Devil Dog 21

Just knocked out 30 DU in a row!!! Most I had ever done was 20.

Doom878

Finally can do a burpee again. Broken arms suck.

Devil Dog 21

How long were you out? Were you able to do anything at all during your recovery?

Glad you're able to get back at it!

Doom878

Thanks man. To be more specific I fractured my ulna in my forearm. This occurred on Dec 1st. I was in a sling until the following Wednesday where a specialist gave me a hard cast. Luckily it was removable for showers and stuff. I was working out very carefully like 2 weeks later although I could walk fairly comfortably. I couldn't even touch my other arm due to the pain. So basically I was doing everything one handed or using both legs. We don't have routines to the letter of crossfit so not much bar use but more dumbells. I was cleaning and snatching with my good arm and just not doing anything with my broken arm until the doc cleared me where I can stop wearing the cast on January 9th, so about 5 weeks. Now it still hurts like last night I did push press with dumbells and pushups and I was fine at first but little by little it hurt more. I can do pullups no problem with my fingernails facing me. I can military ok. I can't curl for shit. 20# hurts too much. I literally have to do 15# Too much wrist pain still.

Devil Dog 21

Anyone enter The Open?

bkknight369

bumping a super old thread, because internet

Done 3 weeks of crossfit, by far the hardest exercise I've done in my entire life. A few of the routines I thought my muscles would just give out, and felt completely useless compared to some of the other dudes in the class.

Going to do my best to stick with it though, and lose some of the 'softness' that I've let develop

Doom878

Jk. It's a great exercise routine. Hopefully you have great coaches with smart programming. Too many injuries because of bad coaching, form, or programming give CF a bad name. If you do olympic lifts, go light until you got it down. If they let you scale down your weight, do so and check your ego at the door or you'll tear something like many have.

Devil Dog 21

Good to hear you're going to stick with it. Be patient and take your time to learn each movement and in no time you'll feel like a completely new person.

I couldn't agree more on going light, and scaling down each workout. Thankfully the popularity and controversy over CF has increased so much that every coach I know has corrected very far in the other direction to the point of really emphasizing safety. (I'm sure there are still some boneheads out there) You're also spot on about having an ego that contributes to injuries. When a girl is squatting more than a guy it's natural for a guy to want to do the weight they did in high school forgetting that they have been on the couch for 20 years.

bkknight369

Done 14 sessions so far...really liking it! Surprised that I was able to survive, but doing proper snatches/deadlifts/pullups has been awesome. I haven't lost a lot of weight, but I feel a lot stronger, and actually looking forward to the next WOD

Devil Dog 21

Great to hear! Keep working on developing skills and remember to have fun.

Helps to take some good before pics too.

bkknight369

Been about 6 months, and I'm addicted. Holidays were great as I had plenty of time off, and got a lot of time in classes. Overall feeling stronger (and doing a WOD full Rx is the most amazing feeling), and finally losing a decent amount of weight.

This year the the Open has a scaled division, so our box is going to compete! I'll probably suck, but it'll be good to have a target to keep the momentum going

Rapture

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Sorry, I couldn't resist Would love to see the full video of this though.

Mizouse

hmm.. just noticed they opened a gym 1 block from work..

but again as usual those "beginner" classes that most of the gyms around here require you to take is at a time that doesnt work for me

i get off work at 5:30 sometimes 5:45 the workout starts at 5:30

Mizouse

nvm.. just saw their membership fees

cheapest option is to pay in full a year for $2700

Mizouse

@ all the lurkers.

saw the number of guests spike up to like 30

Doom878

If CF is absolutely out of your price range than you can do something slightly similar at least in principle at a gym. Do heavy compounds lifts first for low reps. Something like Squats 5x5 or Deadlifts 3x3 with warm up sets to get to your desired "heavy" weight. Then after you can grab a dumbbell and do some sort of "metcon" routine with bodyweight exercises and other things.

bkknight369

Thats a pretty ridiculous price. I'm paying about $1200 a year

Devil Dog 21

I'm one of the owners of a CrossFit gym in KC and we are nowhere near $2700 a year. Holy crap! Our average membership is $130 a month.

Mizouse

Well it is located in the financial district of San Francisco

Doom878

Yeah I've heard of gyms being in the $200/month range in Downtown Miami/South Beach areas. And our rent barely touches San Fran.

imj0257

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bkknight369

Almost one year later bump!

Doing my second competition in about a week. Still working on increasing my strength and gymnastics, but I've been able to RX a decent number of workouts, except when the weight is crazy high.

Hope you guys are still continuing with your XFit journey. Its been hugely impactful on my life

SamDoe1

Anyone still around doing this? I just found this thread, been doing CF for about 2.5 years. I still suck at it and probably always will but it's an addiction and I love it.

kurtatx

I crossfit (kinda)

The original crossfit concept is collapsing because, after a sort of golden age, it has become clear that bad coaching and low regulation by the big company has damaged the brand. Gyms are closing left and right down here as the bubble appears to be bursting.

My gym still does Crossfit, but it focuses far more on movement than on weight. As a result, we lost a lot of people at first, but now we have a more amateur but more dedicated customer base.

In fact, in the last few months, we have had people leave our gym ("it's just not challenging enough") and then come back hurt.

justnspace

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that's not true!
the greatest thing about weight lifting/crossfit is accomplishing something you couldn't do 2 weeks ago.

I weight lift, with crossfit techniques thrown in..the term is "functional weight lifting", as I enjoy being able to be functional, rather than a body builder.

SamDoe1

I feel like my gym is getting to that point real soon. They are pushing more weight/reps quickly to get people to advance. I haven't seen this much scaling from this many people in a long time. It's not bad right now and I can definitely see and feel progress that I haven't had in months but this volume is probably not sustainable for a long period of time. We are in our low weight, high reps portion of the programming right now so working on form and endurance more so than sheer strength.

I have definitely not thought of myself being not challenged though lol.

True, and I try for the same thing myself. I've stalled on a number of lifts now and need to work on breaking the plateau. That effort will start after the holidays when I can actually put a good level of commitment behind it.

justnspace

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practice, practice, practice!
unless you're Allen Iverson

kurtatx

After I hurt my back a couple of years ago, I moved into a more cardio intense program, so now my burst cardio is better than my strength. As a result, I get conservative with weights and finish workouts a bit too quickly at times.

SamDoe1

That's the plan!

Cardio is definitely my shortfall. Really trying to hammer on the rower and bike to build that in. Once it's no longer cold AF here, I'll start weighted vest running.

justnspace

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y'all are hardcore.
i get my cardio by strength training with minimal rest periods.
6 reps shoulder press
7 reps front squat
8 reps bent over row
9 reps dead lift
10 reps back squat.

3 sets and i'm wiped

SamDoe1

I'd believe it, that sounds terrible at any appreciable weight.

Doom878

Just be careful with some of those compound movements that don't mix well with speed. That's my beef with CF. Potential for injury or just no gains (I don't mean bulky).

SamDoe1

The risk with compound movements is real which is why a good coaching staff is critical. If people aren't good at a movement, it's time to scale the weight or the movement itself and that's up to the coach to suggest.

In regards to gains, CF is what you make of it. Some people are just there to get a good workout and some are there to get stronger. Different crowds for sure. In terms of gains, I've gone from a strict press weight of 65lbs to 155lbs and a back squat of 135lbs to 315lbs. I'd say those gains are pretty good.

Doom878

I meant aesthetic gains but yeah it sounds like your CF puts priority in strength as well which is what an ideal CF should be doing. I believe it's heavy lifts first followed by the WOD to get the cardio flowing. And yeah if your CF coach isn't cutting it on training your lifts, go find a good strength coach like at a powerlifting gym or something. Maybe even YouTube like I did. It's not like powerlifters don't get hurt either. Doesn't help that come CF "coaches" get their certification for $1,000 and a weekend class which is a joke. Lastly, please God tell me your hips reach your knees to achieve parallel. Too many times does someone tell me they squat XXX# and it's fugazi.

SamDoe1

Duh? I also reach full extension on dead lift and head through arms on overhead stuff. Anything else is cheating. We always will have routine gym bros show up for an intro and tell everyone they can squat 350 for 5 reps. They end up leaving with doing 155 for 3 reps at full depth.

And yes, that's exactly what we do. Lifts (or gymnastics stuff) followed by WOD. Today's happens to be bar muscle ups which I can only do via box but working on it. I'll typically do some lifting or core stuff after class as extra credit too. There's a portion of the programming that addresses this.

In regards to aesthetic gains, I've gone from wearing 34 pants to 31's so I think I'm doing well. Now I'm just working on changing my keg to a six pack which is more diet than anything else.

Doom878

justnspace

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i lol'd at the gym bros too.

Mizouse

this is by far the hardest thing ever, for me at least.

justnspace

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thats cus the good foods arent necessarily the best tasting foods. and the best tasting foods arent necessarily the good foods.
luckily, most good foods can be flavored. after watching "What the health", I dont want meats any more
i started cooking quinoa with garlic and spices and throwing in veggies, no rice stir fry!

Sarlacc

I started doing something called Syphus training tossed in with the gym and cycling. Its an ass kicker to be certain, and I feel it much safer and works more groups and unused muscles a lot better. Its primarily in Michigan but a friend of mine from the area is friends with the starter/owner and opened a branch in LA a few months ago. I’m fucking wrecked afterwards.