Brief high intensity bodyweight workout at home without equipment

I was working out at CF Blizzard when CLB and her husband came into the box. My personal best is a 230 snatch and I was 245 at the time. CLB did 205-215 that day with wire collars on standard bumpers. I've done two reps at 320 on C&J, but that's my best lift.
 
The majority of gym members lift for flexibility. Very few actually accomplish a working set at 80% of their 1RM. The dudes on isolation machines doing 30lb bi-curls. Smith machine bench of 135 (CaptainObvious). Sure, it's possible to lose LBM in CrossFit if you're physically unable to perform the WOD.
 
ESfocus said:
do it right?

CF has created a whole cottage industry of BS.
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Well, apparently CF is right up there with professional triathletes and competitive weightlifters in terms of injury rates. I suppose if you're going to do it - know full well that you are going to get hurt at some point in time. The fact that CrossFit gyms are everywhere, mostly independent and there is no training standard or required certification for the owner(s) is not a good thing.

"This 2013 study, published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, was designed to look at the frequency of injury in CrossFit athletes during routine training. Of the 132 people who responded to the survey, 97 (or nearly three-quarters) reported getting hurt during CrossFit training, and most injuries involved the shoulders and spine. These respondents reported a total of 186 injuries; nine led to surgeries.

Similarly, a study in Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine concluded that shoulder and low-back injuries were most common, followed by knee injuries."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandia...r-you-what-60-minutes-didnt-say/#12efbc5e508c

Yuri Feito, a professor of exercise science at Kennesaw State University in Georgia (and a CrossFitter himself), analyzed data from 737 CrossFit participants and found that 51 percent had experienced an injury in the year prior – from minor sprains to muscle tears to broken fingers. Of those, 10 to 15 percent warranted a trip to the hospital. Some injuries, he says, resulted from “overtraining – too many reps, not enough recovery.”
 
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bone said:
"This 2013 study, published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, was designed to look at the frequency of injury in CrossFit athletes during routine training. Of the 132 people who responded to the survey, 97 (or nearly three-quarters) reported getting hurt during CrossFit training, and most injuries involved the shoulders and spine. These respondents reported a total of 186 injuries; nine led to surgeries.
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A survey is put out regarding injuries at CF gyms and 132 people responded..... wow

There are 13,000 CF gyms world wide. let us assume each gym has only 100 members which is really really low. That is 1,300,000 members worldwide. A survey specifically asking about injuries to CF members should attract mainly people who have had injuries but you think 132 people is a significant survey number? You would feel comfortable forming an opinion on a targeted survey of 132 people?

You know what gym exercise is most likely to cause injury and has the highest incidence of accidents as reported by the US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System....... treadmill injuries. (CF has no treadmills by the way).
 
bone said:
The fact that CrossFit gyms are everywhere, mostly independent and there is no training standard or required certification for the owner(s) is not a good thing.
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Uh seriously....owners/trainers are required to be nationally certified. When you walk in to a gym a personal trainer is not required to have any certifications from a reputable place, that is up to the individual gym.

Unlike Trump, try to back up your comments with facts.
 
CF methodology doesn't make great athletes, they try CF are good at it stick with it.

great "benchers" love to tout the bench. i hate it haha

the "300 club" FU haha

I get it though, it's about the "games", and the social gym thing.

But, not great exercise of great exercise science. it's playtime..:)
 
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