Crossfit Discussion

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It has Olympic lifts and powerlifting in addition to all the "crossfit" exercises. Seems like that would be great for hypertrophy.

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Are you honestly going to say that by following crossfit or a crossfit based routine that you would see better physique results than if you opened up your range to all sorts of different programs and other options?

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Classic exchange here.

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You can be very elite at crossfit workouts and still look like trash.

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You have someone in mind?

[Thremp]

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You can be very elite at crossfit workouts and still look like trash.

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You have someone in mind?

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I think the youtube/google videos are enough. I don't think that anyone really is happy at ~5'8 160 unless they have the bone structure of a 12 year old girl. In which case lightweight BB domination is a solid career path.

Your first quote selection is lollerskates in intellectual dishonesty.

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"Are you honestly going to say that by following crossfit or a crossfit based routine that you would see better physique results than if you opened up your range to all sorts of different programs and other options?"

I dont know what a crossfit program is? That was the first line of my post.

I dont know what a elite crossfit guy does for a whole week.

Example for 5X5 I know what I am going to do every day. The workout is right there for me to look at.

I want to see something like that for crossfit if it exist.

I dont know anything about crossfit other than alot of individual exercises and drills on their website.

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Root,

There is a wide range. WOD is a good start for what most do. The whole metcon aspect which has a similar effect to tabata isn't really needed to grow. Sure its cool and means you won't get winded walking from the fridge to the TV. But you likely won't be as huge as you could.

There probably is nothing better for a recreational athlete or even a professional one in some cases. But to try to push crossfit onto pure physique athletes or competitive OLers or PLers or other more specialized types is insanity.

Shemp would be a better person to ask for a full range of what would be "crossfit" and what wouldn't. For example Starting Strength IMO is decidedly not crossfit, despite the author.

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You can be very elite at crossfit workouts and still look like trash.

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You have someone in mind?

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I think the youtube/google videos are enough.

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Provide a link to the elite crossfitter you think looks like trash. You know, defend your claim.

[shemp]

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Your first quote selection is lollerskates in intellectual dishonesty.

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So now I'm a dishonest. Below I've attached the entire post you've responded to. Please tell me which part of his post I unfairly deleted.

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I guess I dont understand what crossfit is?

I am looking at the list of exercises on the website. It has Olympic lifts and powerlifting in addition to all the "crossfit" exercises. Seems like that would be great for hypertrophy.

What does a week of exercises for a elite crossfitter look like?

I see tons of individual stuff but I am really curious about a whole week.

I would like to try some of it out if it includes all the powerlifting and olympic lifting stuff.

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Are you honestly going to say that by following crossfit or a crossfit based routine that you would see better physique results than if you opened up your range to all sorts of different programs and other options?

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[Thremp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YARXjYqC8mU

This guy strikes me as rather meh for what I've been told is a v v impressive time.

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I am looking at the list of exercises on the website. It has Olympic lifts and powerlifting in addition to all the "crossfit" exercises. Seems like that would be great for hypertrophy.

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Hypertrophy is a moot topic. A typical crossfitter wants nothing to do with it. He wants his bodyweight constant so he can do all the crazy bodyweight gymnastic stuff that crossfitters do. Its a little easier that way.

Just because you do powerlifting and olympic lifts doesn't mean you'll get bigger. You have to design a program that will allow for that. A beginner starting out with a new exercise or program may fill out, but if the program is purposely designed not to promote mass, it probably won't when you're at an intermediate or advanced level.

[Thremp]

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Your first quote selection is lollerskates in intellectual dishonesty.

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So now I'm a dishonest. Below I've attached the entire post you've responded to. Please tell me which part of his post I unfairly deleted.

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I guess I dont understand what crossfit is?

I am looking at the list of exercises on the website. It has Olympic lifts and powerlifting in addition to all the "crossfit" exercises. Seems like that would be great for hypertrophy.

What does a week of exercises for a elite crossfitter look like?

I see tons of individual stuff but I am really curious about a whole week.

I would like to try some of it out if it includes all the powerlifting and olympic lifting stuff.

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Are you honestly going to say that by following crossfit or a crossfit based routine that you would see better physique results than if you opened up your range to all sorts of different programs and other options?

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I'd say all of it that you spent time deleting.