monday through Friday with very little that is actually shared between them. One of my favorite aspects of CF is that the whole family can experience it together, stimulating shared challenges, journeys, and victories. In our culture, that's a rare experience! CF binds families closer together as they train side by side, encourage one another, and truly understand each other's pain.

3. It's performance based. When you train for aesthetics, performance might follow. When you train for performance, aesthetics will follow. While a lot of exercisers are obsessing over the last few pounds or squeezing into skinnier jeans, most CrossFitter's are much more focused on their Snatch technique or getting a pull-up! When anything is measured, especially performance, it generally gets better. CF is specific and recordable..which largely accounts for why it works!

4. It's all-inclusive when it comes to who can play. Sure there are exceptions, but for the most part, everyone can CrossFit. There are elite CrossFitters with children and even grandchildren. Some struggle with serious physical conditions or have even lost limbs. In the same day, I can train a 5 year-old and a 75 year-old on the same skill! And it's not a prerequisite to be in great shape before starting, or to have had an athletic background. It's about location and attitude; find the right gym and coach where workouts are scaled to your level, and maintain the proper perspective. If you really desire to improve badly enough, you won't care if you are dead last. For those who don't join because they believe their fitness level is inadequate, the only real deficiency lies in their mindset.

5. It builds human machines. Sexy human machines. To any girls out there that think that all chicks who CF are bulky bricks, and to any guys that believe the gymnastics and cardio will compromise their strength, you really ought to come to a competition and check out the eye candy. For reals.

6. It is revolutionary in it's functional approach to fitness. As Mark Rippetoe states, "CrossFit has the potential to change the popular cultural perception of what exercise actually means over the next decade, and I will watch with delight as selectorized leg machines are melted down into more useful items like re-bar and manhole covers". We are seeing a lot of athletes switching to CF - even Bob Harper has converted! What we aren't seeing, is a lot of athletes moving on from CF to other fads. CF is sticking. It's here for good and it hasn't even fully evolved yet.

7. It changes lives. Might sound cliche, but it has literally changed me inside and out, and I am blessed to be able to watch it transform others. Sure it brings people to a whole different fitness level physically, but it also refashions them emotionally and mentally. It makes us tougher and more confident, and yet at the same time, it ironically humbles us. When you push yourself to your absolute limit…to the point where every muscle is fatigued and your only thought is the next pull-up, or the next two feet, or your next gulp of air…you forget all the other crap in life that you made into a mountain in your brain. And usually, in the big scheme of things, that "mountain" was just a little mole-hill. Training clears our heads and reminds us of how fortunate we are to be able to run, jump, and climb.

8. I'm not bored with it yet...in fact, with every year that goes by, it grips me tighter. I used to dread my mandatory "cardio" time at the gym, where I had to use music and various forms of self-bribery in an attempt to distract myself from the painful monotony. With CF, I literally can't get enough. Our parents might fear that we will abandon all and go live in a van down by the river in order to simply CF all day, and their worry isn't completely ill-founded...CF is addicting! In fact my only words of caution to newbies is to drink the kool-aid slowly because you are going to get obsessed!!

9. It yields results. Intensity is the single major aspect that most gym-goers are missing in their routines. People are innately lazy, and most will try to latch on to a new diet or exercise fad that promises fast results, that are seemingly too good to be true. And guess what? They generally are. CF doesn't attempt to hide the reality of what it is: it's intense, it's HARD, it hurts, it requires mental fortitude, you don't look cute while doing it...and it yields results. For the most part, the only people who find that CF doesn't really "fit", are the people who don't want to be pushed that hard.

10. The community never ceases to amaze me. It's become a second family. When I'm failing, there's always someone encouraging me to keep my head up. Go to any CF event and you will see excellent sportsmanship on display. After a competition, it's strangely refreshing to receive notes or words of congratulations from other coaches and fellow competitors. And few other sports have the top finishers cheering on and cuing up the last athletes in the heat! And surely no other event has stands filled with actual current participants of that sport! It makes the community that much more tight-knit. Nowhere else do I see the camaraderie, support, and fun that thrives in the CF box.

Agree that is can be life changing...only issue is the $$$$

have friends who do this in LC.... the chicks are ripped. one buddy trained for an iron man competition with this. stuff is hardcore and intense. if i had the time and a good knee i would def try.

my sister in law does it and loves it...course she is a personal trainer but this will rip you up quick

Did it in Iowa for six weeks then the class shutdown. I loved it, but there are none in sulphur and Lake Charles times are not good with my schedule, otherwise I would be all over it.

I loved it because of the competition.

Its def the best work outs I have ever done....been doing it for almost 7 months now and lost 30lbs and am getting stronger and stronger every day....Im doing stuff in the gym that I never thought that I could do.

i dont know about you but they need to put a dayum dressin room in that SNAP fitness.... SPAR would be a good location to have something like this. i like how CF incorporates all kinds of training equipment... huge ropes, kettle ball, tires, etc. its cool to change it up and not be soo monotanous

its def worth the $$$$ and you dont need to have a "good" knee to do it. I had a TOTAL knee reconstruction in 2002 while playing football and my leg/knee feels stronger after 7 months of CF then it has in 10yrs

since I started I have never done the exact same work out twice exept for the ocational "Named" work outs that I am trying to get better times on

I walked by some fellas doing that and they were carrying each other around on each others backs......one dude fell straight on his face. The did look like they were in pretty good shape.

good knee meaning.... three orthopedists have not been able to diagnose my problem... multiple bone scans, 3 MRI's, a scope, x rays, rheumatologist visit...... leaning towards nerve damage, ITB syndrome, or some kind of friction tear/anamoly healing or some other RARE condition. going to see the knee "guru" on the 28th. havent lived without pain for 3 years.

LOL no matter how good of shape you are in some of those workouts will make you look stupid......and yes even fall on your face

What Guru might that be?

Brett Cascio MD outta LC

Dude look up Dr James Andrews....he is the Guy that did my Knee. He is rated as one of the best if not the best knee guy in the world!!!!!

I was thinking about getting into it... how many times a week do you go?

4-5 depending on my Schedule....I go to Ragin Crossfit here in Lafayette....its awesome

where does he practice out of? if the 28th doesnt yield any resuts i will def consider it.

Birmingham, Al

Google this guy....it will blow you away

Yea he's legit. I believe he did Terrell Davis' knee surgery

Sean you saw my Injury happen first hand :-)

he did Drew Brees shoulder

Yes he did

ill still take you whenever your ready, porkchop

Lol x2

DUDES I will eat your lunch.......come at me Bro

do it
 

Bring it on

Dang it did not work

Its funny cuz you're heaavvyyyyy

dude im down to 235 and I will crush you

Seriously tho congrats on the improvement. I thought u gave up hope for a while.

I'm down to 225 as of this morning fatty.

Dude No way.....man thats awesome. what are doing to drop the LBS?

Speaking of dropping LBS, how much has Big A improved!!!! Dude is a beast in the gym.

Man just eating right and I work out when I don't have anything to do at work...which is 80% of the time. Lol.

Yea dude. Big a has always been a beast in the gym, though

dude why dont you come to RCF with us?

Because I'm lazy and I smoke over a pack of cigs a day. Lol

[QUOTE=YellowMouth7;450582]Anyone on here do frossfit.....if so this is pretty cool......

1. It's a lifestyle. People often assume that CF is just another passing trend which has, in the short term, created a bunch of tire-flipping, coconut water drinking, kettle bell-swinging crazies, who will eventually ditch their Paleo "diet" and go back to eating spaghetti. The truth is that CF is in vogue, and that most avid participants do tend to eat Paleo...but there's nothing short-term about it. Unlike bodybuilding, where your physique peaks for a few short weeks under a crazy diet crunch, CF is maintainable. "Paleo" is a lifestyle way of eating, not some 30 day plan that promises to shed crazy weight. When I really started to delve into the CF world, I saw more change in my body than I ever had before, and my only wish was that I had converted sooner! It's not a cult or a fad; it is a way of life.

I have never been confused with being a Mental Heavy Weight but doesn't this statement contradict? Being fit is very advantagous but I don't see this "Fad" lasting over 2-3 years and another "Fad" will replace it. This is another "As seen on TV" infomercial.

Been there done that many moons ago and have the broke down body to prove it. The human body cannot maintain a regimen like this indefinitly. Yes, I know ya'll are bullet proof right now just like I was at 22-30 but it will catch up to you sooner or later. Happy Hour will eventually be more fun than this torture.:D

You definatly need to read the rest of the list before you judge this....it is not anything like p90x or insanity. Its in a real gym with other people and coaches training you. it has been around for years and is just becoming mainstreem with in th last couple of years. if you have ever watched the reebok crossfit games on ESPN you would see that it is def no "Fad"

You honesty is appretiated

I am not trying to down play your excercise program YM, wish I liked it now as much as I did then but kids, mortgage, ect. are more important to me along with my almost nightly Makers Mark.;)

you could go to his clinic in birmingham, but he doesnt do surgeries anymore unless your a big leaguer.. his clinic is the best tho .. he did my tommy johns right before he stopped doing surgeries, and then his shoulder guy jeff dugas did my rotator cuff and labrum.. there clinic is top notch.. now on the cross fit .. ill put it the way that my pt says it.. he says "i love cross fit.. a bunch of people trying to do exercises and lifts they have no business doing.. gives me more business then I ever had" ...i think cross fit has a great model, but there are certain things that shouldnt be done in the cross fit competition format.. like snatch. good stuff over all tho

Is luke lawton a trainer at that gym yellermouth?

Agree 100% on J Andrews 1st class guy and world class surgeon

And I agree 50% with your Crossfit analysis there are def people who try to go to big to early....... With correct form and practice injuries can be avoided

Nope dont think so

10-4....he's at crossfit lafayette

I'm 44 years old. I lift weights and walk at least 4 days a week, often 5 or 6. My problem is that I have a bulging disc in my lower back. I am careful to stay away from risky lifts and high impact activities. Cross Fit interests me, but I am concerned with its high impact exercises. Am I correct in this assessment?

He who is the fittest still dies

Yea that would be a correct assumption

Lol! And he who does with the most toys wins? Lol

I'd like to look at it as preping for quality of life in the later yrs. 70 and still doing things those in their 50s do