CrossFit Lost a PErsonal Injury Lawsuit

Russell Berger is a loser trying to say that CrossFit is the be-all, end all. He can't even run a 5km in under 22:00. CrossFit allows coaches to be certified over the weekend. Total scam and pyramid scheme.

It's not a scam.

It definitely works. Many women who I never noticed, I know notice because they've gotten more muscular..but not just that..the CrossFit workouts have given their bodies the illusion of an hour glass because of the broader shoulders and bigger thighs but narrow waist.

Considering how much you love trannies, not the highest recommendation...

markschultz25 wrote:

It's not a scam.

It definitely works. Many women who I never noticed, I know notice because they've gotten more muscular..but not just that..the CrossFit workouts have given their bodies the illusion of an hour glass because of the broader shoulders and bigger thighs but narrow waist.

mark, CrossFit is littered with over-grown "midget" body types. it is a 99.8% Caucasian sport and the women are mostly single because it is difficult to attract the opposite sex looking like an over-grown midget.

glj/ wrote:

mark, CrossFit is littered with over-grown "midget" body types. it is a 99.8% Caucasian sport and the women are mostly single because it is difficult to attract the opposite sex looking like an over-grown midget.

not sure what you mean by overgrown midget.

And single? You've got to be kidding me. The actual statistics dispute that. Nearly the majority of CrossFitters are married. Easier to pay for it when you have a two-person income.

And even if they were single, you'd be hardpressed to find someone making over 150K not having a mate...

$150,000

Over half of all CrossFitters have a household income of over $150,000 per year

59%

The percentage of CrossFitters that have children

86%

The percentage of CrossFitters that list their ethnicity as "White"

And you believe those stats?

Silly you.

I did it for about 18 months. My observations FWIW:

It's too expensive.

Most people there were extremely nice.

It's easy to get obsessed with it.

Over time it's hard on your body.

I'd be curious to see statistics on what the average length of time people stick with it. I would have done better at a place that limits the number of sessions you could attend. I was going 5 times/week and burned out.

I agree that crossfit women are mostly unattractive. Huge thighs and cankles and shoulders like a dude. Not my bag baby.

Overgrown midgets are hot.

CrossFit is annoying as hell. They all talk about how awesome it is, then talk about how sore they are. Anything can make you sore. It's a cult.

runrincerepeat wrote:

I agree that crossfit women are mostly unattractive. Huge thighs and cankles and shoulders like a dude. Not my bag baby.

Cankles are hereditary. I doubt that those women you saw had cankles. Maybe they were wearing normal socks instead of ankle socks and so it looked like their calves started higher than they actually do.

Look at Brooke Wells and other prominent CrossFit women. none of them have cankles.

And regarding huge thighs, well, some guys like seeing big thighs in a skirt, especially when they are fit athletic thighs.

markschultz25 wrote:

Look at Brooke Wells and other prominent CrossFit women. none of them have cankles.

You would have me believe she is clean? Some of her competitors certainly are not.

I need to start a fitness cult. I'll call mine, Hobbyjog FitMax.

glj/ wrote:

Russell Berger is a loser trying to say that CrossFit is the be-all, end all. He can't even run a 5km in under 22:00. CrossFit allows coaches to be certified over the weekend. Total scam and pyramid scheme.

And there are lots of running coaches with no certifications at all.

Most PT certs have no course requirement. You pay, take the test and you are certified. A weekend long prep course is usually offered, but not mandatory for any PT cert I know of.

I was once very anti CrossFit, but now I view it like Notre Dame football. They are fine but you have nutty zealots who give them bad names. CrossFit is an interesting business. Because each box is highly independent the level of instruction varies greatly. I have a buddy who is a very good strength and conditioning guy. He went to somewhere between 6 and 10 boxes in town and was pretty shocked at how different the experiences were. Some gave him great instruction, others did not. Oh he is NSCA CSCS. and USA Weighlifting (level 2 I think).

Like anything you make the best of it. We runners could use more time hitting the resistance training.

Not a fan of gong after the judge or claiming the jury was ignorant.

Just pointing out that there are two "trainer" certs which require a bachelors: NSCA-CSCS and the ACSM-HFI/HFS/ExPhys*

*ACSM has changed the name of this cert 3 times.

NASM has a butt load of certs and highly regarded. They are the best of the rest and from a performance/training standpoint is better than ACSM.

Crossfit is simply the best way for a trainer to open up a gym and make money. Most long term trainers want to open up a studio or gym and make money. Crossfit gives them a cookie cutter way of owning a gym with relatively little overhead compared to the alternative.

Anything a runner would ever need to know about the basics of weightlifting can be found in NSCAs "Essentials of Strength Training & Conditioning". From a practical "How-to" standpoint go lookup Mark Rippetoe videos on YouTube. One of the best no BS explanations of how to perform certain lifts. Then look into the numerous 5x5 variations out there, cut the frequency to 1-2x week, cut the total volume by removing secondary exercises.

Alan

Alan, once again your opinion. Mine is that NSCA is great for those wanting to learn olympic lifting and wanting to train sports like football.

ACSM requires more knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics than any other certification.

Internships, practical experience are most important anyway as most of the leaders in the industry will attest. Cross fit Is only as good as the coaching, same with running clubs and any sport.

I snapped my head back injuring my neck and then strained an intercostal muscle laughing so hard at some cross fidiots rolling tires in a parking lot that I think I may sue Cross Fit. Looks like I have a good chance of winning.

Coach wrote:

Alan, once again your opinion. Mine is that NSCA is great for those wanting to learn olympic lifting and wanting to train sports like football.

ACSM requires more knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics than any other certification.

Internships, practical experience are most important anyway as most of the leaders in the industry will attest. Cross fit Is only as good as the coaching, same with running clubs and any sport.

But NSCA CSCS is the much harder test.

Alan

Coach wrote:

Alan, once again your opinion. Mine is that NSCA is great for those wanting to learn olympic lifting and wanting to train sports like football.

ACSM requires more knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics than any other certification.

Internships, practical experience are most important anyway as most of the leaders in the industry will attest. Cross fit Is only as good as the coaching, same with running clubs and any sport.

And your statement is wrong. There's just as much anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics in the NSCAs "bible" as there is in the ACSMs.

ACSM is much more clinical in nature while NSCA is much more practical in nature. If you're going the route of physical therapy, athletic training, cardiac rehab, PhD in Ex.Phys I would take the ACSM cert over the NSCA. If you're going the route of working with a healthy population, coaching, strength coach, personal trainer, go with the CSCS.

That being said, I learned much more practical knowledge during my internship and during the actual application of knowledge during the course of the last 12 years since graduating. Truth be told, I've learned more about screening and needs analysis and the finer points of program design since joining the Army.

Your bachelors program, your certs, are nothing more than a "check the block" and ensure you at least know how to not kill someone....hopefully.

Alan