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*.* 2013 General Fitness Thread *.*
Welcome to 2013! Now get your ass in top physical condition!
**From the 2012 Thread** If you want to get back into lifting, or need a new lifting routine, START HERE: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wi...inner_Programs If you have questions about the SS programs, look here: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ Keep in mind that you're a novice lifter for a longer period of time than you think you are. Novice lifting can last anywhere from a few months to a year or two, depending on how hard you hit the weights and where you started. Once you've reached the point where you don't make regular progress on the SS program, you are ready to move on to the intermediate stage, which can last you for a good number of years. Find it HERE: http://madcow.hostzi.com/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm If you're a very advanced lifter (many, many years of CONSISTENT weight training), then there are lot of programs out there, and which one you pick is simply a matter of preference. If you're really that advanced, you should know what works for you and what doesn't by this point. |
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You know the answer to that....don't be silly.
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I will say, however, that I have two friends who are Crossfit coaches who are very good coaches. But they are in the very minor minority from all the ones I have seen who's basic coaching principle is, "try for one more!!!"
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I'm doing more cleans than I've done in the past, but they've been part of my routine for years. To be honest, I don't remember doing anything that ****ed it up. I just woke up one day & it hurt. I initially thought I had just slept on it wrong.
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Lewdog and JiveTurkey, have either of you ever used wrist braces? I see some guys use them anytime they do anything overhead. I'd rather just be able to do things without anything like that, but I don't want to take 2 months off, either. |
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The good news about Crossfit is that market saturation is hitting (at least around here), and some gyms are realizing they can just put up "Crossfit" and attract a ton of people without actually knowing a damned thing about it and charging bottom dollar. One of our gyms is $75 a month per family for unlimited CrossFit, Childcare, Tanning, and Group Classes, plus a full service "regular' gym. That's what a normal gym costs here. If a few more gyms do that, it's going to drive down the price of the rest of the Crossfit community in the area (which is ridiculously priced).
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You should NOT be holding the bar with your hands on a front squat.
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I actually thought this gym was a shitty Crossfit gym, but their website actually looks decent, as they require a fundamentals workshop prior to doing any classes. The workshop covers: Quote:
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That is where you can tell shitty coaching starts. Instead of doing the basics, they try to cram in as much shit as they can so people can get started going made up WODs that include exercises some people should NEVER be doing. Their is not systematic progress for individual's athletic ability. Instead it is, "hey the workout today is something called FRAN, go to it." The mantra, "you don't have to be good at it, just do it" couldn't be further from wrong with anything involving weight lifting.
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Swing Snatch Turkish Get Up. Three hours for three movements. Then the instructor rode my ass at the gym every time he saw me for the next 3 weeks to correct me.
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Catching cleans might be a problem when I do clean & press. I can't really blame crossfit, though. I may have been doing them wrong since high school. The other lifts that are new to me are snatches and overhead squat. I've been doing pretty light weight with these because they're new, but I've recently started adding a little bit of weight. |
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