CrossFIt comes from the cross training workouts you do in addition to the strength elements. Some days are pure lifting, others are pure metabolic conditioning, others are blended with adequate rests in between the two. Every day changes though. Today we are doing power clean and jerk olympic lifts and then a metcon workout.
Today's CrossFit WOD
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Some days I lift, some days I run. guess i'm doing CF too.
there isn't a BB on the planet that didn't incorporate a bit of cardio..were they doing CF all this time?
Well crossfit is not a new invention it is based on HIIT and training in different areas such as muscle lift, resistance training, plyometrics, metabolic conditioning and bodyweight exercises/gymnastics.
Burpees and rope climbs and box jumps are all well known. So CF does not claim to have invented something new, just incorporated many ideas into one for a workout.
Boxers basically do this type of training as do atheletes in football, basketball and soccer and other high demand sports. Nobody claims they invented something new really, just how the exercises are organized together and doing it in a group setting versus going on your own.
The CrossFit gyms started in late 1990s and the competition is relatively new starting in 2007 so CF is not the competition. That is something that was created for the elite guys and marketing. But the competition is something separate, not regular workouts. Those guys are training to do racing thourhg workouts for time.
Burpees and rope climbs and box jumps are all well known. So CF does not claim to have invented something new, just incorporated many ideas into one for a workout.
Boxers basically do this type of training as do atheletes in football, basketball and soccer and other high demand sports. Nobody claims they invented something new really, just how the exercises are organized together and doing it in a group setting versus going on your own.
The CrossFit gyms started in late 1990s and the competition is relatively new starting in 2007 so CF is not the competition. That is something that was created for the elite guys and marketing. But the competition is something separate, not regular workouts. Those guys are training to do racing thourhg workouts for time.
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.
I am not here to convince you of anything, was just clearing up some misconceptions.
I doubt you could convince me you don't have good answers for my concerns. CF is a big social club everyone dropping weights from arms length (rather than lowering them in a controlled fashion) makes big boom lat flair i'm bad..running around doing squat-thrusts (burpees) kipups (rather than strict pullups) cant get as many that way
climbing ropes gotta have that skill etcWASTE OF TIME & METABOLIC RESOURCES
Agreed. Apart from the unseemly theatrics of dropping weights, they are not taking any, let alone full, advantage of the eccentric portion of the movement. Done properly, negative reps are capable of producing more intense contractions. So a thinking person would want to take full advantage of these by at least lowering the weight under control and finishing the set with a slow negative.I doubt you could convince me you don't have good answers for my concerns. CF is a big social club everyone dropping weights from arms length (rather than lowering them in a controlled fashion) makes big boom lat flair i'm bad..running around doing squat-thrusts (burpees) kipups (rather than strict pullups) cant get as many that way
WASTE OF TIME & METABOLIC RESOURCES
I doubt you could convince me you don't have good answers for my concerns. CF is a big social club everyone dropping weights from arms length (rather than lowering them in a controlled fashion) makes big boom lat flair i'm bad..running around doing squat-thrusts (burpees) kipups (rather than strict pullups) cant get as many that way
WASTE OF TIME & METABOLIC RESOURCES
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.
Right! Eccentric is the other half of the lift. If you raised it, LOWER it don't drop it.
You say that and while I never trained a CF gym I went on youtube. It's a cluster-FK of people running around...thinking they are actually accomplishing something and none of then would know what a true hard workout looks like.