Tell me about cross fit?

[Anonymous]

It seems it more cool to complain about crossfit than to do crossfit.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry but I was fat and out of shape and started doing crossfit and it is saving my life. I've gotten into shape, have started running and have made some really good friends, no longer suffer from depression. If I talk about it a lot it's because it's the only thing I do every day other than work, it's where I've made friends, it's usually my weekend activity -- we also go to races and things. And it's also cleared up my skin. All good.

[Anonymous]

I have about a dozen friends who do crossfit. All but one of them are in great shape. They only talk about it, around me, if someone asks.

[Anonymous]

my friend got rhabdo doing crossfit. she was in the hospital about a week, and it's taking her a long time to recover. 28 yo and was previously in good shape.

google rhabdo and crossfit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but I was fat and out of shape and started doing crossfit and it is saving my life. I've gotten into shape, have started running and have made some really good friends, no longer suffer from depression. If I talk about it a lot it's because it's the only thing I do every day other than work, it's where I've made friends, it's usually my weekend activity -- we also go to races and things. And it's also cleared up my skin. All good.

That's awesome - working out is important. And... I really sincerely hope you have a good coach and you don't get hurt. Because if you get hurt and can't do Crossfit, that weight is going to come back on like gangbusters and it will be bad times.

The choices aren't "Fat" or "Crossfit," there are a lot of more moderate, safe activities in between.

Crossfit isn't regulated hardly at all. Look up information on how they franchise/lease out their names (it's not a franchise, it is more of a "right to use our name and program" kind of thing). The safety and quality of your workout is directly related to how educated your box owner/coaches are, and in many cases that is... not much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach yoga to cross fitters because they need it so desperately because of how they abuse their bodies. I see so many injuries- I also see more people gain (unnecessary) weight than lose it. It's like a cult. I loathe it.

Is that you, Kat? We all know you hate us...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but I was fat and out of shape and started doing crossfit and it is saving my life. I've gotten into shape, have started running and have made some really good friends, no longer suffer from depression. If I talk about it a lot it's because it's the only thing I do every day other than work, it's where I've made friends, it's usually my weekend activity -- we also go to races and things. And it's also cleared up my skin. All good.

That's not from crossfit. That's from eating better.

As for the other effects - good for you, but you can achieve those same goals with any exercise program for less than half the price you're paying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but I was fat and out of shape and started doing crossfit and it is saving my life. I've gotten into shape, have started running and have made some really good friends, no longer suffer from depression. If I talk about it a lot it's because it's the only thing I do every day other than work, it's where I've made friends, it's usually my weekend activity -- we also go to races and things. And it's also cleared up my skin. All good.

This supports my theory on crossfit. It attracts people with problems and gives them something to latch on to. It sucks these people in and gives them the social life, etc. they have been looking for. It is a cult in this way.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, Jason. I've done crossfit, relied on classes, worked solo, had an amazing trainer and had a so-so trainer. The time I spent with the amazing trainer was the most effective and most educational. It was also the most expensive. Crossfit gives me a compromise between by expensive trainer and a regular gym.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry but I was fat and out of shape and started doing crossfit and it is saving my life. I've gotten into shape, have started running and have made some really good friends, no longer suffer from depression. If I talk about it a lot it's because it's the only thing I do every day other than work, it's where I've made friends, it's usually my weekend activity -- we also go to races and things. And it's also cleared up my skin. All good.

This supports my theory on crossfit. It attracts people with problems and gives them something to latch on to. It sucks these people in and gives them the social life, etc. they have been looking for. It is a cult in this way.

What an incredibly cruel thing to say! Just Wow!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just spent a week of vacation with friends.

This husband and wife are obsessed with cross fit. It's all they talked about.

They are in good shape but to be honest I thought my friend-the wife-looked too bulked up. I don't see the appeal.

OP, you just answered your own question!

I am very fit and I would never do Cross Fit, never. Too risky, too dangerous.

[Anonymous]

My friend screwed up her knees training for a marathon. My brother messed up his back in yoga. A neighbor needed knee surgery as a result of a soccer injury. Risky? Dangerous?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend screwed up her knees training for a marathon. My brother messed up his back in yoga. A neighbor needed knee surgery as a result of a soccer injury. Risky? Dangerous?

I had no clue it was suppose to be expensive. I know someone doing it and they are pretty destitute. Is that where all their money is going

[Anonymous]

Interesting to see this thread pop back up. I am PP whose husband injured his back at 30 years old.

Guess who had double hernia surgery over the winter? You got it, my in-shape crossfit husband. 2 months off workng out and some serious recovery. I am getting the sense the bloom is off the rose for him with crossfit, he is still going but seems to be less into it and come home less drenched. Hopefully he will give it up soon and do something less dangerous, but just like with his motorcycles - the more I say, the longer it will take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It attracts a lot of douchebags and douchebaguettes.

LOL. Love this and (mostly) agree - I know a couple of nice, cool CrossFitters, but they are the rare exception.

I did CrossFit briefly but quit for two reasons. (1) As a yoga teacher, I was concerned with the emphasis on speed over form - high potential for injury. (2) There was a group of extremely cliquish, rude girls who worked out when I did. Toxic. Not worth the drama.

If you have a good foundation of body mechanics, functional fitness, and mobility, it's good for weight loss and strength building. But like any fad, it's easy to get caught up in the propaganda - take it all in with a grain of salt.