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Re: CrossFit Certification--Trip Report
Do you do any type of strength work in addition to CF? like Cf/Me/CF/break rinse repeat?
What was your working out background before totally drinking the koolaid? What really got you into it? I've had a few sips and it looks like a fantastic program in theory, and I've learned a [censored] ton about fitness/eating/etc from that site, but I'm still more interested in getting stronger before I start really crossfitting. I already know I will have to scale down all the conditioning/endurance work, I'd like to not have to scale down the me days too... I know this sounds probably somewhat illogical, but my goal is to get strong/ripped/down to 10% bf or so, with comfortable lifting numbers for me...namely a 1.5xbw bench, a 2xbw squat, 2.5xbw dl, weighted pull ups, and then from there go on to CF in the hopes that it will keep me in that shape and improve some of my major weaknesses...aka anything endurance/conditioning based... I realize it will probably be like 8 months if not a year before I jump to CF... depending on how things go I might just get into it sooner... when I have more time I also planned on taking some of their classes to improve my cleaning/snatching/jerks/ohs/fs/etc... Thats another thing holding me back...I don't trust my form/ability in these exercises and I have no one around here to really teach me. The other thing holding me back is lack of certain accessories for CF workouts... i.e. muscle up rings... At some point in my life I can see myself building my own gym so this won't be an issue forever. I like the idea of a program that works you out for functional movements, it's what attracted me in the first place... |
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J,
I guess we'll see how well crossfit gets you in shape for tennis soon enough. |
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Um, people don't wind up in nursing homes because they can't walk, or sick because they can't do pull-ups. Nothing you do in cross-fit is going to keep you from getting diseases or aging. You can be very physically fit and absolutely ruined inside.
Glad you enjoyed your certification. |
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shemp--had been on a GHD before, but only a little bit. they really really stressed safety as a main concern. i liked it, but subs that i have used seemed fairly close. AZK--i will respond in detail later. great questions. El D.--i am plenty fit for say best 7 out of 13 sets. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Blarg--i disagree in part to what you are saying. loss of the ability to move your own body is a major concern at a later age. if you can do a pullup at age 70 or squat all the way to the ground and up again how does that not help you maintain your independence? will it prevent all disease or internal problems, of course not, but no one (doctor, etc. etc.) will tell you that maintaining some sort of physical fitness and activity level will do anything but help you. do you disagree with this? later. J. |
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J,
Yeah, I wasn't specifically saying that you thought it was a good test, but I've heard people be like "ZOMG he couldn't jump rope for 30 seconds what a loser" without recognizing why that didn't hold water. I phrased my previous post poorly. But whatev. |
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Re: CrossFit Certification--Trip Report
[ QUOTE ]
responses: Blarg--i disagree in part to what you are saying. loss of the ability to move your own body is a major concern at a later age. if you can do a pullup at age 70 or squat all the way to the ground and up again how does that not help you maintain your independence? later. J. [/ QUOTE ] People live independently, and pretty decently, in wheelchairs for decades, and can do the same with walkers and canes. None of those mobility matters have anything to do with the aging of your internal organs, your immune system, or infection or disease. It's the latter that sends you to an old age home, hospital, or hospice for the dying. Sending someone with bum legs there would be like sending people to insane asylums because they have red hair. |
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J,
"El D.--i am plenty fit for say best 7 out of 13 sets." Cool, I'm good for the 42 games it will take to dispatch of you. |
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J, "El D.--i am plenty fit for say best 7 out of 13 sets." Cool, I'm good for the 42 games it will take to dispatch of you. [/ QUOTE ] *snap* |
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Blarg, to say that mobility has nothing to do with, say, liver failure does not contradict that mobility may help the elderly avoid, say, a hard fall, or that increased bone density might reduce the consequences or help in recovery (I don't know that does, either) from such a fall-- which in many cases is the beginning of the end.
I think you guys are talking past each other a bit, though I understand the negative reaction to some hyperbole there... |
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Blarg, to say that mobility has nothing to do with, say, liver failure does not contradict that mobility may help the elderly avoid, say, a hard fall, or that increased bone density might reduce the consequences or help in recovery (I don't know that does, either) from such a fall-- which in many cases is the beginning of the end. I think you guys are talking past each other a bit, though I understand the negative reaction to some hyperbole there... [/ QUOTE ] Yes, I was just trying to get the hyperbole in line. I wouldn't argue against the value of physical development. |
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