Did I accidentally do crossfit?

Regret what I did wrote:

Was going to row for cross training over my lunch break but the machine was taken here is what I did instead

5x 20 kettlebell swings, 10 goblet squats w/ 25 lb kettlebell, no rest

One armed farmers walks with 55 lb kettlebell

5 min stationary bike

10 min on rowing machine

Planks

Afterwords it occurred to me that my made up on the spot workout could be similar to crossfit. Did I commit a horrible sin.

(Also, my company's onsite gym rocks. Has an oly lifting platform with bumper plates, a squat rack, bunch of kettlebells, boxes for jumps)

The First Rule of Crossfit: Talk about crossfit. So, yeah, you crossfitted. But we've all done things we're not proud of. You shake it off, move on, and hope you don't run into her at the dining hall anytime soon.

The fitness centers on most college campuses don't have that much stuff. That's awesome your company has a great gym. It pisses me off that almost no gyms have olympic lifting platforms.

Did you accidentally put your D in some other dude's A? Then you probably didn't do crossfit.

10 minutes of rowing is way too long to be crossfit. Far more cardio than would ever be found in cross fit.

I'd say you manage to escape the sin on a technicality.

You're treading a dangerous line my friend

albion wrote:

Regret what I did wrote:

Was going to row for cross training over my lunch break but the machine was taken here is what I did instead

5x 20 kettlebell swings, 10 goblet squats w/ 25 lb kettlebell, no rest

One armed farmers walks with 55 lb kettlebell

5 min stationary bike

10 min on rowing machine

Planks

Afterwords it occurred to me that my made up on the spot workout could be similar to crossfit. Did I commit a horrible sin.

(Also, my company's onsite gym rocks. Has an oly lifting platform with bumper plates, a squat rack, bunch of kettlebells, boxes for jumps)

The First Rule of Crossfit: Talk about crossfit. So, yeah, you crossfitted. But we've all done things we're not proud of. You shake it off, move on, and hope you don't run into her at the dining hall anytime soon.

While this is true, he has failed to satisfy subsequent rules.

I don't see any of the required key words in his post: "bro" , "box", "rabdo", etc.

If you're not wearing a Crossfit t-shirt and sporting a new Crossfit bumper sticker then you're probably fine.

For now....

If your gym has a squat rack then the obvious question is: why didn't you do some squats?

pr100 wrote:

If your gym has a squat rack then the obvious question is: why didn't you do some squats?

^yes.

All you did was invent your own cuircut workout (tabata) (which crossfit thinks they invented).

If you didnt do repeat hang cleans or kipping pullups then you are ok.

How do you know if someone does Crossfit?

Dont worry they will tell you!

Bob Schul Country wrote:

All you did was invent your own cuircut workout (tabata) (which crossfit thinks they invented).

If you didnt do repeat hang cleans or kipping pullups then you are ok.

Bob clearly doesn't know what tabata is. No, you did not do Crossfit. You used a 25 lb KB for swings and goblet squats, are you kidding me? Are you a 75 yo woman? Then you used a 55lb dumbbell for farmers carry? Seriously? Farmers carry is done with heavy weights. No sir, you just did a typical lame runner's cross training workout.

Crossfit did not invent circuit training.

Tabata is a specific protocol in which you do 20s of all our work followed by 10s rest and repeat 8 times for a total of 4:00. If you do Tabata right you will be on your rear. Because you need an all out effort you can't do Tabata with the exercises you see some people trying to do it with. It needs to be something like sprinting, cycling rowing etc.

Alan

Runningart2004 wrote:

Crossfit did not invent circuit training.

Tabata is a specific protocol in which you do 20s of all our work followed by 10s rest and repeat 8 times for a total of 4:00. If you do Tabata right you will be on your rear. Because you need an all out effort you can't do Tabata with the exercises you see some people trying to do it with. It needs to be something like sprinting, cycling rowing etc.

Alan

You can't sprint for 20 seconds rest 10, then sprint again.

Whatever pace you are running clearly isn't sprinting.

Just a kid wrote:

Runningart2004 wrote:

Crossfit did not invent circuit training.

Tabata is a specific protocol in which you do 20s of all our work followed by 10s rest and repeat 8 times for a total of 4:00. If you do Tabata right you will be on your rear. Because you need an all out effort you can't do Tabata with the exercises you see some people trying to do it with. It needs to be something like sprinting, cycling rowing etc.

Alan

You can't sprint for 20 seconds rest 10, then sprint again.

Whatever pace you are running clearly isn't sprinting.

It's sprinting....or at least trying to sprint....

Google Tabata and where it comes from....It was a collaboration with the Japanese speed skating team in the 90s.

It was 20s max effort on a cycle ergometer followed by 10s rest. That was the original protocol.

An interesting test of this test would be to measure the distance you are able to sprint each time. What's the drop off in speed? The first time you do the workout? Second? Third? Etc.

Alan

Alan

Runningart2004 wrote:

Crossfit did not invent circuit training.

Whatever. Fact is you market your "military style circuit training", yet you steal most of the training methodology from CrossFit. How convenient.

XFIT BRO THE REAL ONE 1 wrote:

Runningart2004 wrote:

Crossfit did not invent circuit training.

Whatever. Fact is you market your "military style circuit training", yet you steal most of the training methodology from CrossFit. How convenient.

What are you even talking about? I don't market anything. I'm not a trainer amymore.

Newsflash....people were using Crossfit methodology before there was a Crossfit.

Alan

Whoa, Alan vs. Xfit Bro. Clash of the Titans.

Seriously mate? wrote:

The fitness centers on most college campuses don't have that much stuff. That's awesome your company has a great gym. It pisses me off that almost no gyms have olympic lifting platforms.

They don't have them because they get mis-used and destroyed by the masses