Crossfit is great, but it's not for me. My sister and brother in law love it and couldn't imagine working out any other way. To each his own. I'm more in line with guru on this one as I like putting my headphones in and blocking out everyone at the gym. But depending on your own fitness goals crossfit may be for you. I will say this I've never met someone who has consistently done crossfit that wasn't in fantastic shape.

Crossfit is great, but it's not for me. My sister and brother in law love it and couldn't imagine working out any other way. To each his own. I'm more in line with guru on this one as I like putting my headphones in and blocking out everyone at the gym. But depending on your own fitness goals crossfit may be for you. I will say this I've never met someone who has consistently done crossfit that wasn't in fantastic shape.

 

I would be interested in how some of those in the this thread who are not all that fond of Crossfit would do. :lol:

Most people's problem w/ Crossfit comes with the stereotypical Crossfitter. The one who never shuts up about it. I personally like crossfit style workouts. We called them finishers in college at the end of the week. I'm not a huge fan of Crossfit's high rep overhead squats workouts, or high rep snatch workouts. Those scare me.

 

As for the socializing, I went to a box a couple of times and found that it was very focused when it was time to start. I enjoyed it, but not for $110/month. If I'm going to pay $95/month like I am at our MMA gym, I want to learn a skill that translates better into real life.

I would be interested in how some of those in the this thread who are not all that fond of Crossfit would do. :lol:

Haha. That's funny....

I would be interested in how some of those in the this thread who are not all that fond of Crossfit would do. :lol:

I'd be interested in how many that aren't that fond of it have actually tried it. Almost every reason I've ever heard for people not liking it or not wanting to try it are myths. Cost is definitely legit, injury concerns are always legit but most of the time they are based on the perception of CrossFit. There is no more risk of injury doing CrossFit than any other form of fitness if you are smart about it.

Most people's problem w/ Crossfit comes with the stereotypical Crossfitter. The one who never shuts up about it. I personally like crossfit style workouts. We called them finishers in college at the end of the week. I'm not a huge fan of Crossfit's high rep overhead squats workouts, or high rep snatch workouts. Those scare me.

 

As for the socializing, I went to a box a couple of times and found that it was very focused when it was time to start. I enjoyed it, but not for $110/month. If I'm going to pay $95/month like I am at our MMA gym, I want to learn a skill that translates better into real life.

 

These are real criticisms. The WODS do have high rep overhead squat workouts (these are incredibly tough) and high rep snatch workouts.

 

Plus.... we do tend to talk about Crossfit a bit.

I'd be interested in how many that aren't that fond of it have actually tried it. Almost every reason I've ever heard for people not liking it or not wanting to try it are myths. Cost is definitely legit, injury concerns are always legit but most of the time they are based on the perception of CrossFit. There is no more risk of injury doing CrossFit than any other form of fitness if you are smart about it.

 

Based upon what the masses do at most gyms there is little risk of injuring yourself. :banana:

Most people's problem w/ Crossfit comes with the stereotypical Crossfitter. The one who never shuts up about it. I personally like crossfit style workouts. We called them finishers in college at the end of the week. I'm not a huge fan of Crossfit's high rep overhead squats workouts, or high rep snatch workouts. Those scare me.

 

As for the socializing, I went to a box a couple of times and found that it was very focused when it was time to start. I enjoyed it, but not for $110/month. If I'm going to pay $95/month like I am at our MMA gym, I want to learn a skill that translates better into real life.

All legit and I agree. High rep snatch workouts have to be keep light in respect to your 1RM. Same with overhead squats. Goes back to being smart about the workout and staying within your abilities.

Based upon what the masses do at most gyms there is little risk of injuring yourself. :banana:

:lol2: Without a doubt.

More power to the people who do it. Everyone I know that's done it is in ridiculous shape as @GrantNKY mentioned.

 

It's not for me because a) I'm not allowed to do that kind of weight lifting due to my heart condition, and b) it'd be a cold day in hell before I ever forked over that kind of coin to work out.

I would be interested in how some of those in the this thread who are not all that fond of Crossfit would do. :lol:

 

I knew it wouldn't take long... "Crossfitters are superior athletes" "You're just saying that because you're scared of doing Crossfit" "My Crossfit instructor can run circles around you"

 

To answer your question @Oldbird all of us would melt the second we walked through the door. Just seeing all the Mighty Crossfit Warriors would intimidate us.

I knew it wouldn't take long... "Crossfitters are superior athletes" "You're just saying that because you're scared of doing Crossfit" "My Crossfit instructor can run circles around you"

 

To answer your question @Oldbird all of us would melt the second we walked through the door. Just seeing all the Mighty Crossfit Warriors would intimidate us.

 

Don't be so hard on yourself Guru. I think you would be OK.

I knew it wouldn't take long... "Crossfitters are superior athletes" "You're just saying that because you're scared of doing Crossfit" "My Crossfit instructor can run circles around you"

 

To answer your question @Oldbird all of us would melt the second we walked through the door. Just seeing all the Mighty Crossfit Warriors would intimidate us.

While everyone I've ever met who does Crossfit is in fantastic shape, I don't know very many people who do crossfit who were great athletes growing up. To me a great athlete is someone who is in shape, but also great at athletic sporting events. Being able to do overhead squats is great and all, but go dunk a basketball before I call someone a superior athlete. All of the truly great athletes I know train the old fashioned way. For instance my sister is probably the least athletic person I know, but she does crossfit.

While everyone I've ever met who does Crossfit is in fantastic shape, I don't know very many people who do crossfit who were great athletes growing up. To me a great athlete is someone who is in shape, but also great at athletic sporting events. Being able to do overhead squats is great and all, but go dunk a basketball before I call someone a superior athlete. All of the truly great athletes I know train the old fashioned way. For instance my sister is probably the least athletic person I know, but she does crossfit.

The great athletes that train CrossFit are the ones you see at the CrossFit Games regional competition and at the Games on ESPN. The majority of the people at my gym weren't athletes in high school or college. That said I disagree with you point of great athletes train the old fashion way. CrossFit isn't really doing anything unique or new. Most gym's programing is centered around a strength program. The difference is most normal gyms all you see is people benching and doing curls. At a CrossFit gym you will little bench. You will see tons of squats/deadlifts/shoulder press combined with olympic lifting. The "CrossFit" part is nothing more than running/rowing/plyometerics/kettlebell work/gymnastic movements programmed in a way to greatly improve fitness and conditioning. How many football teams do you know that don't do strength work combined conditioning? No different the CrossFit gyms around here.

I thought about it before, but I've had lingering shoulder issues for a few years now. I don't think those type of workouts would help my problem.