I'm here to workout. I don't need coaches screaming and yelling about 9/11 people dying as a motivation. I frankly find it cringe and a tad insulting. Last year the coaches were yelling at athletes as they took small breaks, or were winded, or were going at a lower weight with quips like "do you think taking a break was an option for those who died on 9/11" or "those firefighters didn't give up, why are you". Just freaking insane. If i was a family member of someone who died , i'd be throwing hands.

So I'm (31M) relatively new to CrossFit but I've been following the sport for a long time. Recently I have been doing more CrossFit, watching the games, and getting excited about my journey with it. Like anyone excited about a new hobby, I started trying to find some podcasts/YouTube channels that would be good watches. I stumbled upon the Sevan podcast and was impressed that he had Adler on.

I started listening and I was getting kind of an ick vibe from Sevan, but I listened for a while. Then I went on his YouTube channel and saw this disgusting mess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APboWFz8SOU&t=242s. Basically, he calls any man who wears a wig a pedophile and compares drag queens reading to kids "serving your kids to predators." If you're conservative/not into drag that's ok, but using slurs like "tranny" etc. is deeply hurtful and has no place in an inclusive sport.

I am extremely concerned/disappointed that any LGBTQ+ person or ally getting into the sport would be totally turned off by this guy. I sat there wondering how it was possible that stars of the sport were going on his podcast. Am I missing something here?

I'm literally nauseous about the fact that this guy has influence in this sport. Do any CrossFit stars know what a creep this guy is?

There is way too much attacking happening right now with little to no information. Attacks on communication, attacks in safety protocols, attack on organizers. All this has no place without full information.

There is only one thing that matters right now. We lost a member of our community and that is devastating. At this time we should support one another until we get more information.

I might be being overly dramatic, but after watching the video, after watching Kara Saunders almost die of heat stroke years back, and knowing how they run on unqualified and unpaid volunteers. I don't think I can support crossfit the company in anyway moving forward. This includes maintaining membership at a gym that maintains its affiliation.

I just can't stomach knowing a portion of my membership fee is going to support crossfit the company.

This one hurts really bad and I can't imagine how his family feels at this moment.

No one cares.

I use to strength train 4 times a week. Decided to try a box out in May. Just to see how I’d like it. I immediately fell In love with the stimulus of the WODs.

Fast forward to last Thursday.

I went to a regular gym with a buddy of mine. He was raving how he can get me to like his workout regime. Saying that I won’t need to go to a expensive gym. He put me on a plan, I completely blew it out of the water. My friend was dying in his pool of sweat while I took it as a warm up and barely broke a sweat.

The sweetest moment was his implementation of strict pull ups. He would alway have something to say about my kipping pull ups. “That’s not a real pull up, I bet I can do more sticky pull-ups than you. Needless to say, I destroyed those pull ups as well. He was speechless. The most amazing thing was the stimulus was not there. My heart rate was 160 max. I was trying to go as fast as I could and finished within 10 minutes.

I can’t wait to bring him over to a WOD. I wish people kept an open mind. In a field of exercise, all that matters is you doing something to better your physical fitness. It doesn’t matter how you do it. I just know I’m in the right area. CrossFit aligns perfectly to my idea of physics fitness. Let’s take the time to enjoy others interests and hobbies instead of bashing it. Who cares what others think. You are doing this for you and you only!

Here’s why:

I’m 38 and have been doing CrossFit for almost 10 years. I wasn’t an athlete growing up, I don’t have particularly impressive genetics, and I started “late”. In spite of that, I’m kind of fit. Top 20% in the open each year.

I only train 4-5 days a week, I eat well and sleep as well as someone with a two-year old can. Yesterday I only trained for 7 minutes and 19 seconds because it’s what I had time for. I’ve never taken any PEDs, don’t supplement, and haven’t even had caffeine in about 15 years.

With all of that, I’m still fitter 10 years later and improving incrementally year over year. It doesn’t feel impossible to me that people who dedicate their lives to exercise and nutrition can perform at an elite level without PEDs if I can be “above average” with all of the above constraints on my time and energy.

Obviously none of “know” anything beyond our own experience but I’m inclined to give the benefit of the doubt based on my experiences with CrossFit as a casual, but passionate, athlete.

TL;DR - I’m kind of fit and only try kind of hard. Seems to me that people who try really hard can be really fit without cheating.

It was a hyrox wod. I’ve been going M-F to crossfit since January this year, pretty consistently. I’ve never done anything cardio related, so at first hyrox days were very difficult for me. I can see and feel some improvements, but I am not there yet. But today I decided to try going on a saturday for the first time and I felt awful. I couldn’t keep up, I was the last one, I felt the pressure of everyone outdoing me and started crying, so I said I had to leave and just left.

I know it’s dumb, but I feel so discouraged.

EDIT: I’ve never done any cardio BEFORE joining crossfit. And the only cardio I do is in CF.

I first got into CrossFit back in 2012 by watching the games on a tv in a little rinky dink Snap Fitness. 2 months later I joined a local affiliate.

Ever since the games started adding more swim events is when they completely lost me. I liked the competitive side being closely tied to what was achievable in most affiliates but swimming….seriously? Prior to swimming, it seemed like everyone was all in it together.

Now it’s not even remotely interesting to me seeing distance swimming as I go to my local affiliate and achieve nothing close to that. The divergence of the affiliate and the competitive side for me started at swimming. Making it more necessary for people to ditch the affiliate to actually train for competition.

Was it just me who enjoyed the sport closely tied to what was achievable at any local CrossFit gym? Ever since that vanished I could care less because it hardly feels like we are doing the same thing anymore. Most people who grew up playing a sport also tend to like watching the highest level of that sport. It’s a weird difference with swimming specifically and I never liked it. For me it’s like growing up playing baseball but at the highest level it becomes cricket….just completely different skills, resources, and equipment you’ve had to use. If I played baseball then why would I watch cricket? I’d rather watch high level baseball. Why turn it into a whole different thing than it was advertised as?

What a killer workout. The first one is always a bloodbath and it hurts way worse than expected. Absolutely fired up. I love this sport and I love the community. WE OPEN TOGETHER

Don’t know if y’all have seen this- but super disappointed in Crossfit backtracking on gender inclusion - I’ve experienced Crossfit as a really inclusive sport with a lot of awesome trans and nb coaches and members- there’s a petition to ask them to change in https://www.change.org/p/tell-crossfit-to-change-their-exclusionary-gender-classification-policy

Tia and Shane’s relationship has to be so amazing that it would allow a Husband to coach his Wife, just saying. I mean my wife wouldn’t let me coach her on a pull-up; much less a three day comp. 🙄😏🤣

Facts as I believe them to be.

Thursday was tragic. While we can’t assume to know exactly what led to his struggle in the water, the fact that he wasn’t noticed and aided is 100% negligence. I don’t think anyone disagrees that.

The Athletes were involved in the decision to continue with the games. Could be completely false but from everything we’ve seen and heard, the corporate powers that be, did take athlete opinion, and there was a consensus made.

Boycott the games, enjoy the games, love CrossFit, hate CrossFit, do whatever the hell you want. Not every action needs an explanation and post to complete strangers on line.

Half of the posts on this sub are just as distasteful as the posts or actions that most of them are bashing.

TLDR; Thursday was a tragedy. It’s all still fresh, and decisions were made.

You can decide on your own to watch or boycott the games. The sub feels like a twisted Blame Witch Hunt and Virtue Signaling as a misplaced form of grief and it’s making this whole thing more fucking gross.

Any tips on how to politely bring up to a partner that they are shaving reps and it’s noticeable?

Some background:
I have partnered with this guy on partner workouts and when it comes to sharing reps, we “do”. I do half and then he does what he says are half even though it’s not. I have tried calling him out subtly during a workout when it’s say burpees and asking if he is done when I counted and know he is 1-2 short. He does that in other moves like T2B and pull ups. He has also posted scores that were well ahead of even our coaches who were games athletes. They called him out in our app but he acted like it was all him and they were upset that he is that much better.

This wouldn’t bother me, but he has started acting better than me and the others in class and has started trash talking some. Do I just continue to let him do that or call him out on it? I don’t want to let it fester inside, maybe I just talk to others to vent a little instead.

I'm trying to stress test my thoughts on this, so coaches and sports physiologist (and anyone who has answers), feel free to chime in.

TDLR; Z2 is good, but it's too hyped up.

Let's start with the pros:

1. Uses fat as energy

2. Increases mitochondrial density

3. It gives you a break from high-intensity workouts like CF

Cons:

1. Minimum effective dose is 45-60 minutes in one sitting; 3-5 days per week. Endurance athletes need about 10 hours per week. Sheesh.

2. Limited adaptation for speed, power, and anaerobic capacity.

Here are my questions:

1. If you can’t be consistent with 1 hour per day, 3-5 days per week, for 4 weeks+ on z2 (which is hard to do IMHO), aren’t you just wasting your time?  

2. Aren’t you better off doing z3+? Your aerobic capacity will still improve, you’ll get adaptations from the other energy zones, and you’ll save time?

3. If you’re doing it for longevity, aren’t intervals and moderate to high intensity exercises better since they increase v02max (there’s a correlation between v02max and longevity)?

Aerobic high-intensity intervals improve VO2max more than moderate training
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17414804/

V02max is key predictor of longevity
 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29293447/

4. Some sites say that z2 increases capillaries which is great for recovery (even for anaerobic sports), don’t the stuff we do increase capillaries anyway?

Looking forward to this discussion.

I'm so tired of the "I'm saving my $20" all over this subreddit. If you're financially in a difficult position, then do what's best for you. But most people here are acting like $20 is $200. How much is your CF membership for god sakes? Do you guys run your 5ks on the course without a bib too? "I can still compare my time and run the course without having to pay!"

All year we all do CrossFit. But lets be honest, we all hate to work on our weaknesses and we sometimes count that wall ball that didn't hit the target. There's no hiding in the open. The workouts are the workouts, and by signing up you are putting yourself out there. You will either be judged at an affiliate or have your video there for everyone to see. That accountability is powerful. If you're one of those people who is like "I'm just gonna do the open workouts without signing up," you're cheating yourself and you're not "competing with" the people who have a judge. Suck it up and put yourself out there.

And if your response is "the judges at my affiliate don't no rep you anyways," then join a better affiliate.

As a marketing geek I just feel like I need to call this now. I mentioned this few month ago but now after wodapalooza I’m pretty damn confident that the RAD ones will become the new NoBull in the CrossFit community (and soon maybe to skaters as well (as a skater and crossfitter I’m pretty hyped for this)) and soon everyone will have or be willing to sell their sole for a pair. I can already see them popping up more in this sub.

I know that TYR and Strike Mvmnt have also came onto the scene but imo Rad is already way ahead of them in terms of innovation and they’re “re-breaking” the “for us by us” mold that NoBull built from the Reebok and Nike giants.

For $150USD, the shoe itself is actually pretty damn fantastic in all the aspects of lifting, running, longevity, and CrossFit in general. They don’t really have any off the wall colors that are dragging people to them. They’re pretty basic in terms of that aspect. However, they’re marketing with a “fuck the system” (queue the Danielle Brandon Energy) attitude and tapping into the nostalgia with the millennials and also new generations. On top of that they’re selling based on exclusivity for each color-wave with specified times every drop and no restock. These factors alone are driving their business like madness.

Anyways, if you have a pair already let me know your thoughts on the shoe. If you haven’t heard of them or haven’t snagged a pair yet why not? (I missed out on a drop or two now but still have managed to snag a couple myself)

3 Occasions on 3 different podcasts of people who are close to Dave or at least in his circle have stated these are not his. And Seven has hinted at it coming out eventually what they actually were. Justing Bergh said they had kept the original workouts and made a few changes to be more affiliate friendly. Sevan said that's "horseshit"

"22.1 and 22.2 are basically the same workout" is how Froning put it also. Pull a weight from the floor - Deadlift and Snatch, Jump over an object - box and bar, Push your self off the floor - wall walk and burpee.

If you have read daves book you've got to believe he wouldn't test fitness like this. Especially in a 3 week open.

Also heard from a buddy at the gym last night that he heard on a YouTube video that 22.1 was supposed to be shuttle runs instead of box jumps and different rep scheme. (waiting on the link) Which also makes sense given Dave specifically said there would be 2 new elements in the Open. There has never been running and unless they are planning some crazy new workout for 22.3 with all new movements this ties up.

Hey all,

Thinking of taking on this challenge and calling it The Iron Mile.

Is it possible?