crossfit

CrossFit ideas have been attempted to be shoehorned into these things (CrossFit Endurance), but it's seemed as somewhat of a joke, if you're anything close to an elite athlete.

It is tough to take your post with any authority when you don't spell it correctly - CrossFit.

As far as the 'CrossFit causes more injuries' meme (which incidentally has been promoted by people with a vested interest in CrossFit competitors,) is there any data to support the allegations?

If their track record on mountaineering coverage is any indicator, their CrossFit articles are likely equally biased and inaccurate.

Now it is probably quite difficult to make good money as a Crossfit affiliate, for all the reasons that gyms have difficulty scaling, but Crossfit HQ doesn't have to care about that.

However, this is an area where Crossfit is plenty open to criticism: I'm not sure what goes into getting a Crossfit certification, but whatever it is it's just wrong.

As others have said, the best thing CrossFit has done is introduce people to the barbell, and more importantly, Mark Rippetoe.

Also, the misdirected resentment likely comes from some Crossfit people preaching it like a cult.

There's crossfit boxes organizing WL competitions with actual WL rules because they think its cooler.

The genius of the Crossfit business model is it scales without incurring high marginal cost.

CrossFit people tend to get wear and tear much faster than at a regular gym.

That said, many newbies will make _a lot_ of gains when they start out doing crossfit or any form of barbell training.

Thus, when someone leaves/quits the gym, they're not leaving with much of value: the strength they gain isn't specific to any one sport (unless that sport is, "CrossFit" which is also a headscratcher), and the exercises they've learned could have been done for years improperly.

"I don't really understand this article [...] I don't know anything about this issue [, but I think] that the primary cause was [something other than what the medically trained doctors who examined the patient published the paper suspected...]" Indeed, rhabdomyolysis is commonly found in Army recruits and CrossFit athletes.

Crossfit pulled strength training out of its niche and is starting to overule the rediculous, overcommercial rotten fitness industry as it is now.

Crossfit still gets a lot of hate, as comments below show.

I was an avid runner who joined a friend in Crossfit.