yes, because its totally random movements with bad form, over seen by trainers who got their trainer's badge with a 5 hour course.
Throw in some weird props and heavy weights and what could possibly go wrong.
John Nguyen
>CrossFit
Leo Evans
>crossfit One way ticket to snap city
Colton Walker
A lot of people have "fun" doing Crossfit, it's a huge meme right now so people enjoy being with a group and getting cheered on and basic competition so it's hugely popular.
There is a massive risk of injury. Just look up how many people are paralyzed or otherwise badly injured from Crossfit. It's infinitely more dangerous than a simple diet/cardio regimin, with no added benefit. "Functional strength" is a lie.
Do it if you want, most people are to lazy to do the work needed t research proper diet and exercise so they just jump on the latest fitness bandwagon. I sincerely hope you don't get badly injured.
Daniel Garcia
Make sure whoever is running that box knows what the hell they're doing.
There's some great Crossfit coaches but there's also a lot of them who aren't qualified to herd sheep let alone train people.
Luis Williams
oh wow, that sounds.... awful.
I have started a 1200kcal diet and have been a good girl by sticking to it for a moth now, and have been exercising half an hour a day, but I don't see ANY progress (4kg go up and down when ever I measure myself on a scale)...
That is why I thought I should maybe start with something more extreme and socially obligating. haha although the whole cheering thing is annoying imho
//thank you all for your inputs
Alexander Clark
>Crossfit has so many injuries that they have a mascot for it
Jackson Nguyen
hahahah oh boyyy
Luke Sanchez
1200 is too low if you want to get in shape. Eat at TDEE-500 and lift heavy things 3 times a week. Throw in a 4x4 interval 2-3 times a week too for the cardio side of things. As a grill you wont go arnold mode whatever you do unless you juice up so dont be afraid of heavy weightlifting.
As for the OP, find a box with good coaches, especially when it comes down to skills like weightlifting and gymnastics, you get good at them, couple that with a good endurance and work capacity and you'll be a good Crossfitter. Throw in some hypertrophy work here and there at the end of your sessions.
Anthony Gray
I'm not defending Crossfit, because it is in fact, goofy and counter-productive. But the notion that it's more dangerous than similar sports is incorrect.
Powerlifting, 20% injury rate Crossfit: about a 20% injury rate
We don't have to spout off a bunch of nonsense to point people in the right direction.
Kayden Reyes
I love how people pick on Chris Spealler out of any other crossfitter while he's one of the strongest out there.
Btw, he strict pulled a BW+50kg chest to bar during the 2011 games.
Landon Garcia
go to bed Chris...im sure you have to kippling to get into that too
Parker Gomez
That study is pulling its comparison of injury rates from two very disparate groups and using two different definitions to determine the comparative injury rates.
Matthew Bennett
After I clean your diddly
Explain, I don't see your point
Cooper Cruz
I never understood keppling. Why not just increase your strength so you can do a pull up without flailing like a fucking fish out of water
Jacob Brown
Don't pay for it just do the exercises on your own shit.
It's just supersets of random lifts.
Julian Hill
Cause that's not a purpose in a Crossfit Event that includes pullups for time, the only rules are chin over the bar and arms locked out in the bottom.
Doesn't mean that they can't lift mad loads in strict pullups.
Juan Watson
The sample group for crossfitters? Random (mostly recreational level) exercisers, reporting on whether they'd been significantly injured in the last six months.
The sample group for power/weight lifting? Elite-level lifters, answering whether they'd been injured at all in their training.
Those are not analogous groups.
Cooper Garcia
so people who cant do pullups can brag about how many they do on facebook and instagram.
Aiden Hernandez
Doesn't change anything I thought that beginners were even more injury prone
James Butler
This sounds like a typical crossfitter excuse
This is much closer to the truth.
Literally saw a '17 year old girl' who could 'beat athletes' who does crossfit. Her fucking push up form was retarded, it was like she was kippling while push-up ing
Angel Moore
Two cases of rhabdo on my ward in the last month because of fucking crossfit.
Your tax dollars at work.
Jacob Parker
For minor issues, yes. But those aren't being checked in the poll.
For significant injures, elite lifters are far more prone to it due to the training load. To the point that a lot of the time a PR total is just a matter of somehow making it through the training cycle without getting hurt.
David Walker
Turns out the CFers were "athlete-level" not just random recreational joes.
>In our study, we found the overall injury rate in CrossFit was approximately 20%. This injury rate was gathered only from athlete-level collection
Lincoln Gutierrez
Excuse or not, doesn't change that they'll beat anyone here on strict pull-ups :)
Jose Ward
Kek, sure thing cardiobunnie
Isaiah Diaz
Are you sure about that? Reading it for myself, I see nowhere where they defined the criteria for an "athlete-level" participant. The authors use the word "athlete" as a general term to describe any crossfitter, regardless of experience level. You will notice the line "The majority [of study participants] had been involved with CrossFit for 0 to 6 months."
Leo Taylor
Can you pull 130lbs strict chest to bar?
Nah you can't
Brb working on my kip
Xavier Campbell
Page 33.
Kevin Perry
>anyone on Veeky Forums actually defending crossfit
This board is dead.
Jack Reed
You'll notice that they never defined 'athlete level' beyond 'trains with a coach' and no-one was dropped from the study for not being strong/fit enough (indeed, the survey itself implies they'd be accepting people with a 50lb deadlift for the data).
Nathan Ortiz
sorry about your height :(
Evan Cooper
>So like 65kg.
Indeed I can buddy
William Bennett
It's actually 6'1" I just happen to have DL genetics. Long limbs. Short torso.
Jaxson Clark
??? I must not be reading the same thing you are.
Lincoln Cooper
>thinking that's impressive
Camden Edwards
Na you can't
David Watson
Why ask then? I'm sure you're proud of that number, everyone has to start somewhere
Leo Sullivan
How do you feel about being weaker than a cardiobunny bby grill
Adam Edwards
if you want to waste your time, just post on Veeky Forums
Jace Evans
sure ya are buddy
Anthony Evans
hahaha yeah I can pull 130lbs just about any way. You're not even fucking lmao 1pl8.
Nathaniel Price
why do you have no triceps?
Caleb Torres
I'm talking your bodyweight plus 130 lbs Weakling.
Benjamin Gomez
Do it. You'll like it and you'll get in shape. If you're nervous or unsure about a particular exercise don't do it or do very light weight until you get practice and feel comfortable with the form.
Easton Torres
Shit at pressing
Isaiah Perry
This seems like a vicious cycle.
Matthew Myers
Or maybe I just avoid it as much as possible, haven't strict pressed in months cause I know I'm shit at it
Carson Wilson
hahahah oh god, you're actually serious? What the fuck else would you be talking about retard? Your body weight only?
Oliver Reyes
Can't hear you over my level of fitness and athletic work capacity
Nolan Evans
You have the capacity of a double A battery that needs to be powering your hearing aid.
Joshua Bell
>not realizing you can get similar results from 3 days of compound lifting, 1 day of steady state cardio, and 2 conditioning workouts a week, with none of the randomness or muscular imbalances
Landon Miller
That about what the actual training of a serious crossfitter is. 4 times a week weightlifting 2 times a week Gymnastics 2-3 times a week conditioning depending on the person
Jaxson Foster
>is there a high risk of injury? :O
There is a risk and it is unnecessarily high. I would just stick with a normal exercise routine. Crossfit is a gimmick for slow-witted people with no serious interest in fitness. Better to avoid that crowd of dingbats.
Luke Thompson
Also depending on where you are in the season. People are finally starting to realise that trying to be in comp prep training year round is just sabotaging progress.
Liam Cook
That's also completely different from a lot of boxes where you will just randomly do wods and decapitate yourself doing oly lifts for time. There are plenty of outlaw boxes I think are fine, it's just that beginners cannot really differentiate between serious boxes and places that solely exist to rip them off.
Exactly, right now I'm at a stage where I'm only lacking a few things gymnastics wise along with a few goals I want to achieve (like a 170 weighted dips on the rings for absolutely no reason)
So I'm focusing more on weightlifting, especially Snatches cause mine are horrible. Dropped Deadlifts cause I know I can walk in any day and pull 440 at least off the floor.
Eli Peterson
I think that by now most boxes are realising what the problem.is with beginners, most of them offer induction/foundation courses that aim at actually teaching the basics for an amount of time (the The Press, push press, jerks, cleans, snatches, pullups strict and kipped etc) before allowing them to partake in other activities.