Crossfit - anyone doing it?
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LiFeNdEaTh
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i don't do crossfit, but i do rock TRUKFIT.
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Hated it. At the same time I can not argue with the results I see in others that are doing it.
But to be fair I hate cardio. I get my cardio playing racquetball, MMA, or on either my flag football or basketball league. Other than that I just like to lift.
After 5 years of forced runs cardio is just not my thing.
So I guess it depends on what you end up thinking about it.
But to be fair I hate cardio. I get my cardio playing racquetball, MMA, or on either my flag football or basketball league. Other than that I just like to lift.
After 5 years of forced runs cardio is just not my thing.
So I guess it depends on what you end up thinking about it.
parodyluvr75
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Don't you need cardio to run from all the women?
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i've tried it, was a decent workout but it's not for me. i prefer to keep my weight workouts and my cardio shit separate.
the thing that worries me about it is that the instructors preach "don't be afraid to go heavy", which for people who don't have a background of working out with freeweights can be dangerous. injuries are definitely not uncommon.
good luck!
the thing that worries me about it is that the instructors preach "don't be afraid to go heavy", which for people who don't have a background of working out with freeweights can be dangerous. injuries are definitely not uncommon.
good luck!
KRCummings
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Laying on the couch with Ben and Jerry's Half Baked watching a Duck Dynasty marathon is my kind of workout.
Next month Breaking Bad is back so my exercise routine will change.
Feel the burn.
Next month Breaking Bad is back so my exercise routine will change.
Feel the burn.
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KRCummings
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Once you get hit with that title you just sorta don't care anymore.
My husband called me a GILF the other day. I almost divorced him.
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I've been doing CrossFit for about a year and a half now. Love it. I had never lifted weights before joining, just the weight machines at regular gyms, so bar bells, dumb bells, and kettle bells opened up an entire new world for me. I like the constant variety, mixing strength, cardio, and stretching, so I can easily go four or five times a week and work my entire body. Oh, there are certain things I still don't like - pull ups are the bane of my existence - but the variety lets everyone have a few areas where they're naturally good, and others where they'll need to work on it. Took me six months to get double unders down, and I whipped myself plenty in those six months.
The criticisms about "lift heavy at all costs" are a gym-specific problem, and honestly not one I've heard of at any of the ones in my area. At my location, the coaches are obsessed with proper form. There are no mirrors (at any CrossFit), because they want you to focus on feeling the proper form instead of simply checking out a reflection. Does wonders to get you to know where to place your feet, knees, back, neck, etc. Only when form is perfected are weights added. And I've seen the coaches instruct people to lighten their loads when they see form start failing. Lessens the risk of injury and keeps people coming back. Injured people are not going to continue their memberships.
CrossFit has helped strengthen my body in ways I had not imagined. I'm leaner, more muscular, more energetic, with greater stamina. Probably the only downside is I want to have sex twice as often these days.
The criticisms about "lift heavy at all costs" are a gym-specific problem, and honestly not one I've heard of at any of the ones in my area. At my location, the coaches are obsessed with proper form. There are no mirrors (at any CrossFit), because they want you to focus on feeling the proper form instead of simply checking out a reflection. Does wonders to get you to know where to place your feet, knees, back, neck, etc. Only when form is perfected are weights added. And I've seen the coaches instruct people to lighten their loads when they see form start failing. Lessens the risk of injury and keeps people coming back. Injured people are not going to continue their memberships.
CrossFit has helped strengthen my body in ways I had not imagined. I'm leaner, more muscular, more energetic, with greater stamina. Probably the only downside is I want to have sex twice as often these days.
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There are only so many hours in a day. And with Mr Mischka doing CrossFit as well, sometimes he'll be exhausted and want to rest on days when I'm raring to go. But mostly it was a tongue-in-cheek downside.
In a year and a half, remind me to send you some pics.
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In a year and a half, remind me to send you some pics.
Shouldn't we see a 'before' so we can judge the 'after?' Not in a gay way, of course.
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If not in a gay way, then you meant "she" rather than "we".
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Oh please provide us with feedback too, iman. I'm dying to start crossfit, but I'm hesitant to give up my gym membership.
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That's pretty close......I get my burn on by walking to and from the kitchen and the shitter. And between bong rips and batin my arm's are all kinds of ripped.
Mischka
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Calendar is marked. Best of luck, and have fun!In a year and a half, remind me to send you some pics.
Wait, islandman, I've changed my opinion because of this compelling argument. Why waste 60 minutes at CrossFit when I can go lift cars and track down separate playgrounds, pools, bike trails, and climbing trees for 4 hours a day? Makes much more sense.
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My membership expired two weeks ago.
My boredom with my gym at that time was at an all-time high.
Thank you.
If I include a run through a bad part of town, I could probably get even more of a cardio workout.
Mischka
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Now you're thinking! Mrtenant is the leader we've clearly been searching for.
The mad dash running reminds me, however, of a running app that plays a zombie game. Essentially listen to the app while running, and you'll be presented with a zombie apocalypse scenario, where you have to speed up, twist and turn to avoid getting caught by the brain eating undead. Haven't tried it - as I detest running - but the reviews say it's so engrossing that they'll end up screeching and randomly sprinting past bewildered people. I don't want to use the app, but I'm very much in favor of many of my neighbors doing so. I'll sit on the porch with a lemonade and watch.
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I can't see any con's to the whole idea. Possibly, as mentioned, injury if your outfit is full of meathead drill instructors.
The cardio and endurance areas would be the main draw for me. Plus I like getting pushed and would probably enjoy being yelled at until a pool of mush.
Though at this time I've still got a gym membership and I'll let that run out before I commit to another fitness genre.
The cardio and endurance areas would be the main draw for me. Plus I like getting pushed and would probably enjoy being yelled at until a pool of mush.
Though at this time I've still got a gym membership and I'll let that run out before I commit to another fitness genre.
I've been wanting to check it out recently, as I don't even have a gym membership to cancel at the moment - being lazy does have its bonuses - but we've just started to get facilities close to where I live, which is, apparently, the ass end of nowhere.
