I dont know much about it but threads talking about it appear daily.
i looked it up on youtube and it actually looks awesome. I get that some people find the xfitters as 'posers' and maybe it's expensive? I dunno. The workouts themselves look like something I'd enjoy and yet I like running too. It's not like you have to pick one or the other. it could be great cross training in the winter to add to your running.
This is a running forum, not a fitness forum.
You must be new here.
runforum wrote:
This is a running forum, not a fitness forum.
the fact that this fad is pushing out excess amounts of money to try and establish itself as a sport even though it wasn't even heard of less than 3 years ago. XFit games on ESPN as a prime example. I know numerous athletes who are really against it for very similar reasons as to why we are against it on LRC.
I've been here for several years. This is not an aerobics forum, either.
For me its the claims of superiority with the lack of specifity. Too much hodgepodge.
It'd be like me compiling 10 semi related things I'm beast at and then calling the whole of that a sport. Not really fair or a true sport. And the elephant in the room with all.these "fringe" sports is that the current best in these events would be crushed if any true sport athlete actually took it serious and competed after training it.
It really isn't as much of a problem with fit as xfitters themselves.that post assanine comments on here about the values of fit as it pertains to helping running.
The Mud Dashes and Warrior Challenges are more of a sport than xfit.
99999 wrote:
The Mud Dashes and Warrior Challenges are more of a sport than xfit.
to me, a mud dash is a straight up trail race that is ensured to be very muddy, not an obstacle course that is full of mud. Where I am from, the one major mud dash is actually a mud run, not a mud obstacle course. Not to mention this is what XC essentially becomes by the end of October anyways
i am curious wrote:
It really isn't as much of a problem with fit as xfitters themselves.that post assanine comments on here about the values of fit as it pertains to helping running.
The worst of it is not even that they claim it helps running. A little bit of that added to many a runner's regimen might actually help.
The worst is that so many crossfitters claim that any kind of endurance activity is not only bad for you, but that if you do XFIT!!!!!!!!!!!! in one of their shitty unconditioned warehouses you will be a BETTER runner than if you run or a BETTER cyclist than if you cycle. They actually preach for people to stop running if they want to be better runners - even for people trying to compete in marathons and ultras. How might one train for their upcoming marathon, according to XFIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you ask? How about deadlifts and cleans, followed by handstands on the wall to failure.
Let's see what K Bekele has to say about that.
runforum wrote:
I've been here for several years. This is not an aerobics forum, either.
Correct. It's a political, antI black, and anti feminist forum.
Evangelism pis ses people off
In before rich froning citing.
There is a lot of misconception about crossfit despite my efforts on this board to clear up things.
Yes you get RIPPED/BUFF in the process but that is not the goal. The goal is to get overall stronger and healthier. Appearing RIPPED/BUFF or SHREDDED (call it what you want) is merely just a byproduct of training in "the box".
Xfit_guy_the_real_one_1 wrote:
There is a lot of misconception about crossfit despite my efforts on this board to clear up things.
Yes you get RIPPED/BUFF in the process but that is not the goal. The goal is to get overall stronger and healthier. Appearing RIPPED/BUFF or SHREDDED (call it what you want) is merely just a byproduct of training in "the box".
You'll definitely get RIPPED doing crossfit. SLAP tears, ruptured achilles tendons, elbow tendonitis, etc.
Xfit_guy_the_real_one_1 wrote:
There is a lot of misconception about crossfit despite my efforts on this board to clear up things.
Yes you get RIPPED/BUFF in the process but that is not the goal. The goal is to get overall stronger and healthier. Appearing RIPPED/BUFF or SHREDDED (call it what you want) is merely just a byproduct of training in "the box".
Why do you always capitalize the words ripped, shredded, and buff when you post? Every single time... I don't understand why.
vasoline^3 wrote:
For me its the claims of superiority with the lack of specifity. Too much hodgepodge.
It'd be like me compiling 10 semi related things I'm beast at and then calling the whole of that a sport. Not really fair or a true sport. And the elephant in the room with all.these "fringe" sports is that the current best in these events would be crushed if any true sport athlete actually took it serious and competed after training it.
Agree. Could you imagine if Lebron quit bball and trained for xfit?? He'd crush everyone for the next 15 years
Because he's a troll, doing a caricature of the typical overzealous crossfitter.
why why why wrote:
Xfit_guy_the_real_one_1 wrote:There is a lot of misconception about crossfit despite my efforts on this board to clear up things.
Yes you get RIPPED/BUFF in the process but that is not the goal. The goal is to get overall stronger and healthier. Appearing RIPPED/BUFF or SHREDDED (call it what you want) is merely just a byproduct of training in "the box".
Why do you always capitalize the words ripped, shredded, and buff when you post? Every single time... I don't understand why.
Because these are the most important things in life. BUFF
runforum wrote:
This is a running forum, not a fitness forum.
Precisely! I've said this in every Crossfit thread I look at. For the OP, I'd say Triathlons are just as good or better for cross-training. Personally, I think x-fit, xfitguytherealone and all the others are annoying and slow (yes, we're slow, but you give it another meaning).