Can someone explain the crossfit meme? Why do you guys make fun of them?

Can someone explain the crossfit meme? Why do you guys make fun of them?

I don't go but this guy I worked with always brags about going. What is it and why do you guys hate it? Does it work?

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It's a very beneficial thing to do, but most people dog on it because as you said, it seems like people who do it always brag about it. That and the stupid meme pullups.

>guy I worked with always brags about going

Answered your own question there.

t-nation.com/training/crossfit-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly

youtube.com/watch?v=qnjYyfkcaNI

Besides expense and cult mentality, imagine everyone you see at a normal gym doing exercises that require specific technique and mobility with little regard to either.

Can you do crossfit well and benefit from it? Absolutely. Do a lot of people fuck it up? Most definitely.

having bad form on a tough lift is normal but you should aim for perfect form and perfect rom. crossfit emphasizes on strength and having form sp bad it'll break your just watching them do what they do. not to mention the fucking kips.

so bad it'll break your spine*

youtube.com/watch?v=rJdB2XAjK5U

>too weak to compete in powerlifting
>too juiced to compete in oly lifting
They settle

Depends on the gym.

Trainers at my crossfit gym have lot of experience from "traditional" weightlifting and focus heavily on technique. When you start out, you first go through a few weeks long course where the main lifts and movements are taught and errors fixed. Only then you can go to regular wod's/workouts.

I do about 50/50 regular gym and crossfit, crossfit has definetely helped me with technique, gives my training a lot more variability and cardio. Plus the chicks are hot.

Literally this.

It's the same reason I always hated fixies. Somehow everyone who owned one had to tell me about it and why it was better than my old road bike.

Also why are they all staring at her press a whopping 30lbs?

I never looked at this crossfit meme before but it's hilarious. I watched the "what is crossfit?" video on YT and all I saw was a bunch of people doing warm-up exercises before the boxing class begins.

Crossfit sucks if you don't do anything else after.

Why not just lift the bar alone? 30lbs more isn't gonna do shit.
Infact why not just lift your hands above your head and say you are a crosslifter.
Fuck i hate women.

So easy to spot a DYEL, fucking pathetic cunt

he's right though, she has 30lbs added to a women's bar which is only 35lbs in the first place. That is pathetic weight for a roided (and make no mistake that bitch is juiced up, for some reason crossfit attracts juiced women) athlete, for fuck sake an anemic child could lift that.

>juiced
Most of the females aren't.
Isn't endurance their best discipline anyway?
Like doing 100 burpees etc
They are athletic, godda give them that.

>that woman
>juiced
No way.

Are you seriously arguing that 30lbs more on any given lift is worthless? Why lift at all then weak faggot

Jealousy.

Bodybuilding is easy.

Crossfit requires athleticism, skills, endurance, will power, etc.

Bodybuilding is kinda hollow shit.

crossfit is real strengf

>clean and jerking 75lbs
>the one in the background seems to be absolutely exhausted from a bar that seems to be loaded with 25s so 95lbs in total
>people false slav squatting
>spectators for absolutely unimpressive lifts

There's so much that angers me about that picture
>but they're doing it for a million reps
I don't really care, if you wanna show how good you are at cardio go swimming or running. Weightlifting is a strength sport.

>Most of the females aren't.
sure buddy

What makes you think they do? Apart from obvious cases there is no way you could know.
Do you believe a woman can't have visible lats or what?

I believe everyone who competes at top tier levels uses roids.

>butthurt the post
You know I'm not wrong.
She might as well not even have a bar or weights, at all.
Look at her, she has obviously been lifting for a while and she obviously isn't worried about looking masculine.
So what's the fucking point?
Day one any male should be able to do lmao1pl8. Let alone day 500 and this bitch can't even do lmao1pl8.

Aw sweet an underage poster.

no you stupid fucking cocksucker, I'm saying specifically that a 65lb clean and jerk is fucking worthless even as a fucking warm up, how the fuck is she gonna make gains with that? and don't give me some bullshit about how maybe thats all she can lift, when she can clearly lift more and is just being a giant fucking faggot posing for pictures, I'm not saying that adding 30lbs to any given lift is worthless you drooling retard

>So enjoying things I hate.

Then, just as I said, 95% of the women you see in random crossfit videos don't roid.
Because most of the videos you see out there aren't of the sports too people.

How can you tell if someone is atheist, vegan, or a crossfitter?

They'll tell you.

You believe in imaginary "gods" buddy?

He thinks he's the result of a cosmic accident

Wew tipper

Nah i believe im a result of bad code of a simulation

>he believes in a concept made up by humans
Kek.
If there is a super power that created the universe then us humans would not even be able to grasp the concept of its nature.

Let alone would such super power want humans to pray to it.
That's something human would want.
Which makes sense, seeing that it was made up by humans.

Please don't ruin Veeky Forums with atheist vs theist arguments.

Save that shit for /pol/ or /b/

Also, crossfit isn't inherently bad. In fact, when I was in the army, we basically did crossfit everyday and I felt great.

HOWEVER, the problem with crossfit is the douche culture and people who typically do it.

Then again, most gym bros are faggots and anti-intellectuals anyway, unless you go to a high end gym.

I unironically spend 250$ a month on gym membership plus 150$ tipping the valet just to avoid chads and bros.

It does come with massages though...

Who created particles that comprise the universe?
>It's always been around, matter can't be destroyed or made
Who created god who created the universe and made something out of nothing?
>He's always been around because he's god

See any similarities. Bottom line: We don't know how the universe came to be, but there is a lot of other stuff in ANY religious text that can be refuted through science, which goes to show it wasn't actually any god or multiple gods who wrote those texts, it was humans who searched for ways to explain shit they don't understand. It's okay to say I don't know, but humans as a race have a real problem with admitting it. It's better to not know and try to find out than to just make shit up to calm your conscience.

>Why do you guys make fun of them?

Gee man, I don't know. youtu.be/T74Xek-pDLM

But for real, the issue is that CrossFit take takes what is an individual sport (lifting) and turns out into a social activity based on competition between participants. The culture is one in which people chase the most reps or the most weight and where common sense and good form come second. A competitive environment that pushes people to attempt things far beyond their abilities is a dangerous environment. The video above is a good example of the consequences of that kind of culture.

Crossfit is actually good. Crossfitters are more fit that 90% of regular gymgoers. And crossfit routines is far superior than the bullshit powerlifting programs for fat fucks that everyone does here.

>I unironically spend 250$ a month on gym membership plus 150$ tipping the valet just to avoid chads and bros.
>4800$ yearly gym membership to avoid chads and bros
Nigger, just get a home gym. That alone would cost less than 4800 bucks and there would be absolutely no chads. Hell, you could rent a garage for that kind of money and build your home gym there and it'd still be less expensive in the long run.

Show me a CrossFit dude that can compete with Candito.

>28 years old
>underaged poster
Wow much projection so angst
If you're just going to workout with low weight high intensity. You should witch to more conventional workouts.
Crossfit is notorious for injury due to the complex movements at speeds that they should not be done.
If you really think i'm wrong, go ahead and do crossfit. See you when you get into your mid 20s and enter snap city.

Post body fag

Did you even read my post? Powerlifting is for fat retards. Makes you look like a fucking ape. Why do you think everyone on reddit is obsessed with it?

Live in a high rise and the gym is filled with rich milfs. My only competition is doctorfags and business fags. They generally have DYEL bodies so I'm doing okay.

Also, its a spa. You cannot put a value on a massage post workout.

Wow someone needs to get laid.

Bad.

Almost all of them outlift candito in their discipline - candito has no muscle endurance.

Why the fuck was the guy in the 4th clip trying to drag that clean up his chest?

It was too heavy for him, he missed the catch, it happens. He's going to break his back if he keeps pulling shit like that

>Crossfitters are more fit that 90% of regular gymgoers.
Objectively wrong.
>And crossfit routines is far superior than the bullshit powerlifting programs for fat fucks that everyone does here.
Listen to someone who's actually a crossfit affiliate and knows how they get taught in the seminars.
youtube.com/watch?v=kL4Dx3tCCP4
It's completely sub-optimal for gaining strength or muscle. If it was any different, you'd see crossfitters destroying everyone at powerlifting, weightlifting and bodybuilding competitions, alas you don't.

You don't know who Candito even is, do you? He isn't fat. youtu.be/2hptK-M60O4

This is completely meaningless. CrossFit guys can do more kipping pull ups than Candito? That discipline? Who the fuck cares? Okay. Which CrossFit "athletes" in Candito's weight class can deadlift more than him? Squat? That's what I thought.
>no muscle endurance
I'd like to see you bench 2pl8 for 19 reps straight.

>f it was any different, you'd see crossfitters destroying everyone at powerlifting, weightlifting and bodybuilding competitions
Why would you expect someone training for GPP (General Physical Preparedness) while using elements from those sports and many others (running, gymnastics etc.) be able to directly compete with someone who specialised in competing in just one of those sports at the expense of everything else?
The point of Crossfit is to be good at everything/anything, not be the best at anything in particular.
Pretty fucking basic logic you'd reckon...

They all do that. Like I said, this is what it looks like you create a fitness culture where it's about beating everyone else in your gym instead of worrying about form and your own abilities.

>CrossFit doesn't make you strong
>WELL YEAH IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO
CrossFit, everyone.

Jesus....
>Fucking powerlifters, if their mode of training was so good, they'd be winning marathons at the Olympics hurr durr
Get a fucking clue

lol I have a fixed gear (refuse to call it a fixie) but I bought it because I needed something to ride to work and I don't know much about bikes so I needed something easy to maintain and cheap.

For riding through the city they are fun as fuck though compared to road bikes.

For practicality I compare them to 1950's muscle cars. Cheap, fast, easy maintenance, customizable. Not as versatile as a sedan or station wagon.

I'm definitely in the minority of fixed gear riders though, and I hardly use it anymore. Just to ride to the gym when it's not hot.

CrossFit doesn't have a mode of training. It isn't training at all. Doing an exercise once every couple of weeks isn't training.

Oh, hey, sorry to samefag, but I forgot to add: CrossFit isn't producing Olympic athletes. Powerlifting, however, does.