Today's CrossFit WOD

ok I have never seen any of that in the 2 CF gyms I have worked out in but ok. Why so worked up on this. let it go...

@Baron i think this thread outlived its usefulness. I did not start a CF thread, just listed a workout I did that day.

Love to put you and all CFtters in a circuit of MACHINES no rest b/w just run to next strap in and HIT IT strict form and constant tension

you'd throw away thoses boxes and ropes and kettle bells :D
 
Ok, I hear you but what's the point in doing CF? I resistance train with free weights & machines and run on treadmill. What advantage does jumping boxes, climbing ropes and doing kipups give me over my routine? BTW, "burpees" don't know where that name came from but are "squat-thrusts" and are a huge waste of scarce metabolic resources that are better spent doing strict resistance training.
Crossfit goes beyond plain old resistance training, which has it's place. CF is very good for improving agility and overall coordination. Like anything else, taken to an extreme, and/or done improperly, can and will eventually be counter productive. I've seen guys and gals doing some pretty stupid shit just doing resistance training. You just can't underestimate the human tendency to take a good thing and fuck it up, whatever it is.
 
"improving agility and overall coordination" at what..tennis??

If you want that muscle bigger, work out that muscle in most effecient way, don't climb a rope, unless you want get good at climbing ropes.
 
Muscle contracts, creates torque around the joint, then relaxes. Torque around the joint is strength. Many joints acting in concert is SKILL. Barbells & good machines are the best muscle builders, all these other CF activities are just that...activities. Doing O'lifts will not build any significant muscle, only make you more SKILLED at snatching & C&Jerking.
 
"improving agility and overall coordination" at what..tennis??

If you want that muscle bigger, work out that muscle in most effecient way, don't climb a rope, unless you want get good at climbing ropes.
Because agility and coordination are important components to overall fitness. Why does the military run obstacle courses? Why do professional athletes run all kinds of drills? Why don't they just lift weights? Answer, because lifting weights isn't enough. Yes, for the ten thousandth time, some CF'ers have taken a good program and screwed it up, and again, for the ten thousandth time, that can be said of anything.
 
Because agility and coordination are important components to overall fitness. Why does the military run obstacle courses? Why do professional athletes run all kinds of drills? Why don't they just lift weights? Answer, because lifting weights isn't enough. Yes, for the ten thousandth time, some CF'ers have taken a good program and screwed it up, and again, for the ten thousandth time, that can be said of anything.
You are talking about skill again...the military runs obstacles not to build strength but to gain SKILL in maneuvering obstacles they may encounter. Ask yourself why aren't they PRACTICING tennis. Short answer: no tennis courts on the battlefield. o_O
 
CrossFit Games on CBS right now and on Sunday afternoon another 3 hours.

I liked Ninja Warrior last night, the 56 year old making it up to the buzzer. The youngest is 19, he could be his grandson...
 
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