Is CrossFit really that ineffective and dangerous ? (Related to Korean MMA fighters)

[Tosa]

Originally Posted by Baconator69

I don't get why everyoen bashes it, at least some people get into shape and are less of a leech on health care and taxes.

People who live longer cost more in pensions, and will make greater use of health care, primarily by using health care to help manage or treat conditions related to age. Joint replacements, cataract surgery, regular use of pharmaceuticals to manage conditions. There's also the cost of an aging population as a whole. While it's true that the average age of the population is affected more by the birth rate, the life expectancy, life expectancy is still a factor.

So, yes, I think that being an out of shape fatty is a terrible way to go through life. But I can't buy the argument that it's a choice that costs everybody else.

[luckyshot]

Granted, I'm not a great athlete, nor that smart, but I've done three "Cross fit" stints and have gotten hurt three times. No more cross fit for me.

[redaxe]

Originally Posted by Baconator69

How's the pussy there? I love asian women

Hairy.

[livingdeadmoose]

Originally Posted by Baconator69

Crossfit is awsome, it gets some fat cake eating skanks off of their fat ass and gets them hot. Who gives a flying fuck if what they are doing is retarded? Have you seen the games? Man they have some hot ass chicks doing all kinds of hot shit. How can you hate on that?

I don't get why everyoen bashes it, at least some people get into shape and are less of a leech on health care and taxes. Now if we could market it towards the whales I have to see riding scooters with 150lbs off ass cheek hanging off each side of teh seat it would be even better. I liked it better when they were house bound because they cant walk, seriously they are disgusting piles of shit.

Just my 2 cents.

Because the goal with S&C training isn't to make you more attractive to the opposite sex. It's about improving your bodies performance. It may make you look better, but it really doesn't matter if that happens or not. Not only that, people can lose weight and look good without doing something like CF where they do everything completely wrong. I'd rather see a girl learn how to correctly perform the barbell lifts over doing something purely for looks.

[theBrookDweller]

Originally Posted by Arlecchino

extra-medium t-shirts,

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/3...ent_id=1763049

7. Extra Medium Skull Shirts- We as the MMA community need to stop the madness for god's sake. First of all why is there this insatiable need to have a skull on every MMA shirt and have them all be "athletic fit" which basically means if you weigh more than 100lbs you shouldn't be wearing it. We need to buck this horrible trend and when I buy an extra large t-shirt, I want it to actually be extra large, not extra medium. And the material they use for these shirts is thinner than Kate Moss, make a real t-shirt!

[Dirty Holt]

Anyone care to post some evidence that those who do crossfit get injured significantly more than those who do strength and conditioning outside of crossfit?

[KILL KILL]

One of the trainers I work with is currently preparing for the 2013 crossfit games. He employs another experienced trainer to help him devise his training. From what i've noticed, he is taking a periodized approach. He has spent teh last few months putting on about 15 pounds with maximal lifts (oly / squat variations). He will be focusing primarily on conditioning come January.



From what I've seen, no serious competitor actually follows a "crossfitty" type program. They may add in oly lifts and deads for high reps (which I don't agree with), but their programs are designed quite well. In my opinion, crossfit should not be considered a training method, but as the name of the compteition. the best way of being competitive in a crossfit competition is to take an intelligent appraoch and not WOD's.

[KILL KILL]

Also i'd like to add, that pretty much all of the competitors I've spoken to do not even recommend training in that manner until you have built a significant base. It's not for fatties coming off the couch or noobies to strength training....or atleast it shouldn't be.

[luckyshot]

Originally Posted by Dirty Holt

Anyone care to post some evidence that those who do crossfit get injured significantly more than those who do strength and conditioning outside of crossfit?

I don't know if any peer reviewed medical journals have picked up on this crucial issue yet.

[redaxe]

Originally Posted by luckyshot

I don't know if any peer reviewed medical journals have picked up on this crucial issue yet.

Yeah, in real life there isn't empirical evidence for everything and you often make do with anecdotal evidence, particularly when it's frequently and independently corroborated.