CrossFit

[Ijg]

In case anyone wants to know what it's all about, on Eurosport in the UK, from 8pm, there's an invitational on which is basically Team USA vs Team Europe to see which team is the fittest, i'd recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about CrossFit.

 

[Brizzle]

What exactly is cross fit? All I've seen/heard about it is a few PTs I follow on twitter laying in to it for being a con and/or completely ridiculous!

 

[Ijg]

Youtube it mate or check out Crossfit.com, I personally have never done anything better.

 

[El Pistolero]

I started crossfit 6 weeks ago. Its tje best thing i have ever done!!

 

[Ijg]

Where do you go mate?

 

[El Pistolero]

Crossfit liverpool in wavertree. Honestly i was still a fat shite but the weight is dropping off. Once i hit the paeleo diet hopefully things will move even further.

 

[Ijg]

It's a fantastic thing to get in to, I've been doing it since Mid Aug and absolutely love it been doing a decent version of Paleo and it seems to be going well, i'm going to Divided We Fall next week as well!

 

[El Pistolero]

It's a fantastic thing to get in to, I've been doing it since Mid Aug and absolutely love it been doing a decent version of Paleo and it seems to be going well, i'm going to Divided We Fall next week as well!

Send us the info on tje diet your doing my head is lost in all these diets. Thats down in cardiff aint it or something. Im no way at comp level yet ha.

 

[Ijg]

PM your email address mate and i'll send it your way. Yeh, it's in Swansea, i'm not competing just going down to support our team.

 

[Cerberus]

Is crossfit one of those new fads that combines two elements of training together to make it seem new and everyone thinks its great just like the latest fad diet or is it legit? I mean I can go and do massive amounts of secondary excerices and supplement it with oly lifting all by my ignorant self and not have to pay some broscience idiot who wants to pay for the latest spray tan formula on the market with your money.

 

[JonesyRed]

My gym has been doing a knock off version of Crossfit for a while and I love it, just about to became a branded Crossfit gym, apart from prices going up, I wait to see what difference it makes.


The major difference seems to be the whole bringing various elements together and
then having competitions.

 

[Rouge Penguin]

Yet another diet that rehashes the same information.

Protein, veg, low carbs. Stay clear of unnatural processed foods

 

[Ijg]

Is crossfit one of those new fads that combines two elements of training together to make it seem new and everyone thinks its great just like the latest fad diet or is it legit? I mean I can go and do massive amounts of secondary excerices and supplement it with oly lifting all by my ignorant self and not have to pay some broscience idiot who wants to pay for the latest spray tan formula on the market with your money.

Just give it a go once Cerberus, I was skeptical till I tried it.

 

[El Pistolero]

I wouldnt say the guy who runs our crossfit likes a fake tan 🙂 cerbs mate each to there own but this really does work. I see my body changing every week my strength etc is improving all the time. It is bloody tough. My problem was motivating myself in the gym with this i am constantly being motivated.

 

[Brizzle]

At the end of the day, if it gives people more motivation to do better, more effective workouts then its not exactly a bad thing. A few gym snobs always think they know best but who cares. I got lucky to have a rowing coach who would do weights coaching with us and am quite good at self motivation (not a problem now that I've joined a rowing team again) but to those who haven't had that I can see the benefits in joining something like this.

Rouge - looks like its not just a diet, but an actual workout schedule. Its a fad as there are benefits of doing high intensity exercises with weights and the company has done a good job of marketing it.

Don't think I'd join something like that, but in no way think its a bad thing to come out.